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È morto a 80 anni Hobart Alter, surfista, velista e designer che creò il catamarano Hobie Cat

In this undated photo provided Monday, March 31, 2014, by Hobie Designs, shows design innovator Hobart "Hobie" Alter. He helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the "Hobie Cat" sailboat, has died. He was 80. In the late 1960s, Alter turned his focus to sailing and designed a lightweight sailboat inspired by the twin-hulled Polynesian catamaran. Two words, surfboards and Hobie, were all but synonymous in the early 1960s, when teenagers who saw movies such as “Gidget” and “Beach Party” rushed to the shores of Southern California to try a mesmerizing new water sport. (AP Photo/Hobie Designs)
In this undated photo provided Monday, March 31, 2014, by Hobie Designs, shows design innovator Hobart "Hobie" Alter. He helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the "Hobie Cat" sailboat, has died. He was 80. In the late 1960s, Alter turned his focus to sailing and designed a lightweight sailboat inspired by the twin-hulled Polynesian catamaran. Two words, surfboards and Hobie, were all but synonymous in the early 1960s, when teenagers who saw movies such as “Gidget” and “Beach Party” rushed to the shores of Southern California to try a mesmerizing new water sport. (AP Photo/Hobie Designs)

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 the sport. A decade later, his iconic Hobie Cat catamaran design opened the world of sailing to a wider audience.

Alter died after a long fight with cancer, according to the Orange County Register. Reflecting his legacy in two sports, his name is included in both the Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame and the National Sailing Hall of Fame.

Hobie Alter

(AP Photo/Hobie Designs)

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