Hobie / Vita-Pakt skateboard team wears striped T-shirts

Title

Hobie / Vita-Pakt skateboard team wears striped T-shirts

Description

Hobie / Vita-Pakt Super Surfer skateboard team riders take a group photo wearing striped T-shirts: John Freis, Danny Bearer, George Trafton, Davey Hilton, Steve Hilton.

"By 1964-65, Hobie’s Vita-Pakt skateboards overtook Makaha’s popularity, in part by stealing Makaha team riders."
-- Jim Fitzpatrick

Date

circa 1965

Source

Digital only

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Citation

“Hobie / Vita-Pakt skateboard team wears striped T-shirts,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://www.topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/3295.