One of my favorite athletes is Bethany Hamilton. She is a professional woman surfer sponsored by Ripcurl. But, that’s not that main reason I admire her. In 2003, she was attacked by a tiger shark while she was out for a morning surf with her friend Alana Blanchard (also a professional surfer) and Alana’s dad and brother. She had lost nearly 60% of her blood by the time she got to the hospital. She miraculously survived, and less than a month later got back into the water and started surfing again. It wasn’t easy at first but she didn’t give up, and she’s still surfing to this day, with one arm. She was recently in Bali, and I got to meet her and get a poster signed. It was really cool to meet her, and she is a really nice person, surfer or not. She has an autobiography which was released in 2004 called Soul Surfer: a True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to get back on the Board. In 2011 her movie Soul Surfer, based on the book, came out. I have seen the movie, and it’s really well done and very inspiring. It’s definitely a movie worth watching.
Bethany at the 2004 Teen Choice awards (age 13 or 14):
Bethany Surfing:
I know the film Soul Surfer! Its cool but sad too... I wach it in my old school, and my friends was crying... You meet her?! WOW!!! so Cool! xD
ReplyDeleteyeah it was pretty cool :)
ReplyDeleteWow! You get meet hear? Cool :D I didn't even know that she came to Bali...that's really cool Em ;)
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