In place of where the old building was before demolition, a new parking lot will be put in, Goodwin said. Ship Bottom Mayor William Huelsenbeck said he worked for the surf shop’s founder, Ron DiMenna, ...

From T-shirts to bathing suits and hoodies, surfboards to skimboards and skateboards, sunglasses to hats and shoes, beach toys to towels and sunblock, Ron Jon Surf Shop really does have it all.

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 ...

Owner Ron DiMenna, who added the Jon for effect, had opened the original 1,000-square-foot site on Long Beach Island, N.J., in 1961. That store now covers 10,000 square feet.

He opened the first store in Ship Bottom in 1961 before moving to Florida, creating another shop in Cocoa Beach in 1963. Ron Jon Surf Shop has about a dozen U.S. stores, most of which are in Florida.

Ron Jon Surf Shop 4151 North Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach 321-799-8888 ronjonsurfshop.com MORE SHOPPING *Renningers A vintage antique center, farmer and flea market on 117 acres open every weekend.

Ron Jon Surf Shop will also be asking customers to follow social distancing guidelines. Contact Vazquez at [email protected], 321-917-7491 or on Twitter @tyler_vazquez.

Ron Jon, founded in New Jersey in 1959, has 12 stores on the East Coast, as well as stores in Las Vegas, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands and JFK, Tampa, Miami and Orlando international airports.