The son of a second-generation orange farmer, Hobie flourished spending time at his family’s Laguna Beach summer home. The recently published biography “Hobie: Master of Water, Wind and Waves” reveals the story of this true Renaissance man. Born on Octoin Ontario, California, he was 80 at the time of his passing. Hobart “Hobie” Alter, who started out shaping surfboards, and ended up shaping a culture, passed away peacefully at his Palm Desert home on March 29 surrounded by his loving family. We all are truly saddened by the passing of this gentle man, and modern creator of so many sports innovations. Of all the legends we've recently lost, this one hit closest to home, especially since our own Dick Metz was such a close friend and associate of Hobie's. You can read about some of Mike's adventures in the recent Surfer's Journal, number 23, volume 6, and for more on Mike, check out these postings on The Encyclopedia of Surfingand on Surfline. A true friend of Surfing Heritage and one of the nicest guys around (with a great sense of humor to boot), Mike will be greatly missed. He and Nancy even had their wedding at SHACC a few years back. Mike spent his last year with his wife, Nancy, traveling around the US and Mexico, crossing off items on his bucket list. Mike was featured in John Severson's final film, "Pacific Vibrations", riding the board seen here with artwork done by Mike himself (that's former longboard world champ, Taylor Jensen on the right). Mike was able to make the transition from long to shortboards and inspired a generation of Right Coast surfers with his smooth stye and effortless radical maneuvers. Buzzy also started the Chart House restaurant chain with Joey Cabell, which went on to become very successful.Įast Coast Hall of Famer, Mike Tabeling (pictured on the left) passed away on December 20, after a year-long battle with cancer. In fact it was Buzzy who first introduced Butch to Velzy, thu s giving Butch his first surfboard sponsor. Dale Velzy told me that before Butch arrived on the scene, Buzzy Bent was (in Velzy's words) "IT!" the surfer that all the other San Diego wave-riders looked to for cutting edge moves and inspiration. He was a pioneering surfing stylist among the La Jolla set, often being credited for inventing the "WindanSea bottom turn". Photo courtesy of Woody Ekstrom) "Butch's good friend and fellow WindanSea legend BUZZY BENT passed away at 1 am this morning (Jan 4, 2015). (Excerpt from Surfing in San Diego, by John C. From the day Buzzy showed up at Windansea, he amazed the loclas by doing bottom turns, redirecting his surfboard at the bottom of a wave, which no one had ever seen. She was also featured in Andrea Gabbard's Girl In The Curl, a book on female surfers the California Surf Museum Women On Waves exhibit and Don Wolf's 1965 film, Always Another Wave. Here's an article on Shelley from 2008 and a facebook page created for memories of Shelley.īuzzy Bent (left) rides a balsa board shaped by Joe Quigg, as Dempsey Holder (center) and Bobby Ekstrom share the same wave in 1949. She was active in Surfrider for many years and competed well into her 50s and was a one-time Dewey Weber team member. A contemporary of Marge Calhoun and Linda Benson, Shelley was a competitive surfer and learned to surf from people like Matt Kivlin and John Larronde. Shelley Merrick, 50s female surfing pioneer, passed away. Tragically, Ricardo was only 24 at the time of his passing. Ricardo Dos Santos, Brazilian tube-riding specialist and big wave charger, was gunned down and later died from his injuries, in his hometown of Guarda do Embau in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Dos Santos appeared in several (CT) events in recent years including the 2012 Billabong Pro Teahupo'o, during which he received the Andy Irons Most Committed award (beating Jordy Smith, Taj Burrow and Kelly Slater in the main event) and in 2012, he won the "Wave of the Winter" with a tube at Pipeline.
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