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Image Not Available for Inside the Hobie factory @ 1954. Foreground is Jimmy Lomas and in the background is Hobie Alter. Photo by John E. Thurston
Inside the Hobie factory @ 1954. Foreground is Jimmy Lomas and in the background is Hobie Alter. Photo by John E. Thurston
Image Not Available for Inside the Hobie factory @ 1954. Foreground is Jimmy Lomas and in the background is Hobie Alter. Photo by John E. Thurston

Inside the Hobie factory @ 1954. Foreground is Jimmy Lomas and in the background is Hobie Alter. Photo by John E. Thurston

MediumMetz T 149_WM.jpg
ClassificationsPhotographs
Object numberP.5618
DescriptionInside the Hobie factory @ 1954. Foreground is Jimmy Lomas and in the background is Hobie Alter. Photo by John E. Thurston - Metz T 149_WM.jpg
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Image Not Available for In the foreground is Hobie Alter, in the middle is Jimmy Lomas, and the person in the background is unidentified @ 1954. Photo by John E. Thurston
In the foreground is Hobie Alter, in the middle is Jimmy Lomas, and the person in the background is unidentified @ 1954. Photo by John E. Thurston
Image Not Available for Jimmy Lomas - shaping balsa wood surf boards at the Hobie Surfboards factory in 1956. Photo by John E. Thurston.
Jimmy Lomas - shaping balsa wood surf boards at the Hobie Surfboards factory in 1956. Photo by John E. Thurston.
Image Not Available for Hobie Alter working on a balsa surfboard @ 1954. Photo by John E. Thurston
Hobie Alter working on a balsa surfboard @ 1954. Photo by John E. Thurston
Image Not Available for Hobie Alter shaping a balsa surfboard @ 1954 - note mask is placed on his forehead. Photo by John E. Thurston
Hobie Alter shaping a balsa surfboard @ 1954 - note mask is placed on his forehead. Photo by John E. Thurston
Image Not Available for Renolds Yater sanding a balsa surfboard in preparation for final finish coat while working in the Hobie factory - 1956. Photo by John E. Thurston
Renolds Yater sanding a balsa surfboard in preparation for final finish coat while working in the Hobie factory - 1956. Photo by John E. Thurston
Image Not Available for Hobie Alter's early surfboard shaping machine. Photo by John E. Thurston
Hobie Alter's early surfboard shaping machine. Photo by John E. Thurston
Image Not Available for Reynolds Yater sanding a balsa wood surfboard after it was fiberglassed @ 1954. Photo by John E. Thurston
Reynolds Yater sanding a balsa wood surfboard after it was fiberglassed @ 1954. Photo by John E. Thurston
Image Not Available for Pat Curren and a friend at Hobie's factory.
Pat Curren and a friend at Hobie's factory.
Image Not Available for Peanuts Larsen and Dick Metz with a friend in Hawaii
Peanuts Larsen and Dick Metz with a friend in Hawaii
Image Not Available for Perry Duncan standing on the top of the Pyramid of the Moon and looking at a model of the God. The pyramid of the Sun is in the background - October 1954
Perry Duncan standing on the top of the Pyramid of the Moon and looking at a model of the God. The pyramid of the Sun is in the background - October 1954
Image Not Available for Dick Metz with his surf shop employees - aka "The Hobie Girls". ?, Kamila, Kelly Aiken, ?, Denice, and Karen Warick. Dick in front. Downtown Laguna Beach with PCH visible in background-1976.
Dick Metz with his surf shop employees - aka "The Hobie Girls". ?, Kamila, Kelly Aiken, ?, Denice, and Karen Warick. Dick in front. Downtown Laguna Beach with PCH visible in background-1976.
1976
Image Not Available for Hobie Alter and his wife Susan at Bill Wise's party inside Christina's Restaurant in October 1987
Hobie Alter and his wife Susan at Bill Wise's party inside Christina's Restaurant in October 1987