In Episode 6 of “Life’s First-Evers with Jeannie,” she surprises Diane and her four best friends from a small town in Iowa by taking them to the California coast to learn how to surf for the very first time. Diane, Cindy, Nancy, Kathy and Kim have been doing their own first-evers for years. As Nancy says, “Life’s too short. Let’s have adventures.” The friends want to learn how to surf, however, in Iowa they are nowhere near water. Jeannie helps the women achieve this first-ever experience of surfing by taking them to Malibu, where hunky instructors Joe and Tyler give them a surfing lesson for beginners.

Ellen’s assistant Jamie worked up a sweat. Real bad. If only she used Secret Active, Jamie would’ve stayed dry all day long!

Audience members Jessica and Tessa thought they were called on for a game of “Mr. Big Stuff,” but they were shocked when Ellen surprised each of them with their best friends to play as their teammates!

Portia de Rossi explained why she decided to quit acting after decades in the business. Then, she and Ellen got a huge surprise for The Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund from Portia’s friends at “Arrested Development.”

Find out what happened as U2’s Bono & The Edge wrapped up their stint as Ellen’s assistants for the day.

Nine-year-old Issy Simpson showed off her amazing magic tricks for Ellen!

Portia de Rossi and Ellen talked about General Public, Portia’s innovative new art curation and publication company, and her collaboration with RH Modern.