Floor To Ceiling Finds At Surf Mall On Ocean City Boardwalk

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Sep 9, 2026
We're on the move. We are at the Surf Mall at 12th and the Boardwalk. I got my friends here at
Slimeology. All right, fill me up. Come on. We're going to learn how to make slime today.
Right here, they have 10 stores under one roof. Perfect for a cold day, a hot day, a rainy day.
All right, I get the colors, my super stuff. Now, the only question I have
is whose head we're going to pour this on when we get done?
Yours!
What? No way!
All right, hang tight. This ought to be good.
Well, that backfired on him, didn't it?
Shaving cream? Whoa!
He's down there in Ocean City having fun.
Yeah, breaking news. I found the only bar in Ocean City. Yes, the bar. It's the Patch Bar.
We are here at the Surf Mall. Check out my hat. Tanned and tipsy. This is pretty cool. You can
come in and mix and match. You start with a blank hat, and they have hundreds of different patches
to personalize your own hat. Here's some of my favorites. First of all, the duck is good.
I like the fillies, the eagles. You got to have a pretzel. And coming next year,
they promise a jelly donut. Right, Wes?
That's absolutely right.
My man. So we're in the Surf Mall, which used to be the old movie theater.
That's right. Yep. We used to be the surf theater back in the 1960s where
Rocky Horror Picture Shows and things like that were going on in here.
Wow. It turned into a movie theater. And then the early 80s, we made it a mall, a boardwalk mall.
So you have probably close to 10 different stores, I would say, right? Different vendors
all under one roof. Yep, that's right. The idea is that we kind of got a little bit of
everything in here for everybody.
And the very first surf shop. Where's Greg the surfer?
Here he is. What's up, guy?
What up, my man? The very first surf shop. Tell me about it.
Since 1962, George Gerlach opened, nestled in 31st Street. Since then,
it's a groovy old building. Predates 1890.
Wow. What's the hottest item?
The hottest item, surfer supplies, hats, all incorporating our logo.
Okay. That's cool.
This is our logo right in there. This is the hottest item. And another hot item. You ready?
Yeah, I'm ready.
Come over here. This thing right here for girls, the mock turtle. Okay. It's a hot item.
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. My daughter wants one. All right.
Yeah, that's hot. And as always, sunglasses, UV shirts to protect her epidermal layer.
Okay. Skateboards, boogie boards, and skimboards.
Got it all. And he's the first. As soon as you come in the door.
And look at this. You get some specialized T-shirts, right? You make your T-shirts.
Got to have a T-shirt.
That's right.
On the boardwalk. And then down here over on this side, the kids will love this section right here.
This is all the candy and the hot TikTok items, like the squishies, the squeegees,
and all that other stuff. Oh, come here. Let's check in with my slime girls. How are we doing
over here?
Great.
All right. So it's slimeology. What are we doing here? Are we stretching it?
Yes. We have activated our slime, and now it's ready to play with.
Let me see. Here, let me play with it.
I'm going to activate your hands. Make sure you have slime hands.
All right.
Here you go.
All right. Hold my mic. Hold my mic. All right. So this is all part of the experience. This is
your business, you said, right?
It is, yes.
So you're able to franchise this, keep the kids playing with their phones, right?
Yes. I'm a chemical engineer, and I wanted to teach children a fun way to learn science.
Get out.
Screen-free fun. We're franchising. You can call us at 1-888-90-SLIME.
All right. So after you make your slime, we pick the color, we pick the scent.
What did I pick? What was mine?
Seashore.
Seashore. And then I get to put it in the jar here to take home, right?
Yes.
Hold on. Help me. Help me. Help me.
You don't have slime hands.
This is so much fun. Oh, my gosh. Thank you, girls, for helping me out, having some fun.
So something to do with the kids. And when we come back, the other part of them all,
records are back in style. We're going to put the needle on the record
coming up the next time around. All right. Ready? Who wants to get slimed?
You.
It's the music portion of Good Day Philadelphia. Records are back. The kids just,
they just want to hold it. They want to feel it. They want to play them records.
Michael Jackson, the hottest records and albums here since the movie came out.
And getting ready for Christmas. All Blue Eyes Christmas album.
We're live at Ocean City. Stay there. We're coming right back.
Who didn't have that on their bedroom wall back in the day?
Farrah Fawcett. Come on. We're live down here in Ocean City.
We're at the Surf Mall, which is at 12th and the Boardwalk.
Chris, records are back. The kids want it.
Big time. No, stay right here. He's just going to shoot up because we're looking up top there.
You got the vinyl. You got the CDs.
CDs and vinyl are definitely back. We buy and sell here. And we have something for everything,
Bob. Whether you're a dad who loves Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, or a kid who loves Taylor Swift.
And then this, look up. Rock and roll posters.
Over a thousand different posters of music and movies.
Wow.
And again, something for everyone, right? Like, if you're a little girl who loves
Oliver Rodriguez or a teenager who loves Nirvana.
And I'm just looking. Yeah. And this is like a little kid in a candy store.
And, you know, the mall has about 10 vendors all together.
But you have posters from all the rockers. All the old t-shirts. Concert t-shirts.
Yeah. You can spend hours in the store just walking around. And literally something for
everyone. Over 300 rock shirts. A thousand posters. Tapestries. If you're a music lover,
and everyone loves music. Right, Bob?
Oh, of course.
So there's everything here.
I always say music is what brings everybody together. We got Elvis,
Michael Jackson. One of the hottest items over here, whether it be records or posters.
Especially since the movie came out, right?
Yep. Yep. Michael Jackson's been our best seller this summer.
And, you know, what's great about this mall, I noticed, is that you're right.
Whether you're young, old, whatever, there's something for everybody. I'm
seeing something for the kids. Something for the ladies. Something for the adults.
Oh, here we go. Baseball cards. Austin's into collecting baseball cards.
So this will definitely take up an hour's worth of time.
Yeah. Orbs have been one of our hottest selling things this summer, along with sports or Pokemon.
It's all very popular.
Yeah. Come on over here. You know what? Pokemon is hot. And this weekend celebrates the 30th
anniversary of Pokemon. So if you're into the Pokemon cards or the Pokemon memorabilia,
you got to make this one of your stops. And there's that big, the big debate.
Is it sprinkles or jimmies? So the hottest shirt here is?
I think it's jimmies, Bob.
Jimmies. Wes, what do you think?
It's definitely got to be jimmies. Our customers made that real loud and clear this summer.
I said, here you go. We settled the debate. Sprinkles or jimmies?
It's jimmies. Ocean City, the surf mall. Thank you guys so much. This is so much fun.
A perfect spot for maybe a really hot day or rainy day. And what are your hours?
9 a.m. to 11 p.m. this weekend and then 10 to 10 on the off season.
Love it. All right. So if you're looking for something to do this weekend,
maybe just catch a break from the beach and the ocean.
The surf, surf mall here in the Ocean City Boardwalk.
That's a wrap from Ocean City. Everybody have yourself a great holiday weekend.
Yeah, it's the music portion of Good Day Philadelphia.
Records are back. The kids just they just want to hold it. They want to feel it. They want to
play them records. Michael Jackson, the hottest records and albums here since the movie came out.
And getting ready for Christmas. All Blue Eyes Christmas album.
We're live at Ocean City. Stay there. We're coming right back.
Flashback. Who didn't have that on their bedroom wall back in the day?
Farrah Fawcett. Come on. We're live down here in Ocean City. We're at the surf mall,
which is at 12th and the boardwalk. Chris, records are back. The kids want it.
Big time. Stay right here. He's just going to shoot up because we're looking up top there.
You got the vinyl. You got the CDs.
CDs and vinyl are definitely back. We buy and sell here. And we have something for everything,
whether you're your dad loves Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin or a kid who loves Taylor Swift.
And then this look up rock and roll posters.
Over a thousand different posters of music and movies.
Wow. And again, something for everyone, right? Like if you're a little girl,
I was living on Rodriguez or a teenager loves Nirvana.
And I'm just looking. Yeah. And this is like a little kid in a candy store.
And, you know, the mall has about 10 vendors all together. But you have
posters from all the rockers, all the old T-shirts, concert T-shirts.
Yeah. You can spend hours in the store just walking around
and literally something for everyone. Over 300 rock shirts, thousand posters,
tapestries. If you're a music lover and everyone loves music, right, Bob?
Oh, of course.
So there's everything here.
I always say music is what brings everybody together. We got Elvis, Michael Jackson,
one of the hottest items over here, whether it be records or posters,
especially since the movie came out, right?
Yep. Yep. And what's great about our summer.
And, you know, what's great about this mall, I notice is that you're right.
And whether you're young, old, whatever, whatever, there's something for everybody.
I'm seeing something for the kids, something for the ladies, something for the adults.
Here we go. Baseball cards. Austin's into collecting baseball cards.
So this is a definite take up an hour.
We've been one of our hottest selling things this summer, along with our sports or Pokemon.
It's all very popular.
Yeah. Come on over here. You know what? Pokemon is hot.
And this weekend celebrates the 30th anniversary of Pokemon.
So if you're into the Pokemon cards or the Pokemon memorabilia,
you got to make this one of your stops.
And there's that big, the big debate.
Is it sprinkles or jimmies?
So the hottest shirt here is?
I think it's jimmies, Bob.
Jimmies. Wes, what do you think?
It's definitely got to be jimmies.
Our customers made that real loud and clear this summer.
I said, here you go. We settled the debate.
Sprinkles or jimmies?
It's jimmies. Ocean City, the Surf Mall.
Thank you guys so much.
This is so much fun, a perfect spot for maybe a really hot day or rainy day.
And what are your hours?
9 a.m. to 11 p.m. this weekend and then 10 to 10 on the off season.
Love it. All right.
So if you're looking for something to do this weekend,
maybe just catch a break from the beach and the ocean.
The Surf Mall here in the Ocean City Boardwalk.
That's a wrap from Ocean City, everybody.
Have yourself a great holiday weekend.
I'll see you at the dance party tonight.
