Hobie Cat Corporation began to produce small sailboats during the 1960s eventually evolving to kayaks and personal fishing craft. Hobie Cat Corporation sailboat and kayaks are popularized through ...

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

Alter is also known for the Hobie Cat sailboat and other catamaran designs, the Hobie Hawk remote-controlled glider, and the Hobie Super Surfer skateboard. Alter’s innovations made the name Hobie ...

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PALM DESERT, Calif. - 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 ...

For years, I'd resisted the sweet, siren song of Hobie's PR rep Ingrid Niehaus. In 2006, she'd tried to get me to test the Mirage Adventure Island, the company's original pedal-sail-kayak hybrid.

An incredible moment happened to me a few years back in Southern California when I was “flying a hull” on my Hobie Cat sailboat one day. That means that I was going so fast that only one of ...

CLEAR LAKE — It’s a long way from Qingdao, China, to Clear Lake, Iowa. But that’s the journey taken by Canadian Paul Ulibarri. Ulibarri is the principal race officer for the Hobie Cat 16 ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Hobart Alter, whose development of the foam surfboard and the “Hobie Cat” sailboat brought masses to the water, has died. He was 80.

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.