Today is the first full day of spring but it's 82F hot, and no rain for weeks. We passed bushfires on the way down to Cocoa Beach, famed surfing spot and great place to get salt-wet. Like Daytona, there are mega crowds of spring breakers but in a much more concentrated area.
Cocoa Beach is the home of Ron Jon's, the world's biggest surf store at 52,000 sq. ft. Of course. most customers here don't know the sharp end of a surfboard but the surfer look will outlast the Beach Boys. Anybody out there interested in one of Ron's personal boards at $5000?
Cocoa Beach has gentle, slow, beginner waves. Ironically these little waves were the start for the guy considered the world's best surfer, ever. Kelly Slater had to get all the action he could from his puny home-town surf --- and he did. Read the plaque that adorns his statue out front --- his latest championship was in 2010, at age 38!
The next Slater is out there carving the ocean. It could be you --- just get into your woody and
gear up at Ron Jon's, open 24 hours so you don't miss the next right break.
The next Slater is out there carving the ocean. It could be you --- just get into your woody and
gear up at Ron Jon's, open 24 hours so you don't miss the next right break.
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