Back in the heyday of Hobie Cat, when Hobie Alter himself was still hanging around the laid-back Southern California catamaran facility, the company came out with some unusual (for them) boat products ...

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 ...

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 ...