Ron Jons Surf Shop
Title
Ron Jons Surf Shop
Subject
on Jon Surf Shop is a surfer-style retail store chain founded in 1959 in Ship Bottom, New Jersey by Ron DiMenna. The store specializes in surfing and bodyboarding equipment, and their Cocoa Beach, Florida, store is currently the largest surfing shop in the world. Ron Jon Surf Shop also houses the Cocoa Beach Surf Museum at the Cocoa Beach location. This museum contains exhibits highlighting surfing in the East Coast of the United States. It preserves and documents the unique history and culture of East Coast surfing through exhibits and educational events, community outreach programs for all ages, digital archiving activities, and its new oral history project. It highlights surfing history and culture from Cocoa Beach, nationally and internationally, and from differing perspectives, including exhibits that feature the history and lore that defines Cocoa Beach as one of the premier surf towns in the world. https://www.ronjonsurfshop.com/
Description
A photo of a large yellow building with 24 glass windows on the front. On the top of the building is a sign that reads Ron Jon Surf Shop "one of a kind." In front of the building, there is a marron PT cruiser car with a surfboard on top. on the left, there is a very large surfboard with a sign in the middle saying, Ron Jons.
Blue background sign that reads " Ron John Surf Shop. A surfboard and a Dream. New Jersey surfer Ron Dimenna opened Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach in 1963, selling beachwear and surfboards.Dimenna was central to shaping Cocoa Beach into the East Coast surfing capital of The United States. Ron Jon Surf Shop grew from a small local shop into an internationally recognized icon of the surf and beach lifestyle. The cocoa beach location is the flagship of the Ron Jons Surf Shop stores- the World's Largest Surf Shop. The company is still active in the surfing lifestyle. Ron Jon sponsors local surf team riders and supporters and organizes surfing festivals every year."
Blue background sign that reads " Ron John Surf Shop. A surfboard and a Dream. New Jersey surfer Ron Dimenna opened Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach in 1963, selling beachwear and surfboards.Dimenna was central to shaping Cocoa Beach into the East Coast surfing capital of The United States. Ron Jon Surf Shop grew from a small local shop into an internationally recognized icon of the surf and beach lifestyle. The cocoa beach location is the flagship of the Ron Jons Surf Shop stores- the World's Largest Surf Shop. The company is still active in the surfing lifestyle. Ron Jon sponsors local surf team riders and supporters and organizes surfing festivals every year."
Creator
Mags Mullican
Source
https://www.ronjonsurfshop.com/
Publisher
Ron Jon Surf Shop
Date
08/12/2021
Contributor
Mags Mullican
Original Format
Signs
Collection
Citation
Mags Mullican , “Ron Jons Surf Shop,” accessed April 28, 2024, https://publichumanities.omeka.net/items/show/382.