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  1. Jul 1, 2023 · Pro surfer and shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton has given birth to her fourth child and first baby girl. Find out the child's name and see the first image of her. Bethany Hamilton is...

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  2. Mar 14, 2023 · Angela Andaloro. Published on March 14, 2023 04:12PM EDT. Bethany Hamilton and family. Photo: Bethany Hamilton/Instagram. Bethany Hamilton is adding to her family! The surfer mom, 33,...

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    • Who Is Bethany Hamilton?
    • Early Years and Surfing
    • Shark Attack
    • Books
    • Return to Competition
    • 'Heart of A Soul Surfer' Doc and Reality TV
    • 'Unstoppable'
    • Personal Life

    Born in Hawaii in 1990, Bethany Hamilton began competitive surfing at age 8. Her promising career was seemingly derailed at age 13 when a shark bit off her left arm, but she resumed surfing shortly afterward and won a national title in 2005. A successful author and public speaker, Hamilton has shared her experiences in documentary films and appeare...

    Bethany Meilani Hamilton was born on February 8, 1990, in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, to parents Tom and Cheri. Raised in a surfing family, along with older brothers Noah and Tim, Hamilton learned to handle the waves at an early age. She began competitive surfing at age 8, and by age 9 she had earned her first sponsorship. A member of the Hanalei Surf Co...

    On the morning of October 31, 2003, Hamilton went out to surf at Tunnels Beach in Ha'ena with her best friend, Alana Blanchard, and Blanchard's father and brother. While lying on her board, Hamilton suddenly felt intense pressure on her left arm and was pulled back and forth for a few seconds before the flurry passed. Initially feeling no pain, she...

    Hamilton resumed surfing just one month after the attack, her determination helping to keep the story alive in the news cycle. Her 2004 autobiography, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board, became a best seller, and she was honored for her courage by MTV, ESPN and the United States Sports Academy. Hamilto...

    Hamilton also demonstrated that the loss of an arm was no obstacle to fulfilling her surfing goals. She won the Explorer Women's division at the 2005 NSSA National Championships and began competing on the pro circuit in 2007, winning the T & C Surf Women's Pipeline event that year.

    That year also brought the release of Heart of a Soul Surfer, a documentary that chronicled Hamilton's return to the water after the life-altering attack. The documentary helped inspire the creation of Soul Surfer, a 2011 movie about the event starring AnnaSophia Robb as Hamilton. In 2014, Hamilton competed on season 25 of The Amazing Race, deliver...

    Hamilton has sought to encourage a healthy lifestyle and share stories of her personal faith through speaking engagements, the nonprofit Friends of Bethany and a large social-media following. Her inspiring life became the subject of another documentary, Unstoppable, which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. Hamilton subsequently launched ...

    After Hamilton began dating youth pastor Adam Dirks in 2012, the two were married in August 2013. In early 2015, Hamilton announced she was pregnant and would soon be scaling back her busy schedule. She and her husband welcomed a son, Tobias, on June 1. Their second son, Wesley, was born in March 2018. The couple's third son, Micah, was born in Feb...

  3. Cheri Hamilton, Bethany’s mom, tells their inspiring family story. Raising a Soul Surfer invites readers to journey with the Hamiltons to the lush islands of Hawaii, to experience a worldwide news event, Bethany’s shark attack, from her parents point of view.

  4. Early life. Hamilton was born on February 8, 1990, to Tom and Cheri Hamilton in Lihue, Hawaii. [2] . She has two older brothers, Noah and Timothy. After learning how to surf at the age of three, Hamilton began surfing competitively at the age of eight and gained her first sponsorship by age 10. [3] .

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  6. Feb 16, 2021 · The surfer, 31, announced on Tuesday that she welcomed her third child, son Micah, with husband Adam Dirks on Valentine's Day: Sunday, Feb. 14. Dirks shared the "big news" in a YouTube video,...

  7. Apr 19, 2024 · Bethany Hamilton is one of three children of Tom and Cheri Hamilton, who are both avid surfers and worked together at the Kauai Surf Hotel on Kauai’s Kalapaki Beach. She has two brothers, Noah and Timothy. Bethany was frequently exposed to surfing as a child, and she began participating herself at a young age.

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