May 13—WORTHINGTON — Hobie 16 Catamaran sails will hit Lake Okabena during Worthington's Windsurfing Regatta and Music Festival next month. The Hobie racers will be in a separate race course from the ...

Dozens of brightly colored sails appeared along the east shore of Onondaga Lake on Tuesday afternoon as skippers rigged their catamarans in preparation for the Hobie Wave 2023 North American ...

The sun was shining and a warm breeze rippled the water on a nearby lake. Bright sails flickered in the sunlight as Hobie catamarans, nicknamed Hobie Cats, skimmed across the water. In the middle of ...

Alter, top, with his surf team on Waikiki Beach circa 1960. Photo courtesy of Clarence Maki Family at GrindTV. You don't have to be a surfer (or a sailor) to connect the name Hobie with ocean sports.

In this undated photo provided Monday, March 31, 2014, by Hobie Designs, shows design innovator Hobart "Hobie" Alter. He helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam ...

The long-awaited biography of legendary surfer, surfboard builder, catamaran guru and all around master of watery things, and fun, Hobie Alter was released at a star-studded book signing and ...

if you’re looking for a boat that is fast, fun and stable, look no further than the good ol’ reliable beach catamarans, which gained popularity in the early 1970s because of one man, Hobart “Hobie” ...

How a small stretch of sand in Orange County transformed the sailing world … as told by Wayne Penn-Schafer, the man who was there. It’s quiet and glassy out on the reef at Poche. Every 20 minutes or ...

Surfboard pioneer Hobie Alter has died. He was the first to mass-produce foam surfboards, which helped popularize the sport. He went on to change sailing with his low-cost "Hobie Cat" catamaran. Hobie ...

It came down to the very last race, but Wally Myers, a sailor from Ocean City, New Jersey, took home the trophy in the Hobie Wave 2023 North American Championship regatta, the first-ever Hobie regatta ...

Friends and admirers of Hobie Alter hope to memorialize the water sports pioneer with a statue that will stand near the center of Dana Point, a city Alter helped transform into a bustling beach town ...