Hawaii is a famous surfing destination, and surfers are definitely popular with the local star, and Bethany Hamilton is the star of the stars. Anyone in Hawaii knows this brave and beautiful one-armed surf girl, and her adventure story and open life are exciting enough.
Bashani has been a surfing genius since childhood, and growing up in Hawaii, she was born with a unique love for the ocean. At the age of 13, she was one of Hawaii's finest teenage female surfers and one of the best in the United States. It was also in that year that she was attacked by a 5-meter-long shark while surfing, completely losing her left arm.
After the injury, Bethany's condition was often not good, and after the left arm was bitten off, she lost 60% of the blood in her body, plus some internal injuries, and after several surgeries, Bethany was taken back from the hands of death. At this point, everyone knew she couldn't surf anymore, including herself. She confessed that after being injured, she had considered playing football or becoming a surf photographer in the future.
However, her strong desire to surf made her decide to wait for the wound to heal and then step on the surfboard again to give herself a chance. So with one arm, she overcame several times more than normal people to train and grasp the sense of balance, and a year after being injured, she became the national surfing champion.
Bethany surfed for the first time after being injured
In 2004, she published her autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story about Faith, Family, and Getting Back on Board, and in 2011, the film Soul Surfers, based on her autobiography, was released. The whole film took only 40 days to shoot, and all the surf scenes were filmed on the spot, which was quite restorative.
In 2012, Bethany met a young missionary, Adam Driks, and the two married in 2013. In 2015, Bethany stood up for six months and insisted on surfing a group of photos on the Internet, although netizens liked and scolded, Bethany still insisted on surfing habits. She says surfing is a daily compulsory course for her and doesn't change because she's pregnant.
At the beginning of June this year, she gave birth to a cute and healthy boy.
She and her husband, a pair of sunny cps, also participated in the filming of the 25th season of the American reality show "Amazing Race" and won the third place. Interested friends can go to watch the video, she and her husband Adam in the show set up a lot of difficult projects are seconds to beat everyone, gray often fried day.
Now Bethany is now a speaker in addition to being a professional surfer. She has toured the nation speaking, sharing her stories and beliefs and inspiring others.
Speaking of which, Bethany's surfing talent must be innate in her blood, because her whole family is a good surfer. Mom and Dad and brother, one more than the other can ride the waves.
Dad's surfing heroism when he was young
When Mom was young (1979):
Brother noah:
Another brother tim:
It's like the whole family is hanging at the rhythm!