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 ...

The Mirage Adventure Island shivered with delight as she took her first sip of La Jolla salt. I pulled the big Hobie—a hybrid craft featuring two outriggers, a mirage drive and a sail—out to waist ...

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 ...