And I did; with God’s help.”As well as spending time with her family and helping to raise money for disabled children, Bethany has also become an inspirational speaker.
After her release, Bethany garnered a lot of media attention for her miraculous recovery, and the world wanted to know what happened to the surfer and what was to come. When her incident happened, she could have easily walked away from surfing.
Hamilton has served as an inspiration to so many people, and she has touched many lives.
This incident, however, did not turn Bethany away from her favorite sport, and despite the trauma, she was determined to get back on her surfboard.
I have a deep passion for surfing, and I was determined to keep going – arm or no arm. The surgery was successful, and Bethany had to stay in the hospital for a week to recover before eventually being released. She placed first in many events establishing herself as one of the best surfers in the world.
The two were given a warm welcome to Huntington Surf and Sport where they were due to make their marks with wise words on cement. Explore, taste, and write about the world.Bethany’s whole ordeal would be enough to keep anyone away from the ocean forever, but her determination and love of the sport was a truly inspirational story. To bring that vision into reality, we reach out to encourage a broken world by offering hope to overcome through Jesus Christ. But she didn’t and was determined to get back to competing, and it all paid off for her.In 2003, Hamilton went surfing in the morning with her best friend and her best friend’s father and brothers while they were in Hawaii.
Not surprising that one of the world’s best surfers would welcome her baby into the sport, and chances are high that her son, Tobias, will take on the sport himself at an older age.
We are all very close. That didn’t last long. At the age of 13, Hamilton experienced a shark attack while she was surfing, and it … Directed by Sean McNamara.
She was assisted by the Blanchards to help her get back to shore, and Alana’s father then created a tourniquet out of a surfboard leach to wrap around what was left of her arm.
It was less than a year after the attack that Bethany entered her next major competition on January 10, 2004.
I have definitely had to get very real and serious about my walk with God and had to decide if I am really real in my commitments to serve and obey him.”Bethany Meilani Hamilton-Dirks rose to fame when she survived a horrific shark attack which ended up costing her her arm.