Kayaks are cool, but for city dwellers they eat up too much storage space to be practical. Enter the inflatable boat, which not only stows away nicely but travels efficiently in its own bag. Hobie's ...

I grew up fishing with my dad from the shore, or sometimes from a rowboat or canoe. We never caught much. Although these were "fishing trips," I recall spending more time paddling than casting.

When I heard Hobie was releasing a new kayak, I never would have expected the 180 I encountered strolling up to the testing event at ICAST. Instead of a new boat following the course of ...