Surfers unite in Huntington Beach to help surfing pastor fight cancer
Surfers came together Sunday at the Huntington Beach Pier to compete and help raise money to help Blaine “Sumo†Sato, the surfing pastor of H2O Community Church in Huntington Beach, pay medical bills from his ongoing fight with cancer.
The Sumo Team Challenge featured teams of four people each — one man, one woman, a longboarder and a grom (15 or younger) — surfing against one another.
The event was organized by surfers Rick “Rockin’ Fig†Fignetti, Dave Reynolds, Don Bigelow, Joe Pearson and Don Ramsey.
Sato, the Huntington Beach Marine Safety Department’s official pastor, was inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame last year.
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