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 ...

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 ...

At age 52, Korzeniewski has won five North American Hobie Cat sailing championships — the last two with her young, teenage daughter, Erika, aboard as her crew. Next month, she's eyeing the 34th annual ...

His innovations helped thousands of people enjoy life on and in the water. Alter helped perfect a foam-core surfboard in the 1950s. Then he... Hobie Alter, whose innovations helped thousands of people ...

Retro is always cool. Cars, motorcycles, bikes, you name it, there’s just something better about the 80s that we’re missing today. Thankfully, at the NOOD we’ve got the spliff-like Hobie 33s, a boat ...

The 22nd Hobie 16 World Championships are sailing into Southwest Florida starting Nov. 1. This is the first time in 35 years Hobie and the International Hobie Class Association (IHCA) will host a ...

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 Froeb can ...

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 ...

'For me, it's the best race in the world,' says former Hobie Cat champion Bruce Tardrew MANILA, Philippines – Bruce “Tards” Tardrew, aged 71, knows his sailing, having been on the water since he was ...

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 ...