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I just love being on the ocean and being creative on the waves and the feeling you get when you’re surfing. All around it’s beautiful and fun.

Bethany Hamilton

My favorite thing [about surfing] is being creative on waves; it’s like an art form. You can do whatever you want on that wave if you work hard at it and just have fun out there.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Art Fun Hard Work
I can’t change it, That was God’s plan for my life and I’m going to go with it.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Disability God Plan Positivity
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
It’s been amazing to touch people’s lives.
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Inspirational Life People
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
Like, with one arm I know I can surf, but competitive surfing can be really frustrating, and sometimes you don’t do as well as you want to. It can be discouraging at times. But whenever I do get frustrated, I just focus on God.
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Focus Frustrated Surfing
Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it’s my passion, my love and it’s a part of me.
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Lifestyle Passion Surfing
I wouldn’t change what happened to me because then I wouldn’t have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.
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Arms People Two
Both of my parents are surfers, of course, so they understood where my passion for surfing was at and I guess they saw the talent that I had.
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Parent Passion Surfing
Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear.
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Love Surfer Wave
Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.
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Compassion Giving Perspective
God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.
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Giving Offer World
Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.
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Competition Firsts Sharks
Strive to find things to be thankful for and just look for the good in who you are!
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Being Looks Strive Thankful
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
Losing an arm is kinda lame at one point, but at the same time, so much good has come out of it.
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Arms Lame Losing

I just love being on the ocean and being creative on the waves and the feeling you get when you’re surfing. All around it’s beautiful and fun.

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I just love being on the ocean and being creative on the waves and the feeling you get when you’re surfing. All around it’s beautiful and fun.

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