We specialize in teaching beginners and advanced surfers!!
-OWNER / INSTRUCTOR: CRAIG CARROLL
CEO, WAVE PARKS CONSULTANT, SURF TRIPS & TYPHOON LAGOON , SURF TRIP PROGRAMS DIRECTOR.
D.O.B: OCTOBER 9, 1958
SURFING SINCE: 1966
SURFING COMPETITIVELY FROM / TO: 1976/1984.
TITLES: 1993 EAST COAST LONGBOARD CHAMPION, MEMBER OF 1996 WORLD CHAMPION U.S. NATIONAL SURFING TEAM, 1997 EAST COAST KNEEBOARD CHAMPION.
PLACES SURFED: FLORIDA AND U.S.EAST COAST, CALIFORNIA, HAWAII, BARBADOS, PUERTO RICO, GUADELOUPE, MEXICO AND BAHAMAS.
OTHER SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS: CPR CERTIFIED, FORMER COACH FOR SHAGG’S SURF TEAM FROM 1984 TO 1994, WHICH THEN INCLUDED NOW FAMOUS 8 TIME WORLD CHAMPION KELLY SLATER, FORMER EASTERN SURFING ASSOCIATION CENTRAL FLORIDA DISTRICT DIRECTOR
About us
Craig Carroll, Owner and Founder of Ron Jon Surf School®, started teaching others to surf more then 17 years ago. He is proud to offer his knowledge and skills to others, including his staff of top instructors, whom make your experience in the water a memorable one to last a lifetime. Join us in the water and learn the skills you need to surf on your own. Just for fun, or even competitively someday perhaps...
Surfing up something very nice!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Jul 11, 2009
Myself, my partner, her sister and husband ventured out to Cocoa Beach on a trip to Orlando in June.We decided to try the surfing lessons on offer.This was a major highlight of our vacation and was by far one the best experiences of our ...
A must do with kids!!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Jun 30, 2009
I had very pleasant scheduling in advance with Vicky who was very accomodating and gave us some good tips. I scheduled a lesson for myself and two daughters ages 10 and 11, we signed up for the group 3 hour lesson. ...
Best Thing the Kids Did on Entire Vacation!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - May 27, 2009
On May 15, 2009 I brought my daughter, 20 and my niece, age 15 and nephew, age 12 to get some surf lessons while we were on vacation to Orlando. My niece and nephew had never been to Orlando before and this is the experience they have not ...
The Best Day!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Apr 5, 2009
This was an awesome experience. My husband and daughters who are 7,8 and 17 wanted to try surfing while we were on vacation. This is a great company from Vicki who scheduled our trip to Eric our instructor. On the day we were suppose to ...
Surf's up!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Jan 10, 2009
We had just come from a not so relaxing time as Magic Kingdom. We stayed at Cocoa Beach for 3 glorious days. Our boys-ages 16 & 12 wanted to learn to surf. So after arranging a lesson with Vicki (super nice) at Ron Jon's surf school-we ...
THE BEST TIME EVER!!!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Jul 10, 2008
We had such fun with Cliff our instructor-actually just the kids took lessons, but such a great time taking pictures and filming video of them having a ball. Vicki was very friendly and easy going, Cliff the instructor was so ...
Great service, good intro class!
Rated 4.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Jun 4, 2008
My girlfriend and I had a two hour private lesson on a recent trip to Cocoa Beach. The instructor was young but knowledgeable, and Vicki - who runs the place - was friendly and very helpful. The waves weren't great that particular day, ...
Best Surf Experience Ever!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Feb 10, 2008
I visited Cocoa Beach from Utah and just had to partake in the surf experience found there. My family and I have never surfed before, so we decided to take a lesson with Ron Jon Surf School.Our instructor, Jonathan, was amazing, ...
Do This!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - May 23, 2007
While we were visiting Orlando we took part in the Typhoon Lagoon early surf experience.A local TV station was there that day too.The theme park reporter looked as if he had just as much fun falling down as I did when my husband and I tried. ...
Now they are hooked on surfing!
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Aug 25, 2006
We went to Craig Carrolls surf school 8/5 and had a lesson with Claire for two hours and the kids are still raving about it and want to move to Cocoa Beach. It was well worth the cost since they were by themselves and learned alot...they ...
Hanging Ten with Craig Carroll!
Rated 4.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Jun 21, 2006
My wife, myself and oldest daughter arrived at the baby blue building in Cocoa Beach not really knowing what to expect. My wife played photographer as my daughter and I tried our hands, feet and everything else at surfing. ...
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - Jul 10, 2003
Craig Carroll taught me the fundementals of surfing and got me started off right. Now that I have been surfing for a while, I am going back for a second lesson to further my skills. I am also bringing my husband so that he can touch up ...
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 By A TripAdvisor Member - May 10, 2003
In May of 2002 I was on Vacation in Florida at Walt Disney World when I my wife told me about a Craig Carroll Coco Beach Surf school that was being held at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon. I took the lesson on an early Friday morning. ...
Let our staff of professional instructors teach you the basics of surfing.
Some of our instructors, here at the RJSS, are:
Former US National Surfing Team Members and East Coast Champions!