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[Florida Today video] Citizen of the Year George Trosset perhaps needs no introduction: You've probably heard of Surfing Santas, even if you don't live in Brevard [county]. Rob Landers Malcolm [...]

[New York Post / Orlando FOX35] Surf’s up, Santa! Hundreds of surfers dressed as Kris Kringle dashed through the waves at Cocoa Beach, Fla. Sunday for a swell celebration of Surfing Santas. [...]

[Florida Today]  Countless people across the county give their time and effort each year to make life just a little bit better for their neighbors on the Space Coast, often with [...]

[Good Morning America] Scores of surfing Santas turned out along Florida’s Space Coast to ride some waves on Christmas Eve despite the freezing cold weather—and raised more than $300,000 for [...]

[AP News] COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For the surfing Santas off Florida’s central coast, the Atlantic Ocean felt more like the North Pole than the Sunshine State as temperatures [...]

[Florida Today Video] Surfing Santas founder George Trosset discusses the upcoming 2022 Christmas Eve event, along with a Surfing Santas plush toy that rocketed into space. Malcolm Denemark Florida Today [...]

[Forbes Magazine] On Christmas Eve, Santa arrives in Florida’s Cocoa Beach in a different way - on a surfboard. 2022 is welcoming the 14th year of “Surfing Santas,” a gathering of wave [...]

[Florida Today] Boldly going where few, er, plush toys have gone before, George Trosset Sr.'s small "Surfing Santa" soared into the Final Frontier late this summer, bringing back an official [...]

[Florida Today] Over the past 11 years, the Christmas Eve tradition of locals dressing up as Santa Claus and going surfing evolved from a word-of-mouth activity into a bonafide event [...]

[Good Morning America] This Christmas, Santa is going surfing. On Dec. 24, hundreds of Santas will take the waves at Cocoa Beach, Florida, for Surfing Santas. George Trosset is the founder and [...]