The water sports industry lost an icon of the highest magnitude on October 21, 2012 when waterski and wakeboard legendary designer Herb O’Brien died near his home at Radar Lake in Washington. Herb was a huge figure in the watersports industry. Thousands were touched by his life and his work.
In 1981, Herb founded HO Skis and in the early ’90s he started Hyperlite
In 2006, Herb and fellow team members launched Square One Distribution, producers of Ronix Wakeboards and Radar Water Skis based in Issaquah, Washington.
The brand 'radar' was named after Herb’s infamous Radar Lake, a beautiful parcel on a bluff outside of Woodinville, Washington with a man-made ski lake where he lived.
Herb was the chief engineer for each brand and held a fondness for tinkering in his 10,000 sq. ft. shop.
His watersports career spanned five decades producing numerous industry firsts along the way. For example, it was Herb O’Brien who first built a compression-molded wakeboard that launched the entire wakeboarding industry in 1993.
Herb was known for backing for his dealers and once quipped
Herb O’Brien was a leader, not a follower.
Rest in peace Herb O’Brien
In 1981, Herb founded HO Skis and in the early ’90s he started Hyperlite
In 2006, Herb and fellow team members launched Square One Distribution, producers of Ronix Wakeboards and Radar Water Skis based in Issaquah, Washington.
The brand 'radar' was named after Herb’s infamous Radar Lake, a beautiful parcel on a bluff outside of Woodinville, Washington with a man-made ski lake where he lived.
Herb was the chief engineer for each brand and held a fondness for tinkering in his 10,000 sq. ft. shop.
His watersports career spanned five decades producing numerous industry firsts along the way. For example, it was Herb O’Brien who first built a compression-molded wakeboard that launched the entire wakeboarding industry in 1993.
Herb was known for backing for his dealers and once quipped
Herb O’Brien was a leader, not a follower.
Rest in peace Herb O’Brien