Surfing Santas hosted its 12th annual charity surf on Christmas Eve with special appearance from NFL quarterback.
The following written content by Cortney Moore
In Florida, Santa ditched his nine reindeer and flying sleigh and kicked off Christmas festivities with a surfboard.
The remarkable moment happened at Cocoa Beach on Christmas Eve Friday, when hundreds of surfers donned their best Santa costumes to celebrate the holiday and benefit local charities.
More than 10,000 spectators traveled to Florida’s Space Coast for the 12th annual Surfing Santas event and watched 400-plus surfers shred waves for a good cause.
The organization had to cancel its event last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but this year Surfing Santas went all out with a six-city block venue at 3 Minutemen Causeway Beach.
Former New England Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie kicked off the event Friday morning by jumping out of a helicopter into the Atlantic Ocean wearing a Santa costume.
The rest of the day was filled with space-themed goodies, costume contests, Hawaiian dancers and a visit from Santa Claus.
A media representative for Surfing Santas told Fox News Digital that the organization has raised $62,000 from selling T-shirts at this year’s surf event — a record year for the organization. According to event leaders at Surfing Santas, proceeds from the Christmas Eve surf event will be donated to Florida-based charities. Read more from Fox.
