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Bethany Hamilton

Bethany Hamilton

Country flag United States

Age: 35

Born: Lihue, Hawaii

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Lives in: United States

Gender: Female

Nationality: American

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Height: 1.8 m (5.91 f)

Weight: 69 kg (152.12 lb)

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Background: Bethany Meilani Hamilton Dirks is an American professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off, but ultimately returned to professional surfing.

 

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Bethany Hamilton defeats Tyler Wright in Fiji Women's Pro
Stephanie Gilmore wins the first-ever women's heat at Restaurants, defeating Bianca Buitendag and Tatiana Weston Webb in Round 3 Heat 1 at the Fiji Women's Pro.
29/05/2016 00:00:00
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Bethany Hamilton | How Does She Do It | One Arm Surf Girl
Discover the Incredible Story of Bethany Hamilton who surf with one arm!!
10/04/2014 00:00:00

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What's in the Boardbag? Indo Quivers with Bethany & Brianna | JS SURFBOARDS Bethany (5’11” & 154lbs / 70kg) HYFI3 Xero Fusion squash 5’9” x 19 5/8” x 2 7/16” x 29.9L Xero Gravity squash 5’11” x 19 1/2” x 2 7/16” x 30.2L Monsta 10 6’0” x 19 1/4” x 2 7/16” x 30L Big Horse , tier 1 dims. Quad setup 6’2" x 19 1/4” x 2 3/4” x 33.3L Brianna (5’11” & 137lbs / 62kg) Xero Gravity round 5’10” x 18 3/4” x 2 5/16” x 27L Big Horse, tier 1 dims 6'1" x 18 1/2" x 2 5/8" x 29.6L

03/11/2025   |   video icon

Bethany Hamilton in Bali on her HYFI3 Xero Fusion Bethany scoring a fun session at Uluwatu during her last family trip to Bali, riding a stock HYFI3 Xero Fusion from our Canggu store. Video by Peter King, dimensions & board page below. 5’9” x 19 5/8” x 2 7/16” x 29.9L (she's 5'11" & 154lbs / 70kg) https://jsindustries.com/products/xero-fusion?variant=45302855794900

21/02/2025   |   video icon

Backdoor Shootout Day 1 Highlights: Watch Pipeline Go From 2 to 20 Foot in One Day! “Hawaiian kine kind of day. 2 feet one moment, twenty feet the next.” – Bethany Hamilton The guarantees in life are death, taxes, and the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout scoring. The forecast for opening day was a lifeguard’s nightmare and a surfer’s dream. Small and clean in the morning, with each set getting bigger throughout the day—a recipe for tourists losing their sandals or, worse, their lives. The day started with the SUP and longboard divisions, which, as you’d imagine with a long-period swell at Pipe, was like trying to park a lifted Yota in a compact spot at Foodland. Every heat had a broken board and a wipeout reel to go with it. But in the longboard final, Pipeline put on its prettiest face as Kala DeSoto packed a 9.88 in the best display of longboard tube riding I’ve ever seen personally. The action just kept getting crazier and crazier as a twenty-second interval W swell pulsed through the afternoon. For a while, there were no second-reef roll-ins, just mutant double-ups that had Pipe’s greatest stalwarts pin-dropping from the lip. Sinpei Horiguchi for Team Japan was guillotined, and like a warrior, he paddled back out after for more. Only one surfer would find the chip-in, and of all people, it was Bethany Hamilton. The conditions had deteriorated at that point, but the drop sent shockwaves through the crowd. The swell peaks tonight. Tomorrow will be equally as menacing.

05/01/2025   |   video icon
 
 

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