Celebrities attend the "Soul Surfer" Los Angeles premiere at the ArcLights Theatre in Hollywood.
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Bethany Hamilton
Bethany Hamilton
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Bethany Hamilton | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Bethany Meilani Hamilton February 8, 1990 Lihue, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Nickname | B-Ham, Bethy, or Hamilton |
| Residence | Hawaii |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) |
| Surfing career | |
| Sponsors | Rip Curl |
| Major achievements | 2004 ESPY Award 2005 winner, NSSA National, helping kids Championships 2008 2nd place, ASP World Junior Championships |
| Website | BethanyHamilton.com |
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[edit] Shark attack and recovery
On October 31, 2003, Hamilton went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach, Kauai with friend Alana Blanchard along with Blanchard's father and brother. Around 7:30 a.m., with numerous turtles in the area, she was lying sideways on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water, when a 14 ft (4.3 m) tiger shark attacked her,[1] ripping her left arm off just below the shoulder. If the shark had bitten two inches further in, the attack would have been fatal. She lost over 60% of her blood. Her friends helped paddle her back to shore, and fashioned a tourniquet out of a surfboard leash around what was left of her arm before rushing her to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. Her father was supposed to have knee surgery that morning but she took his place in the operating room. She then spent seven more days in recovery at the hospital.Despite the trauma of the incident, Hamilton was determined to return to surfing. Less than one month after the incident, she returned to her board and went surfing again. Initially, she adopted a custom-made board that was longer and slightly thicker, which made it easier to paddle. She has observed that she has to kick a lot more to make up for the loss of her left arm. After teaching herself to surf with one arm, she has again begun surfing competitively. She is now back to using competitive performance short-boards again.
In July 2004, Hamilton won the Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award.[2] She was also presented with a special "courage award" at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards.
In 2005, with one arm, Hamilton took 1st place in the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) National Championships, a goal she had been trying to achieve since before the shark attack. In 2008, she began competing full-time on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS). In her first competition against many of the world's best women surfers, she finished 2nd.
[edit] Media
Since the attack, she has appeared on 20/20, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Today Show and The Tonight Show, as well as in magazines People, Time and American Girl. Additionally, she was the cover story in the premier issue of niNe magazine.[3]In 2004, MTV Books published Hamilton's book, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board (ISBN 0-7434-9922-0), which describes her ordeal. Her story is also told in the 2007 short subject documentary film, Heart of a Soul Surfer, directed by Becky Baumgartner. Described as a "faith-based documentary", the film addresses Hamilton's courage in the aftermath of the shark attack, and follows her quest for spiritual meaning.[4][5]
On August 7, 2009, Hamilton won $25,000 on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. She was stuck on a third grade grammar question involving articles.
On May 16, 2010, she appeared on an episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In March 2011, Bethany did a video for the Christian website "I am Second" telling about her struggle after the shark attack and how she trusted in God to get her through it.
On April 8, 2011, a docudrama feature film Soul Surfer, based on her 2004 book, was released. Hamilton is portrayed by AnnaSophia Robb, and Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Craig T. Nelson, and Carrie Underwood costar in the film. Hamilton performed the surfing stunts.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ "About". Bethany's General Biography. BethanyHamilton.com. 2003. http://www.bethanyhamilton.com/. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ 2004 ESPY Awards: Best Comeback, ESPN.com, March 1, 2007
- ^ "Shark attack survivor discusses products and jewelry lines in new mag" Lanaly Cabalo, The Garden Island, June 30, 2006.
- ^ "Heart of a Soul Surfer". Walking on Water. http://www.walkingonwater.org/films/heart_of_a_soul_surfer. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ "Heart of a Soul Surfer: The Bethany Hamtilton Movie". http://www.heartofasoulsurfer.com/. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
[edit] External links
Bethany Hamilton Bares 'Soul Surfer' On The Silver Screen
Surfer Bethany Hamilton is among the top women's surfers of the world, in real life.
The 'Soul Surfer', in real life, her story, which splashes down in theatres starting this weekend, would rank among any sport's top comeback flicks of all time. Not even Hollywood could mess up this one.
Above seven years ago, before dawn on Halloween morning, Bethany had her left arm taken off by a 14-foot tiger shark while they were sharing the waters off the shore of Kauai, Hawaii.
The 13-year-old asked after emergency surgery, when can I surf again?
She returned almost immediately, a courageous response to something horrific, hoping to help others overcoming obstacles put in front of them.
Bethany Hamilton, now 21 and on the women's pro tour since 2007.
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