One-Armed Surfer Bethany Hamilton

[snowyh]

Hamilton was one of surfing's hottest prospects and a US junior champion before she lost an arm in a shark attack when she was 13 in 2003. She returned to competitive surfing a year later and her story became the subject of the movie Soul Surfer. Bethany has recently stunned the world's best surfers after charging into the quarter-finals of the Fiji Pro.

Full article here: www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-30/tyler-wright-eliminated-by-one-armed-surfer-bethany-hamilton/7458512

[stonecutter]

She's pretty amazing - it was a pretty good movie too.

[snowyh]

Yes, I saw Soul Surfer when it came out in theaters, and I enjoyed it. The only thing I found weird about it was the computer-generated amputation on the fully-limbed actress. Mainly, when she was surfing, the stump remained motionless by her side... which is RIDICULOUS! Stumps articulate just like the limb that used to be attached to them, so it looked super unnatural.

On a side note, going to that movie was the first time in decades I have been self-conscious of my missing limb while out in public.

Helen