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Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer. She is known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the injury to ultimately return to professional surfing. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. In April 2011, the feature film Soul Surfer was released, based on the book and additional interviews. Hamilton has appeared on several shows since the loss of her arm.
On October 31, 2003, at the age of 13 , Hamilton went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach, Kauai with best friend Alana Blanchard and Alana's father and brother. Around 7:30 a.m., with numerous turtles in the area, she was lying on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water, when a 14–15 foot long tiger shark attacked her, ripping her left arm off just below the shoulder. The Blanchards helped paddle her back to shore, then Alana's father fashioned a tourniquet out of a surfboard leash and wrapped it around the stump of her arm, before rushing her to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. By the time she had gotten there she had lost over 60% of her blood. Her father was supposed to have knee surgery that morning, but she took his place in the operating room. She then spent seven more days in recovery at the hospital.
AnnaSophia Robb ( /ˌɑːnəsoʊˈfiːə ˈrɒb/; born December 8, 1993) is an American film and television actress. She gained prominence in 2005 with starring roles in Because of Winn-Dixie and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She is also known for Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), and Soul Surfer (2011).
Robb was born in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Janet, an interior designer, and David, an architect. She was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Anna Sophie, and her paternal grandmother, Anna Marie. She is of English, Scottish, Danish, Swedish, and Irish descent.
Robb competed in dance and gymnastics for four and a half years, but quit in order to focus on acting. In 2009 the Arapahoe Herald reported that she was attending Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. Robb is a Christian.
In May 2012, Robb announced she was admitted to Stanford University, though she was deferring acceptance due to filming commitments.
After appearing in a commercial for McDonald's, Robb made her acting debut in 2004; she had a small role in the episode "Number One Fan" of the television series Drake & Josh (her character informs Josh that the group only joined the Campfire Kids so they could hang out with their friends and eat free food). Her first major role was as the title character in the television special Samantha: An American Girl Holiday. Her hair was dyed dark brown for the part.
Alana Rene Blanchard (born March 5, 1990) is an American professional surfer. At 22 years of age, Blanchard has gained fame as "one of the best female surfers." Alana surfs on the ASP World Tour. Alana is involved in designing Rip Curl bikinis. She is best friends with fellow surfer Bethany Hamilton, and was present when Hamilton suffered the shark attack that cost her an arm. She is played by actress Lorraine Nicholson in the 2011 film Soul Surfer.
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Actors: Sean McNamara (writer), Douglas Schwartz (producer), Helen Hunt (actress), Branscombe Richmond (actor), Sean McNamara (producer), Carrie Underwood (actress), Craig T. Nelson (actor), Kevin Sorbo (actor), Dennis Quaid (actor), Anderson Cooper (actor), Ronald Bass (producer), John Philbin (actor), Sean McNamara (actor), Douglas Schwartz (writer), Sean McNamara (writer),
Plot: 13 year-old Bethany Hamilton is a champion surfer who was born to be in the water. But after a fun night out night surfing and what should be a fun day in the water, she is attacked by a shark and loses her arm. Rushed to the hospital, she remains calm, and maintains her faith in God. Now she has to re-learn how to do everything with only one arm - including how to surf. It will take her friends, family, and her Christian faith to get her back into the water, but if that is where she is meant to be, she will find a way to get there.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, based-on-autobiography, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, beach, christian-film, comeback, doctor, female-protagonist, female-surfer(Written by John Cruz)
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.
Mama's in the kitchen cooking dinner real nice,
Beef stew on the stove, lomi salmon with the ice.
We eat & drink and we sing all day,
Kanikapila in the old Hawaiian way.
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.
We go grandma's house on the weekend clean yard.
If we no go, grandma gotta work hard.
You know my grandma, she like the poi real sour.
I love my grandma every minute, every hour.
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.
Mama's in the kitchen cooking dinner real nice,
Beef stew on the stove, lomi salmon with the ice.
We eat & drink and we sing all day,
Kanikapila in the old Hawaiian way.
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.
On the Island, we do it Island Style,
From the mountain to the ocean from the windward to the leeward side.