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Thread: RIP Hobie Alter
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03-30-2014, 10:02 AM #1
RIP Hobie Alter
I'm not finding much news on this, but via Facebook I read that Hobie Alter, surf pioneer and developer of Hobie Cats, has passed on. The guy was an icon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Alter
http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/ent...r-hobart-hobie
What an awesome guy.
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03-30-2014, 10:28 AM #2
Hobie cats were my introduction to sailing!! thank you Hobie Alter for my 35 years of sailing.
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03-30-2014, 10:41 AM #3Registered User
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03-30-2014, 03:20 PM #4
^That's a great pic. First windsurfer?
He was/is a legend indeed... had a Hobie 16 for many years and loved it.
Sad news, but what a legacy. RIP HobieScrew the net, Surf the backcountry!
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03-30-2014, 05:31 PM #5
RIP, Hobie. Sailed a Hobie 16 for about 10 years. Man, what a blast! Thanks for the great times.
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03-30-2014, 11:55 PM #6Hugh Conway Guest
spawned more fun and joy than most people. A template if you actually want to build an industry.
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03-31-2014, 07:05 AM #7
Damn.
Spent many a summer on my 16. My intro to the trapeze... and flipping was NOT fun when you were 14 and weighed 135 pounds - had to be assisted more than once. Good times.
RIP Hobie"Those 1%ers are not an avaricious "them" but in reality the most entrepreneurial of "us". If we had more of them and fewer grandstanding politicians, we would all be better off."
- Bradley Schiller, Prof. of Economics, Univ. Nevada - Reno.
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03-31-2014, 08:18 AM #8"Those 1%ers are not an avaricious "them" but in reality the most entrepreneurial of "us". If we had more of them and fewer grandstanding politicians, we would all be better off."
- Bradley Schiller, Prof. of Economics, Univ. Nevada - Reno.
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03-31-2014, 08:34 AM #9Registered User
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Guy was a legend. I had the original sail number 2016 and spent a large portion of my youth on that thing.
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04-01-2014, 05:57 AM #10
Always wanted a hobie longboard - still looking for that special one
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