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In 2003, when Hawaiian surfer Bethany Hamilton was just 13 years old, she lost her arm in a shark attack while surfing in Kauai. After losing nearly two-thirds of her blood, her life and...
On October 31, 2003, 13-year-old Hamilton went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach, Kauai, with her best friend, Alana Blanchard, as well as Alana's father and brother. While Hamilton was lying on her surfboard stomach-down and talking with Alana, a 14-foot-long (4.3 m) tiger shark attacked her. [4]
Watch rare footage of Bethany Hamilton shortly after the shark attack that would forever change her life. If only she knew what her future would hold.
At the age of 13 as a rising surf star, Bethany lost her left arm to a 14-foot tiger shark, which seemed to end her dream career. However, one month after the attack, Bethany returned to surfing and within two years had won her first national surfing title.
Like in the movie, the Soul Surfer true story confirms that Bethany was 13-years-old on Friday, October 31, 2003, when the shark attack occurred at Tunnels Beach on the North Shore of Kauai. Read Bethany Hamilton's bestselling book that inspired the movie.
Twenty years ago on October 31, 13-year old surfer Bethany Hamilton was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark resulting in the loss of her left arm. Hamilton and friend and fellow pro surfer Alana Blanchard were surfing her home spot, Tunnels Beach on the North Shore of Kauai.
Bethany Hamilton overcame the loss of her left arm in a terrifying shark attack to become a champion surfer and inspirational public figure.
The exhibit tells the story of Bethany losing her left arm to a Tiger shark while surfing at Tunnels Beach on Kauai, how she survived that attack through the help of Alana Blanchard and her family, and the determination exhibited by Bethany to not only recover from the incident, but return to surfing a mere three weeks after the attack.
Go behind the scenes with XLTV and surfer girl, Bethany Hamilton right after the shark attack to see what kept her going.
Hamilton, who was just 13 at the time, was out in the water at Tunnels Beach near her home on the north shore of Kauai when a 14-foot-long tiger shark severed her arm just below her shoulder....