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Get your shirts, your shorts, your board and hit the beach after strolling through the gigantic display at Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach. It’s not just shopping, it’s an adventure. The Florida Surf Museum is located in the huge store, displaying memorabilia from decades of surfing on the Space Coast and beyond. TOM WILBY

Founder of Ron Jon surf empire left a deep legacy

BY JERRY SHAW

Surfing legend Ron DiMenna, founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, died peacefully in September at age 88. OBITUARY PHOTO

Only a few fortunate souls really knew Ron DiMenna. But to the people along the Space Coast, throughout Florida — and around the world — he was the iconic entrepreneur and king of the surfing lifestyle as founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop.

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