Balsa wood.
DateMid-1950s
ClassificationsSurfboards
Credit LineSpencer Croul
Object numberS.364
DescriptionAlter was a solid competitor in his younger days. He won the second Brooks Street contest in Laguna in 1954 and placed third and fourth at the Makaha International Surfing Championships in 1958 and 1959. He was also an excellent tandem surfer, placing second in the event at Makaha in 1962. Alter added to his personal notoriety by making the Guinness Book of World Records in 1964, surfing the wake of a motorboat 26 miles from Long Beach to Catalina Island. The Hobie competition team was the one to beat in the '60s, and the company sponsored the most successful competitors on the West and East coasts, including Corky Carroll and Gary Propper.On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1967
c. 1950
