Surfing Santas Catch Waves At Florida Beach

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COCOA BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) — Before Santa surfs the skies to deliver presents, he caught some waves in Cocoa Beach on Christmas Eve.

Organizers of the seventh annual Surfing Santa event say they distributed 500 wristbands for surfers who wanted to ride the waves dressed as St. Nick.

A singer with a ukulele led hundreds of people in singing Christmas carols, and some Santas glided onto the beach, about 60 miles east of Orlando, via parachutes.

The event was started by George Trosset seven years ago from his beach house. It got so big the event was moved to the public beach.

Trosset says one of his goals is to get in the Guinness Book of Records for holding the biggest surfing Santa event.

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