Bethany Hamilton: XXL Contest Candidate With Movie Release 2011

 

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Description	Bethany Hamilton 20070311.jpg Photo by Noah Hamilton
Date	2007-03-11 (original upload date)

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On Oct. 31, 2003, Bethany Hamilton had her left arm bitten off just below the shoulder by a large tiger shark as the 13-year-old surfer was paddling off the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

This past winter, in what seems a peculiar twist of irony, Hamilton became one of only a few women ever to ride the mountainous surf at a notorious Maui destination called "Jaws," whose massive swells are so swift that surfers must tow onto them behind jet-powered personal watercraft...Hamilton, who lost 60% of her blood and might have died were it not for the efforts of rescuers that fateful Halloween morning, is a candidate in the Women's Performance category of the XXL contest, which will reveal winners during an April 23 ceremony in Anaheim.

By: Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com

http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/16685/bethany+hamilton+is+still+reaching+new+heights+years+after+shark+attack/

In 2004, MTV Books published Hamilton's book, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board (ISBN 0-7434-9922-0), which describes her ordeal. Hamilton's story is also told in the 2007 short subject documentary film, Heart of a Soul Surfer, directed by Becky Baumgartner. Described as a "faith-based documentary", the film addresses Hamilton's courage in the aftermath of the shark attack, and follows her quest for spiritual meaning. 

In 2011, AnnaSophia Robb will portray her in the upcoming film "Soul Surfer".  Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, & Carrie Underwood are set to co-star in the film.

Anna's official website has a wonderful gallery of photos of her and Bethany on the set of "Soul Surfer".

Update on Friday, April 16, 2010 at 1:13PM by Brightfire Woman

"This is a new step in my life to have a movie made about my family!  Being a part of the production was really fun and interesting. Alana Blanchard and I did some stunt surfing for our characters, which was really fun," Bethany recently stated. "I'm so glad to have Rip Curl apart of the movie and keeping the movie core! They have been apart of my life since I was ten years old so its a huge blessing to keep it real."

While Bethany won't be doing any acting (Anna Sophia Robb to play Bethany and Lorraine Nicholson to play Alana Blanchard), both her and Alana will be taking on "stunt duties" by surfing for their characters. Quite simply, only Bethany Hamilton and Alana Blanchard are at the performance level to represent themselves.

Rip Curl is both honored and excited to partner with Bethany, who has been a Rip Curl surfer for 10 years, on the making of this amazing production, but also to support her as she strives for 2011 ASP Women's World Tour qualification.

http://www.globalsurfnews.com/news.asp?Id_news=46296

Update on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 5:16AM by Brightfire Woman

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