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  Bethany Hamilton was born February 8, 1990
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  Bethany was homeschooled and never went to collage so she could have more time to surf.
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  She begain competitive surfing at age 8
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  At age 9, She got her first sponsorship.
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  On May, 2003, Bethany she won both her age group and the open division of Hawaii's Local Motion/Ezekiel Surf Into summer event.
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  Bethany finished seconed on the open womans division of the national scholastic surfing association ( NSSA) National championships at San Clemente, California.
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  In 2004, Bethany Hamilton wrote a book called Soul Surfer with Rick Bundschuh.
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  Barack Obama becomes presedent November 7, 2008
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  On January 12,2010, there was a earthquake in Haiti Hawaii.
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  The movie soul surfer comes out April 8,2011
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  Bethany Hamilton married Adam Dirks August 18, 2013.
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  On June , 2015, Bethany gave birth to Tobias Dirks.
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  Today , Bethany Hamilton is 27 years old and is expecting another kid.
