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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The bronze statue looming over Jeff Alter had a serious, focused look on its face while navigating a small sailboat — not on the water, but on land. If Hobie Alter were around to see the massive ...

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 ...

More than 150 Hobie Cat sailors are scheduled to compete in this weekend’s 36th annual Hobie Cat Fleet 204 Annual Madcatter Sailing Regatta, based at Oneida Shores County Park on Oneida Lake. Sailors ...

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 ...

The gusts were 20 knots and climbing. The sea was a whipped, white-capped froth. Kayak Fish lens man Aaron Schmidt and I were aboard a borrowed Hobie Mirage Tandem Island a long mile off a stony line ...