PALM DESERT, Calif. — 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 ...

Hobart "Hobie" Alter, who helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the "Hobie Cat" sailboat, died Saturday at his Palm Desert, Calif., home. He was 80.

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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 ...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two words — surfboards and Hobie — were all but synonymous in the early 1960s, when teenagers who saw movies such as "Gidget" and "Beach Party" rushed to the shores of Southern ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. - 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 ...

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 ...

This year marks 70 years since Hobie Alter’s old man got tired of the balsa wood chips in the garage, rented him a space in Dana Point, and the first Hobie Surf Shop opened its doors. An institution ...