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G3: Explorers: Bethany Hamilton

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Biographical Information

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of.


I don't know how long I'll be competing, but I'll always be surfing. I'll be surfing until I'm old.


To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean - that's scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went.

Videos

Bethany Hamilton gets ready to compete at Cloudbreak, near Tavarua Island in Fiji.

She  placed third in the World Surf League Fiji Women’s Pro, knocking the top-ranked woman surfer in the world out of the competition.

The board Hamilton was riding in the 2003 attack

On exhibit at the California Surf Museum