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To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean - that's scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went.

Bethany Hamilton

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Bethany Hamilton
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: February 8
Autobiographer
Surfer
Writer
Lihue
Loses
Waves
Went
Scary
Least
Wave
Creative
Essential
Enjoy
Essentials
Trying
Everyday
Life
Ocean
Surfing
Lose
Enjoying

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