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Ron Jon Surf Shop Founder Ron DiMenna Dies, 88
Ron Jon Surf Shop founder Ron DiMenna, whose surfboard sales on Long Beach Island grew into a surf empire, died Saturday, Sept. 6, the company announced Sunday. He was 88 years old.
“The entire Ron Jon family mourns this loss,” said Michele Goodwin, president of Ron Jon Surf Shop. “On behalf of our Board of Directors, management team, and employees, we extend our deepest sympathy to Ron’s wife, Lynne DiMenna.”
According to an obituary published by Space Coast Daily, DiMenna grew up near the Jersey Shore and discovered surfing in 1959. When he told his father he wanted a custom board from Ca…
Travis Barker's Band To Headline Massive NJ Music Festival, Will Kardashian Wife Come Too?
Could the Kardashians be making their way to the Jersey Shore?
With Travis Barker, Kourtney’s husband, set to headline this year’s Sea.Hear.Now festival, it might be the perfect opportunity for her to experience Asbury Park’s iconic beachfront scene.
The two-day music, art, and surfing extravaganza in Asbury Park will be held on Sept. 13 and 14, 2025, and the lineup is stacked with major artists.
This year’s headliners include Ireland's Hozier, pop-punk band Blink-182, Lenny Kravitz, and Alabama Shakes, along with performances from LCD Soundsystem, Public Enemy, Spoon, Phantogram, De La So…
Surfing Teacher Rescues Jersey Shore Swimmer While Filming Promo Video For Boogie Board
A teacher saved a Jersey Shore swimmer in distress while surfing over the weekend, and he just so happened to capture it on video.
US Marine Steve Houser, of Toms River, went to LBI Sunday, Sept. 3, to film a promo video for one of Tandm Surf's boards
Oh, what a video they got.
Houser — who works as a special education history teacher in the PATHS program at Piscataway High School — was surfing out teaching his daughter how to surf when he spotted the struggling swimmers.
"I could see five to seven people in distress," said Houser, a Downingtown, PA native.
"As a surfer, I can spot a ri…
Massive Music Fest SeaHearNow Returns To Asbury Park (Photos)
One of the largest beachfront music festivals in the region is gearing up for its big return to Asbury Park.
Green Day and Stevie Nicks have been announced as headliners for the annual Sea.Hear.Now Festival, a two-day music event that will treat fans to more than 25 performances Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 1. The festival will run across three stages at North Beach Asbury Park and Bradley Park.
Other major acts include My Morning Jacket, Cage The Elephant, Billy Strings, Gary Clark Jr., The Head and the Heart, IDLES, Courtney Barnett, and more.
The North Beach Rumble sur…
NJ Beach Named Among 25 Best In America
You don't have to go to Hawaii to find a great beach. Well, you can — or you can stay right here in New Jersey.
Not only is Asbury Park a good beach, it's among the 25 best in America, TravelAndLeisure.com says.
Privacy, accessible parking, boardwalk and public transportation are just some of the factors the website looked at in choosing the best beaches in the country.
"Stretching about a mile along New Jersey's Atlantic coast, Asbury Park Beach is a lively, clean, white-sand beach. Sunbathing, swimming, surfing, fishing, and people-watching are favorite activities here," the website said…
Council Rock HS Grad, Bucks County Native Raymond Kruzick Dies, 31
Bucks County native Raymond D. Kruzick died on Aug. 13 at the age of 31.
The Newtown resident was a 2009 graduate of Council Rock High School, according to his obituary.
Kruzick was remembered for his "charismatic personality, belly laughter, and kind heart, always caring for those around him."
He loved surfing, skateboarding, wakeboarding, dirt bike riding, cliff jumping, his obit says.
He was predeceased by the late Daniel J. Mabin, and the late Raymond and Angeline Kruzick.
He is survived by his mother Kathleen McKamey (Mabin) step-father Schaunn McKamey of Warminster, Pa., his f…
