[PR Newswire] Before Santa delivers toys and gifts, he's been breaking away to catch some waves on Christmas Eve morning. COCOA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --Surfing Santas (surfingsantas.org) returns for its 15th year in front of Coconuts [...]

[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 Denemark Florida Today Published 10:53 [...]

[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. Jesse O'Neil / New York [...]

[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 little fanfare or expectation of [...]

[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 local non-profits. Good Morning America [...]

[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 on Saturday morning plunged to [...]

[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 Published 4:27 p.m. ET Dec. [...]

[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 riders decked out in their [...]

[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 Blue Origin "Certificate of Flight" [...]

[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 drawing thousands of tourists to [...]