Who is the new owner of Hobie?
We will continue to deliver the highest quality products and the same service standards our dealers have experienced in the past,” said Suzuki, who is one of three principals in the investment group that acquired Hobie in February, together with Taso Sofikitis, now Hobie’s Chairman, and Aaron Stewardson who serves as . The Hobie Cat Company, a pioneer and market-leader in pedal-drive kayaks, was sold in January to an investment group led by Taso Sofikitis with other senior officials of Detroit-based Maynards Industries.
Who bought Hobie?
The Hobie Cat Company was sold in March 2021 to venture capitalists, including Maynard Industries. Production. The design was built by Hobie Cat in the United States, starting in 1976, but it is now out of production.
Who owns Hobie Surfboards?
Hobie Surf Shop owners, Mark Christy and Jake Schwaner, are actively committed to the process and happily leading the charge for shop wide changes. Our goal is for our stores to reduce their carbon footprint and to be a resource for other small businesses. Today, 64 years later, we’re still here, making hand-shaped surfboards the way Hobie envisioned. His legacy lives on in every surfboard we make. You can depend on the quality and craftsmanship that he demanded. That’s our guarantee to you.In 1954, his father, now grown tired of the 35 pounds of balsa wood shavings from each board shaped, and piled on his garage floor, bought for $1500. Hobie’s first shop – the first Southern California surf shop — , in Dana Point on Pacific Coast Highway, two blocks from where the current Hobie Surf Shop stands.