July 9, 2007 Hobie is a name that's been associated with innovation in aquatic sports since Hobie Alter started creating boards for the fledgling sport of surfing in his father's garage more than half ...

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 ...

The evolution of the sailcraft has been underway for thousands of years but March could well become the significant point at which sailpower begins to merge with other energy forms to create a suite ...

BREWERTON, N.Y. — If you’re looking for some fun out on Oneida Lake, you might want to try a pedal kayak. Hobie Mirage Pedal Kayaks, which are hands-free, are available at South Bay Sail and Kayak.

Fifty years ago, Hobie Alter created the first-ever Hobie Cat catamaran on the stretch of beach in front of Wayne Schafer’s Capo Beach home. Schafer never could have imagined how far his friend’s ...

What: Waterline Sports, Hobie kayak dealership. Where: 1601 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland. Hours: Winter hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Tuesdays will be added at the end of May. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...