Bethany Hamilton Vignette

Bethany Hamilton 2011

Despite the trauma of the incident, Bethany Hamilton was determined to return to surfing. Less than one month after the incident, Bethany Hamilton returned to her board and went surfing again. Initially, Bethany Hamilton adopted a custom-made board that was longer and slightly thicker, making it easier to paddle. Bethany Hamilton has observed that she has to kick a lot more to make up for the loss of her left arm. After teaching herself to surf with one arm, Bethany Hamilton again began surfing competitively in 2011. Bethany Hamilton is now back to using competitive performance short-boards in 2011.

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Bethany Hamilton 2010

On May 16, 2010, Bethany Hamilton appeared on an episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In March 2011, Bethany Hamilton did a video for the Christian website "I am Second" telling about her struggle after the shark attack and how she trusted in God to get her through it.

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Bethany Hamilton Surfboard

It took real faith and courage to get Bethany Hamilton back on a surfboard after losing her arm to a shark. In this new four-book fiction series based on the life of surfer star Bethany Hamilton, Bethany and her friends discover God's love and guidance as they tackle the waves that life hands them. Also available: Soul Surfer Bible, Ask Bethany, and Rise Above. In Clash, it's a challenge to their tight-knit group when a new girl with a secret crowds Bethany and her friends. Important heart issues lead to difficult decisions. In Burned, Bethany Hamilton has a run-in with an unpleasant kid on a surf trip to Samoa and discovers something in the Samoan culture that brings healing and forgiveness. In Storm, Bethany Hamilton helps a young family lost on the Kalalun trail. As Bethany Hamilton's youth group struggles to raise funds for a mission trip, her small act of kindness blesses them all. In Crunch, Bethany meets a little girl at an orphanage in Mexico who must have her arm removed. Concerned by her condition, Bethany Hamilton makes a promise to the child that threatens Bethany Hamilton's opportunity to surf in a prestigious contest.

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Bethany Hamilton Soul Surfer

On April 8, 2011, a docudrama feature film Soul Surfer, based on her 2004 book, was released. Hamilton is portrayed by AnnaSophia Robb, and Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Craig T. Nelson, and Carrie Underwood costar in the film. Hamilton performed the surfing stunts

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Bethany Hamilton Shark

On October 31, 2003, Bethany Hamilton went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach, Kauai with one of her friends, Alana Blanchard, and Blanchard's father and brother. Around 7:30 a.m., with numerous turtles in the area, she was lying on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water, when a 14 ft (4.3 m) tiger shark attacked her, ripping her left arm off just below the shoulder. Her friends helped paddle her back to shore, and Alana's father fashioned a tourniquet out of a surfboard leash around the short piece left of her arm, before rushing her to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. Her father was supposed to have knee surgery that morning, but she took his place in the operating room. She then spent seven more days in recovery at the hospital.

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Bethany Hamilton 2009

On August 7, 2009, Bethany Hamilton won $25,000 on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. She was stuck on a third grade grammar question involving articles.