Ron DiMenna, the founder of popular Jersey Shore-born Ron Jon Surf Shop, died Sept. 6 at the age of 88 in Florida. An obituary published by Space Coast Daily announced his death. DiMenna was a surf ...

Ron Jon Surf Shop plans to shut down its Ocean City location after three years in business. In a social media post announcing the Oct. 6 closure, the popular Jersey Shore-born retail chain did not ...

Ron DiMenna, one of the pioneers of surfing at the Jersey Shore and the founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, passed away Sept. 6 in Florida. He was 88. Described as a "free spirit," DiMenna founded the ...

Though "the original" Ron Jon Surf Shop opened in the early 1960s in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, it's the iconic Cocoa Beach location (the brand's flagship) that put Ron Jon on the map globally.

Ron DiMenna, the founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, died at the age of 88. DiMenna started the business in 1959 by selling surfboards from his car in New Jersey. The company grew into a major retailer with ...

COCOA BEACH, Florida — Ron DiMenna, the founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop and a pioneer of surf retail culture, died Sept. 6 at the age of 88. DiMenna launched Ron Jon Surf Shop in 1959 along the New ...

COCOA BEACH, Florida — Ron DiMenna, the entrepreneurial spirit behind the globally recognized Ron Jon Surf Shop brand, died Saturday in Florida, the store announced. He was 88. “Our thoughts are with ...

Back in 1981, Ben Malik and his buddies at landlocked Lakeland High School would drive 100-plus miles across Central Florida to catch waves in Cocoa Beach. And they plastered Ron Jon Surf Shop ...

Ron DiMenna, the founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, has died at 88. DiMenna, who opened the first Ron Jon Surf Shop in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island at age 24 in 1961, died Saturday in Florida, ...

Ron DiMenna, the founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, died at the age of 88. DiMenna started the business in 1959 by selling surfboards from his car in New Jersey. The company grew into a major retailer with ...

As the founder of a national chain, he was a key figure in surfing’s expansion into mainstream culture, with a life said to be “the stuff of folklore.” By Jeré Longman Ron DiMenna, who as the founder ...