While she was lying on her surfboard belly-down and talking with Alana, a 14-foot-long (4.3 m) tiger shark attacked her. On October 31, 2003, Hamilton, aged 13 at the time, went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach, Kauai, with her best friend Alana Blanchard, Alana's father and brother. Along with being a professional surfer, she now offers mentorship classes on faith, healing, personal health, and relationships. Their marriage is featured throughout her documentary, Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable. On February 14, 2021, they had a third son. On March 27, 2018, they had a second son. The couple was married on August 18, 2013, at an estate on Kauai's north shore, near where she grew up. In early 2012, Hamilton met youth minister Adam Dirks through mutual friends. Hamilton was home-schooled from sixth grade through high school by her mother, a housewife. After learning how to surf at the age of three, she began surfing competitively at the age of eight and gained her first sponsorship by age ten. She has two older brothers, Noah and Timothy. Hamilton was born on February 8, 1990, to Tom and Cheri Hamilton. She was also the subject of a 2018 documentary, Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable, which discusses her marriage to Adam Dirks and how marriage and motherhood have affected her professional surfing career. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board, which was adapted into the 2011 feature film Soul Surfer in which she attributes her strength to her Christian faith. NSSA National Helping Kids Champion (2005)Ģnd place, ASP World Junior Championships (2008)īethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer and writer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off and who ultimately returned to professional surfing.
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