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My belief is where I get my strength. When I’m struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I’m excited to share that.

Bethany Hamilton

Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it’s my passion, my love and it’s a part of me.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Lifestyle Passion Surfing
Love is bigger then a tsunami, stronger then any fear.
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Inspirational Love Stronger
You don’t need easy, you just need possible.
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Easy Needs Possible
Being out there in the ocean, God’s creation, it’s like a gift He has given us to enjoy.
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Creation Given God Ocean
In the end, my love for surfing helped me overcome my fear of sharks.
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Inspirational Shark Surfing
Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things… people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.
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Media People Rude
I think it doesn’t matter if you are the best surfer in the world. I’m going to try to be the best surfer I can be. It’s not all about competing and being the best. It’s more about having fun and just doing what you love.
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Doing Fun Love Thinking
Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it’s fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I’ve healed very well.
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Book Past Worry
We all need that extra friend outside of our immediate family to talk about that extra stuff you wouldn’t normally talk to your parents about.
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Needs Parent Stuff
Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I’m up at 5 A.M. every day.
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Running Volleyball Workout
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.
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Creative Ocean Scary
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.
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Courage Girl Inspirational
Surfing is very special and unique. It’s really hard to explain unless you’ve tried it. It’s being out in the ocean in the sun, the water on your skin, and the adrenalin rush when you catch a wave. You have to be creative so it’s like an art form in a way.
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Art Ocean Unique
The author describes how impressed she was with the detailed storyboards that outlined her movie – “not just sketches, but real art”. She then describes a Hawaiian sunset as, “God painting His storyboard on the sky”.
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Art Nature Real
Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.
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Fear Giving Mean Up
We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us – our passions.
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Passion Swim What Matter

My belief is where I get my strength. When I’m struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I’m excited to share that.

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My belief is where I get my strength. When I’m struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I’m excited to share that.

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