PALM DESERT — 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 ...

Hobart 'Hobie' Alter, who helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the 'Hobie Cat' sailboat, has died aged 80. Alter passed away on Saturday at his Palm ...

Included in this class of sailboats will be the Hobie Wild Cat. This 18-foot long high tech sailboat was developed by the Hobie Cat division in Europe and is fast becoming a favorite among the F18 ...

They were coached by Erika’s dad, Tom, who made the trip out to California. A Hobie Cat is a twin-hulled sailboat with fabric connecting the hulls. The light-weight, fast, catamaran-type boats ...

A podium decorated with Hobie surfboards and a Hobie Cat sailboat set the scene at Aliso Creek Inn and Golf Course, where deer roamed around the gathering. Old Woodies were parked on the course ...

PACKING THE KIDS up in a recreation vehicle with a Hobie Cat sailboat in tow and heading off to a mountain lake to camp may not be everyone’s idea of a vacation. But, as Tiburon’s Charles Froe ...

The bronze statue looming over Jeff Alter had a serious, focused look on its face while navigating a small sailboat — not on the water, but on land. If Hobie Alter were around to see the ...

Hobie Alter, whose innovations helped ... In the late 1960s, Alter unveiled his design for a fiberglass sailboat, which he promoted as "The Cat That Flies." From Surfer magazine: "Over the next ...

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 home, according to a ...

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