LOS ANGELES — Surf shops and Southern California go together like sand and beaches. But there’s a new surf shop like no other, and it’s in Venice Beach. Mami Wata is the first African surf shop in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ron DiMenna, the founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, died on Sep. 6 at the age of 88. The surf shop announced his death in a post on Facebook. “In remembrance of the visionary founder of our brand, Ron ...

The founder and namesake of an iconic American brand has died. Ron DiMenna, who founded Ron Jon Surf Shop in 1959, died on Sept. 6, the brand announced. He was 88. “We honor all the creativity he ...

DiMenna died on Sept. 6 in Florida, The Asbury Park Press reported. The Ron Jon Surf Shop started when he wanted a custom surfboard from California after he outgrew his homemade boards. His father ...

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 ...

Ron DiMenna, the founder of Ron Jon Surf Shop, has died. He was 88 years old. DiMenna, who opened the first location of the chain on Long Beach Island in Ocean County, New Jersey in 1961, died ...

Ron Jon Surf Shop became one of the world’s most iconic surf- and beach-themed retail stores. Ron DiMenna, who opened his first Ron Jon Surf Shop at the age of 24 in 1961 in New Jersey and went on to ...

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, ...