Prior to the Hobie Cat, invented by well-known surfboard maker Hobie Alter, sailing was for the elite. It was a sport reserved for members of yacht clubs who had the mega bucks it took to buy a big ...

Hobart “Hobie” Alter, who helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the “Hobie Cat” sailboat, has died. He was 80. Alter died Saturday at his Palm Desert ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX) - Sailors throughout the United States are vying for the 2018 Hobie 17 North American Championship and the Hobie Mid-Winter Regional title in the Mississippi Sound. The Ocean ...

Innovator Hobie Alter revolutionized two sporting inventions that brought masses to the water – allowing more people to surf and glide along the ocean’s surface on small-scale sailboats. Alter, who ...

Hobie introduces the Mirage Eclipse, the world’s first standup pedalboard. OCEANSIDE, Calif., April 5, 2016 — Hobie® has done it again. They have married their renowned MirageDrive® pedal system with ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Hobart "Hobie" Alter, who helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the "Hobie Cat" sailboat, has died. He was 80. Alter died ...

Hobie Alter, whose innovations helped thousands of people go surfing and sailing, died in California on Saturday at age 80. In the 1950s, Alter helped perfect a foam-core surfboard that revolutionized ...

Hobart Alter, whose development of the foam surfboard and the "Hobie Cat" sailboat brought masses to the water, has died. He was 80. A statement on the Hobie sporting goods website says Alter died ...

Hobart Alter, whose development of the foam surfboard and the "Hobie Cat" sailboat brought masses to the water, has died. He was 80. A statement on the Hobie sporting goods website says Alter died ...

NEW YORK — Hobie Alter, who was known as the Henry Ford of the surfboard industry for his manufacturing innovations and who used his idle time to create the Hobie Cat, the lightweight, double-hulled ...