{"id":2605,"date":"2011-04-21T16:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:50:35","slug":"hang-ten-this-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/hang-ten-this-holiday-weekend-2605","title":{"rendered":"Hang Ten This Holiday Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/longboard.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2630 size-full\" title=\"longboard\" src=\"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/longboard.png\" alt=\"Longboard Surfing\" width=\"795\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/longboard.png 795w, https:\/\/alcapones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/longboard-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 22 &#8211; 24 Ron Jon Surf Shop<\/strong> will host its <strong>47th Annual Easter Surfing Festival.<\/strong> Enjoy the sun, surf and sand along beautiful <strong>Cocoa Beach<\/strong>, just one hour <strong>east of Orlando<\/strong>, as you watch <strong>championship surfers<\/strong> from ages 6 to 60 from around the world compete in this annual surfing competition. An Easter <strong>egg hunt<\/strong> and <strong>food court<\/strong>, as well as <strong>surf clinics<\/strong> and demonstrations are part of the fun.<\/p>\n<p>The contest is held at <strong>Alan Shepard Park<\/strong> (directly behind Ron Jon\u2019s) and <strong>Cocoa Beach Pier <\/strong>and <strong>admission is FREE<\/strong>. Activities will take place throughout the day, so visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastersurffest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a> or call 321-799-8888 for more information. Spectators will have a chance to learn Surfing And Skim Boarding, participate in celebrity signings and enjoy evening entertainment with movies, bands, parties and more. There will even be a <strong>Sunrise Service<\/strong> offered at either site.<\/p>\n<p>For over four decades the Ron Jon Easter Surfing Festival has continued to be a major force in the growth of surfing on the east coast of the United States. It is the second oldest most diverse and publicized event of its type, and is always staged over Easter weekend, during <strong>Spring Break <\/strong>in Cocoa Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hang ten<\/strong> this <strong>holiday weekend<\/strong> at the surfing contest, then drive back to Kissimmee for our <strong>7:30pm show<\/strong> at <a href=\"https:\/\/alcapones.com\"><strong>Capone\u2019s Dinner &amp; Show<\/strong><\/a>. This Easter Sunday, we\u2019ll be giving away <strong>FREE gangster hats<\/strong> to every guest (excluding infants). It\u2019s a great time of the year to spend the day enjoying our <strong>beaches<\/strong> and the evenings enjoying our <strong>show!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a great time of the year to spend the day enjoying our beaches and the evenings enjoying our show!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[684,330],"tags":[693,687,692],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festivals-special-events","category-holiday-specials","tag-easter-surf-festival","tag-orlando-easter-specials","tag-orlando-surf-contest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hang Ten This Holiday Weekend! 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