Heart Of A Soul Surfer

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February 8, 1990 Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii
Siblings- Noah Hamilton (8 years older), Timothy Hamilton (4 years older)
Parents- Thomas and Cherilyn Hamilton began competitive surfing at age 8 by age 9 she had earned her first sponsorship. member of the Hanalei Surf Co. team
Home schooled
May 2003, she won her age group and the open division of Hawaii's Local Motion/Ezekiel Surf Into Summer event she finished second in the open women's division of the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) National Championships at San Clemente, California.

Tragic Events
October 31, 2003
Tunnels Beach in Ha'ena She was with her best friend Alana Blanchard, and Blanchard's father and brother age of 13 Bethany lost her left arm to a 14-foot tiger shark She
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within 2 years after the attack she won her first National title in 2005 second book, Body and Soul: A Girl's Guide to a Fit, Fun and Fabulous Life, published in 2014 first place at the Surf n Sea Pipeline Women’s Pro event in March 2014

Family Life
Husband- Adam Dirks (married 2013)
Children- Tobias (2015) and her husband welcomed a son- Tobias, on June 1st
7.9 lbs. and 21"

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