surfer.com - 75 Years of Hobie: The Coolest Tiki Bar in The World
It was at Hobie’s first shop in Dana Point, where so many epic stories took root and the industry we know today took shape.
On the Tuesday night of the Coast Film Festival, the tiki bar of the Hobie Surf Shop in Laguna Beach came to life with friends and family spanning seven generations to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Hobie.
If you could quantify the quality of stories, adventure, perfect waves, and mischief of one gathering, Hobie’s party would be in a league of its own thanks to honorary attendees like Mickey Munoz and Dick Metz.
Free drinks flowed over the wooden bar inlaid with old photographs—like Robert August and Mike Hynson in suits at the airport while filming for The Endless Summer. Just like Bruce Brown’s film went on to define surf culture then, the weeklong Coast Film Festival represents one of the finer surf gatherings in California today.