![]() The shark attack was in 2003 but already in 2004 she got first place in the NSSA National Competition in Australia and in 2005 in the US, something no one would have expected possible. She had to learn to surf again with one arm and had difficulties doing duck dives, she added a handle to her board to make it possible and quickly she was on the board again. Just 4 weeks after the attack, Bethany returned to the ocean with her board. Her friends in the surfing community felt for Bethany and the end of her surfing career, but Bethany had other plans. Bethany had lost a lot of blood, but she survived. She was put in the hospital where her father was already waiting to get a knee surgery, but Bethany took his place on the operating table. She was in the water with her friend (also professional surfer) Alana Blanchard who helped her back to shore. The tiger shark bit of her left arm just below her shoulder. When she was only 13 years old and the hopes of a surfing career were high, she was attacked by a 4 meter tiger shark off the coast of Hawaii. Not only did Bethany work herself up to compete with the best surfers in the world and take on some of the most dangerous waves existing. There is a reason for this, Bethany has an amazingly inspiring story: She has played a part in the movie Dolphin tale 2 and you can now watch a documentary about her on Netflix called Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable. Bethany was the first female surfer to compete in the Rip Curl Cup (2012), she has competed in some of the most prestigious surf competitions all leading to that she in 2017 became a part of the Surfer's Hall Of Fame.īethany has been featured in Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show and many others. At the age of 9 she had already gotten her first sponsorship, a rising star. She won a major surf competition at the age of 7. Who is Bethany Hamilton?īethany Hamilton grew up in Kauai, Hawaii with her parents and two older brothers. Her parents both surfed and she basically grew up on a surf board. She is a professional surfer, a mom of 2, an author and a rolemodel and we can't wait to tell her story. Bethany Meilani Hamilton just turned 30 (2020), yet she has accomplished more than most others her age.
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