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- Birth nameHobart Laidlaw Alter
- Hobie Alter was born on October 31, 1933 in Ontario, California, USA. He was married to Susan. He died on March 29, 2014 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
- SpouseSusan(? - March 29, 2014) (his death, 3 children)
- In 1950, he made his own balsa surfboard in the family garage at Laguna Beach, and sold it. It was the beginning of a multimillion-dollar sports empire that his sons, Hobie and Jeff, still operate.
- In 2011, he was one of the first inductees into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis, Maryland.
- He was a surfer, surfboard innovator, and inventor of the Hobie Cat catamaran. He also created the Hobie Hawk, a radio-controlled model plane; and the Float Cat, a small fishing platform that can be paddled or pedaled on the water.
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