Surfer soul
Hi steemit friends tonight I want to tell you a little story that I always remember because it motivates me day by day to always give the best of me as a person. I can consider myself a sport lover because it teaches you discipline, it forges you character but apart from everything it makes you believe in yourself.
This is the story of a 27-year-old surfer Bethany Hamilton who lost part of her arm while surfing, this fact led her to successfully overcome her injury and the reason to continue practicing this beautiful sport called surfing.
Bethany Hamilton was born on February 8, 1990 in Kauai, Hawaii. He is known in his city for surviving a shark attack in which he lost his left arm at the young age of 13.
Her parents were surfers and taught her to surf since she was 4 years old. Her professional career as a surfer began when she won the twenty-third annual Haleiwa Menehune championship in February 2000. She met rip curl by choosing her as her sponsor who helped her with her techniques before becoming a professional surfer.
On October 31, 2003 bethany decides to go surfing with his friends Alana, Byron and Holt to a beach of Kauai at approximately 7:30 in the morning, about 300 meters from the shore were Bethany and Alana sitting on their boards Chatting waiting for the waves, Bethany had her left arm under the water when she suddenly felt something hit her table, frightened she could see that beneath her was a tiger shark that attacked her suddenly pulling her left arm just under the shoulder, making him Lose 60% of your blood. While his friends were aware of what happened, they swim as quickly as possible towards her to help her and get her out of the water to take her to a nearby hospital.
Bethany was operated successfully getting several points in what remained of his arm, when he woke up, had the support of his friends and especially his father who told him that there were many things that he had to learn to do With one arm between them: the power to eat.
Even with the trauma of the incident, Bethhany was determined to continue surfing.
After only two months after the incident, Hamilton returns to the water to surf again. Totally determined, she adjusted a board that was handmade and a bit thicker, making it easier to swim. After long days without rest Bethany Hamilton learned to swim with one arm and began to surf again.
Bethany wrote about her autobiography called Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board.
The loss of an arm was not an impediment for Bethany to develop a normal life, met a man called adam dirks, proposed marriage to which he gladly agreed and several years later they managed to have a son called Tobias dirks Hamilton. I get to win multiple competitions among them the 2nd place in the world tour in 2008, which was his last championship.
Bethany Hamilton was a determined person, she never stopped believing in herself and she never lost the faith to do what she was most passionate about, I hope this story will serve as an inspiration to all those people who, for any reason, still struggle for We should not lose faith or hope, let us continue to give the best day to day as a person and do not let any event that happens to us take away the courage to believe in ourselves.
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