As most of you know, the legendary Hobie Alter died this year. It was a huge loss to all of us in the surfing community the world over. During the formative years of modern surfing there was ...

Clue me in Corky. Nick Marshall, Costa Mesa A. Yes, I can. As a matter of fact, I use the “chine rail” design in both my SUP designs from Hobie and also on my mid-size prone surfboard design ...

Corky Carroll logos from his Hobie Surfboard signature model. Kevin O'Connor and Tom Haberstroh went LIVE on Friday morning to discuss 10 storylines with 10 days left in the NBA regular season.

I just received my copy of the new book from Joe Dunn titled “Lifestyle Retail, the Hobie Surf Shop Story.” I had been eager to see this one as I spent many years working at, around ...

So in late January, I packed my bag, along with four versions of my “Super Mini” model from Hobie and took off with my wife for four months to do nothing but surf and get to know the main ...

Fast-forward to about 1967 or ’68 when I am traveling up the East Coast promoting my new “Mini Model” shortboard design from Hobie. I was with a great East Coast surfer named Freddie ...

He eventually became one of the most respected shapers on the planet and had his own signature model with Robert August ... a line of big wave boards for Hobie, the legendary Hobie Dick Brewer ...

Hobie liked what he saw, and wheels were in motion to get him involved on the surf team. The next season saw the release of the Gary Propper East Coast model and the Corky Carroll West Coast model.

At that time I was riding for Hobie surfboards and was in charge of ... I got three rides that day before my little “mini model” spun out on a huge take-off and I wound up swimming for what ...

I first met Corky Smith in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1964 when I was on the “Endless Summer” movie and surf exhibition tour with Bruce Brown and Hobie Alter. Corky was running the Hobie ...

On one side, you have the fans of Hobie Alter — an innovator who changed the industry worldwide with his foam and fiberglass boards. Then, there’s Corky Carroll — a charismatic surf champion ...

Corky Carroll's one of a kind ... with Hobie Alter and became the youngest member of the Hobie surf team. His signature model would enjoy record-breaking sales. In 1965 Carroll won the Tom ...