I will always have a warm spot for Hobie Surfboards. My first waveriding device (other than my body!) and a couple of friends like Candy Chase and Jorge Machuca were sponsored by Hobie during the late-1960s. Hobie had a dominant presence in Puerto Rico during the 1960s until the shortboards arrived during the Winter 1967-68 Winter season. Life changed forever!!
Trivia data point: Hobie Alter and Grubbie Clark poured their first foam blanks using a paipo/bellyboard mold.
Hobie Surfboards has also built some nice paipos over the years but they are hard to find.
Racked up with my first surfriding device, a 9'4" Hobie Noserider, June 1967. We were headed off to La Pared, Luquillo, Puerto Rico, for another gremmie session. I would not graduate to paipo boarding on a semi-regular basis for another year or so, initially for riding more challenging spots like Tres Palmas and Gas Chambers.
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rodNDtube "Prone to ride"
I love my papa li`ili`i
"The sea doth wash away all human ills."
-- Euripides.
