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A Shark Bit Her Hand. Bethany Hamilton Became a Surfing Star Anyway

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It was August 2005. The Hawaii NSSA Open National School Surfing Championship was held in Hawaii. It was a traditional competition, but this time the championship attracted more attention than usual. An exceptional fifteen-year-old surfer from the Hawaiian city of Lihue came to try her luck in the waves. Her name was Bethany Hamilton, and the entire surfing world already knew her name at that time. Less than two years before the championship, on…
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It was August 2005. The Hawaii NSSA Open National School Surfing Championship was held in Hawaii. It was a traditional competition, but this time the championship attracted more attention than usual. An exceptional fifteen-year-old surfer from the Hawaiian city of Lihue came to try her luck in the waves. Her name was Bethany Hamilton, and the entire surfing world already knew her name at that time. Less than two years before the championship, on…

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Deník.cz broke the news in on Saturday, August 23, 2025.
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