 Surfers are out early most mornings to catch the waves at Huntington Beach about an hour south of Los Angeles. They call this area Surf City. For Tom Mori surfing is a passion and a way of life. Surfing to me is the create is creations most succinct metaphor best metaphor for how to live your life surf your life. Once a year the surfers meet to talk about their love of the ocean at a worship service called blessing of the waves. The service is open to people of all beliefs. A Muslim leads an Islamic prayer. Someone else blows a traditional Jewish ram's horn called a shofar. Manitbuala Azoroastrian reads a prayer in the ancient Alvestan language. So we have actually prayers for all the major elements of nature including the water. A group of immigrants from the nation of Tonga sang. Two Roman Catholic clergymen also were there. After the service 87-year-old Christian Monder went surfing. It takes a lot of skill but it's a wonderful feeling with you moving with the ocean especially when you can stand up and ride it wherever you want but just to be in the water with such an invigorating experience and it's great to be back all the way again. There is much to be thankful for says Dean Torrance. He was part of the 1960s singing group Jan and Dean. They helped to popularize surf music with songs like Surf City. The sand, the ocean, the blue sky, the weather. I mean what could be better? I'm very very very blessed to be here in a place that we call Surf City. I'm June Sims.