Alter, Hobie
Ocean-sports industrialist from Orange County, California; founder of Hobie Surfboards in 1954 and the Hobie Cat sailboat company in 1967. "Perhaps more than anyone else," surf journalist Drew Kampion wrote in 1988, "including Gidget, Dora, Frankie and Annette, even the Duke, Hobie Alter has been responsible for the growth and development of surfing." Alter was born on Halloween, 1933, in Ontario...
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Hobie Alter, early '50sSubscribe to view
Hobie Alter (red jacket), 1966Subscribe to view
Hobie Alter and Laurie Hoover, 1962Subscribe to view
Hobie Alter, boardbuilding out of the garage, 1953Subscribe to view
Hobie Alter sailing a Hobie Cat, around 1968Subscribe to view
Hobie Alter
Hobie Alter, early '50s
Hobie Alter (red jacket), 1966
Hobie Alter and Laurie Hoover, 1962
Hobie Alter, boardbuilding out of the garage, 1953
Hobie Alter sailing a Hobie Cat, around 1968