COCOA BEACH, Fla. — Now open in the heart of downtown Cocoa Beach is a restaurant and lounge paying homage to the city’s name. Coa (pronounced Coh-uh) is unlike anything offered downtown – especially ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The City of Cocoa Beach is celebrating a centennial birthday. One hundred years ago, the once-desolate Brevard County town was founded. Many factors have contributed to the city ...

COCOA BEACH, Fla. — It was chilly in Central Florida on Christmas Eve morning, but that didn't stop about 15,000 people from gathering on Cocoa Beach for a yearly tradition. Surfing Santas took to the ...

It’s Halloween, and one of the best parts of the holiday is seeing what everyone’s costume was. The first of the surfing community was Mason Ho, who took to the waves in a Joker mask to celebrate the ...

The 40th Annual National Kidney Foundation Surf Festival will take place from October 11-13, 2025, in Cocoa Beach. This year's event honors founder Rich Salick and features a partnership with Space ...

This story is part of our weekly Hidden Gems feature series as the USA TODAY Network – Florida takes readers around the state to highlight some of our most interesting attractions. The Dinosaur Store ...

ACCURATE FORECAST IN MINUTES. WELL TROPICAL STORM IMELDA IS CAUSING, AS WE MENTIONED, SOME DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AT OUR BEACHES TODAY. AND WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN IS IN COCOA BEACH WHERE BIG WAVES ARE ...

Ron DiMenna, who as the founder of the Ron Jon Surf Shop retail chain helped expand a niche sport into mainstream lifestyle culture, died Sept. 6 at his home on Merritt Island, Florida, near Cocoa ...

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 ...

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Friends of local surf culture icon Pete Smith will hold a meet-and-greet with him from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Dough Boy’s Restaurant on 33rd Street at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

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, ...