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0:00shark bites are so traumatic that your
0:03body goes into shock it's just like yeah
0:07for sure childbearing you're going
0:08through hours and hours and hours of
0:10like severe like crazy camping that is
0:13like you feel like oh my gosh I'm gonna
0:15die but you know you're grateful of a
0:18baby
0:19yeah then having your arm bitten off by
0:22it
0:27[Music]
0:40welcome everyone back to the school of
0:43greatness podcast we have the
0:44inspirational Bethany Hamilton in the
0:46house good to see you
0:47I've obviously heard about your story
0:50when I was in college I think when you
0:52had your accident and it was all over
0:54the world the information about you and
0:57people were so inspired when you decided
0:59to go back into surfing which was crazy
1:01and you have a new movie out right now I
1:05watched the trailer for it I'm gonna go
1:06to the theater to watch it but I watched
1:07the trailer and I had the chills because
1:10you're on a massive wave coming down and
1:13I'm like how do you even doing this I
1:15can't I was telling Dale it's like I
1:17can't even surf a five-foot wave without
1:20feeling like I'm gonna suffocate getting
1:21out and you're doing like massive waves
1:24with one arm it's it's super inspiring
1:27so thank you grasping everything doing
1:30what I love to do love you know what's
1:32been the biggest lesson for you in the
1:36last since the accident which has been
1:40what 15 years now biggest lesson you
1:42learn about yourself in the last 15
1:44years oh she's starting with a hard one
1:47um I think a lot of what I've learned in
1:53the last 15 years has just been finding
1:56community and people the support in a
2:00positive direction I feel like it's been
2:02like not I mean I grew up with an
2:05incredible family but then once I became
2:07an adult it's like you're still I'm so
2:09attached to my family still yet but like
2:11you know meeting my husband
2:14and like just creating a team of
2:16like-minded people to help me achieve
2:18what I want to achieve and yeah there's
2:21just been so much that's happened in the
2:23last 15 years it's mind-boggling
2:26entering into motherhood and yeah
2:29learning to communicate properly because
2:33you couldn't give me the game properly
2:34but I would say no I mean especially
2:37once you enter into a marriage it's just
2:39you're constantly challenged to
2:41communicate properly and this is the
2:44person you love more than anyone but
2:46it's like you get the most comfortable
2:48and you can get almost like lazy and I
2:50would say like just finding like healthy
2:53communication has been a big one well
2:55what's been the hardest part of marriage
2:56for you I would say communication I mean
3:01we've had such a beautiful marriage
3:03we're coming up on shoot six or seven
3:06years now
3:07this month August are we an artist yes
3:10yes yeah so we've had a really beautiful
3:16marriage and I mean Adam kind of came
3:19into the Bethany world which is a bit
3:21chaotic it's like super rad and fun like
3:24he had an adjustment and it wasn't his
3:28life anymore
3:28no but yeah and like just adjusting to
3:31you know I don't know we make such an
3:34incredible team and we have so much fun
3:35together and we really like we mesh well
3:38but there's just life's hard and you're
3:43always just growing together and getting
3:45paid and just trusting God and yeah yeah
3:49it's it's been so awesome
3:51what's and then having kids too is like
3:54a whole nother Lee how long were you
3:56married before kids a year in like two
3:59months
4:00oh do you wish you would have had a few
4:02more years like four years really so
4:05when we got pregnant we're like oh wow
4:08happening so that's a part of my new
4:12documentary as I was mid filming my
4:14documentary and then
4:15I was pregnant and we were like should
4:16we even do this should we keep going
4:18than we did so that became part of a
4:21story and yeah it's a pretty cool aspect
4:25I'm excited to share because I get
4:27pretty like raw and real and I wasn't I
4:30didn't feel ready for motherhood
4:31really I wasn't like embracing it which
4:34I'm like kind of an embrace er so for me
4:37to kind of reject this like God give him
4:39beautiful gift felt I look back on it
4:43now and I'm like that's okay but I don't
4:46like agree with that that Bethenny now
4:49I'm like oh my gosh motherhood's amazing
4:52I love my son Tobias made life that much
4:55better and now we have Wesley and he's
4:58like throwing us for a roller coaster
4:59but he's amazing - so you feel like you
5:03weren't ready for it or you were I think
5:05I just had I was out of place where I
5:07was like pushing my surfing the best I
5:10had ever surfed and just at this place
5:14of progression and growing and just kind
5:17of rocking it and then all of a sudden
5:19I'm pregnant I'm like oh shoot like it
5:22kind of one thing off of the track yeah
5:24another thing and I was just kind of
5:28like oh I wanted a few more years with
5:30you hon like before the baby but it's an
5:34amazing
5:34so is there not looking back cause
5:36anything in your life you had changed it
5:38really like the years you got pregnant
5:41when you got married like if the
5:43accident would you change it would you
5:45wish me I wish I had four more years
5:46before the accident do you wish anything
5:48differently no because I love my life
5:51and now and I'm so thankful for where
5:53I'm at and I'm like gosh if I changed
5:55like there's some things I'd look at
5:56like in the younger years of my
5:58competitive surfing career with one arm
6:01yeah like six more like 18 to 21 I just
6:09wish I had found like the right support
6:14and like really hunted down people to
6:17like really support me always like
6:18surfing at that time was just growing to
6:21be more like professional less
6:24professional ask
6:26the surfing has come from more of like a
6:29cruisee background whereas now the sport
6:31of surfing money of all a part of the
6:34world surfing League is like legit Pro
6:36like you're making good money or it's
6:39just very professional now kind of it's
6:42just so different
6:43yeah but you didn't have the right team
6:45but then yeah I just didn't I don't feel
6:47like I had the right support then or
6:50people that kind of give me like I was
6:52just doing good in competition but not
6:55quite where I could have been is it more
6:58of a coach or is it more of like family
7:00support franchise or coach didn't have
7:02the right coach and just people they
7:04like help trainees bring out the joy in
7:07me because I already am like naturally
7:09driven but I just but then I took a
7:12break from competitive surfing and then
7:13that's when I met my husband so it's
7:15like why would I change that when I'm
7:18like really happy with the man I get to
7:20share it every day with and the father
7:22who's absolutely am incredible and now
7:27we're doing all kinds of stuff and I'm
7:29still doing contests and yeah I'm still
7:32surfing better than ever
7:33really as a mom of two you how you were
7:35surfing better than yeah sure when
7:38you're 24
7:39that's shape your life whatever yeah
7:40better and we know responsibilities yeah
7:43maybe it's the maturity or just it just
7:47goes to show if you work hard like and I
7:50know that you can keep going Wow
7:53inspiring so you're surfing better to
7:55use feel like a sense of wisdom like you
7:58understand how the ocean works better
8:01and you understand which chances to take
8:04and you know you know your body more
8:07what's I think it's kind of a
8:09combination of everything especially
8:12just kind of hunting down opportunity so
8:17I look for what I want and then I go get
8:20it right so it's fun was there our time
8:24where you really doubted yourself
8:25because I know I think I saw you were
8:27back on the ocean like four weeks after
8:29the accident is that true or is it yeah
8:32four weeks later you're back in the
8:34ocean
8:35I mean I was in the hospital and I was
8:37like I don't
8:38I can surf and I don't know what my
8:40future looks like but then I talked to
8:42the guy who had lost his leg to a shark
8:44and he learned how to surf with one leg
8:46so that was my first hint of inspiration
8:49and that was before I left the hospital
8:50so I had already set my mind to try
8:53surfing I didn't know if I could do it
8:55but I was gonna try and get out there
8:57and then as soon as I got up on my first
9:00wave it was no turning back
9:02and yeah I'm thankful because the ocean
9:06is so much fun it's for sharing the Sun
9:08of sport in the oil Wow
9:09did you ever doubt yourself though yeah
9:12I mean just last week I doubted myself
9:13like you're always like going up and
9:16down sugar yeah I mean I was contests
9:20and I did not succeed in either events
9:24in Southern California and so like
9:27there's a sense of like feeling good but
9:32I was also like the conditions are
9:35absolutely terrible well one of it was
9:37okay but the second event was like the
9:39waves aren't breaking it was like and
9:41I'm like a big girl like tall almost six
9:44foot yeah so when you're put in like
9:46really a little little weight or do you
9:48not even as high as my me that's hard to
9:51get out right yeah I need a little power
9:53behind it and healer more momentum to I
9:55mean you have to be able to use your
9:56arms faster and a small wave yeah it's
9:58like my favorite wave sister for our
9:59waves that like I literally can not even
10:01paddle into the position myself and
10:04leave into it right yeah I'm sorry times
10:08my life I Waikiki Beach or some 30 20
10:11years ago or something yeah I try to
10:13surf out here one time I can't remember
10:15like near Carlsbad or something okay and
10:17I just was I could not get up I think
10:19the board was so small learning you
10:23gotta start on a big night right yeah
10:26you need it you need a big voice table
10:29what I do is yeah it's like you need to
10:31spend probably a year on a big board
10:34unless you were doing like everyday Wow
10:37and then you like slowly work your way
10:39down month or something when I come to
10:41kawaii next you'll have to I'll to come
10:43out and watch you and I'll take the big
10:44board next year a little tiny board yeah
10:47do the baby waves you conservative
10:50okay per for you yeah he's probably
10:54better than me he's surfer here I know
10:56he's pretty good oh my gosh I don't
10:58wanna start with him
10:58I'll find some teacher out there that's
11:01like show the basics that's crazy
11:03so when you're up against a world
11:07champion who's next to you in a
11:08competition or someone who's top five in
11:11the world what do you think about when
11:14you're about to drop in the wave or
11:16you're going up against someone like
11:18that when they're able to swim faster
11:21and able to maybe do something that
11:23you're not sure if you can do right now
11:25what do you think about well it's
11:28interesting because the sport of
11:30competitive surfing I literally it's
11:33more about the ocean than my competitor
11:35like its mastering the ocean it's
11:38adjusting to the conditions you have the
11:41waves you have and like performing the
11:45best you can on the waves you're given
11:47and like with surfing now too you end up
11:50taking turns so I mean there is a bit of
11:54luck there's a bit of strap there's a
11:56lot of strategy but it essentially comes
12:01down to mastering the ocean which is
12:04like the more daunting aspect really
12:06because the ocean is always the ocean is
12:09always humbling you and kind of like
12:11putting you in your place so that's more
12:16of what I'm thinking about and of course
12:18like when you're going up against the
12:19world champion okay yes you are like
12:21okay I got a tough heat at hand I really
12:23gotta master the ocean to like the best
12:25of my ability because their world champ
12:28for a reason so like there is thought
12:31towards them but like really it comes
12:34down to mastering the ocean well and
12:36like succeeding in a short window of
12:38time and like yeah doing well so how do
12:43you when you see a 40-foot wave I saw
12:46this in the trailer that forty feet is
12:48that what it was the wave I guess so
12:50something huge right massive ocean it's
12:52not even you I didn't think that was you
12:54I was like is that possible it was
12:56massive how do you have the courage to
12:58go and try something like that
13:00like a bigger and bigger and bigger
13:02knowing that if you crash like it's
13:06gonna keep you under for a while isn't
13:07it yeah well it scared about we'd like
13:11yeah I mean I have a lifetime of
13:14training to prepare for this moment and
13:17then I also a grew up in a family of
13:20chargers like people that like both my
13:23mom and dad surf big waves
13:24my brother surf big waves my especially
13:28in my middle um my one up brother he
13:31charges like crazy slobs slobs are like
13:35kind of the mutant waves that don't even
13:38look like a wave British ways they're
13:40like like I remember once I was like
13:43he's gonna die like I was crying in the
13:45car like I love you like wow if you
13:48tsunami waves I love you that sort of
13:51thing so Laird Hamilton style like this
13:55yeah but even like more mutant like
13:57Laird surfing waves that you can
13:59actually like sir really he's like going
14:02after these like mutant toady there's
14:04like a small like number of people that
14:07are into these mutant waves that are
14:08just like death death waves but so I've
14:11grown up in like this environment of
14:13charging and trying to keep up with my
14:15two older brothers and also on an island
14:19where there's really great waves and all
14:21winter long we're getting huge swells so
14:24as I grew up I would like continually
14:25kind of build up and bigger and bigger
14:27surf and and then I I was talking to
14:30someone the other day I have a really
14:31good breath-hold but I've been training
14:33my breath-hold since I was like seven
14:36years old my dad would take me to this
14:38like local lava rock pool and we would
14:41go underwater and like try to swim the
14:42whole pool length and then once we made
14:45it to the end we'd try to swim the whole
14:47pool length and back so it's like kind
14:49of this you take a lot of confidence in
14:52your preparation for this day so that
14:55when you finally get that chance to
14:57search something crazy and ginormous is
15:00what I call it to my three four-year-old
15:03I say join now then you
15:07already yeah and then for sure you can
15:10want to be mentally like just spry that
15:13day but what do you do when you're in
15:15the situation where it feels like you
15:17can't get out how do you where does your
15:19mind go what is your kind of trained
15:22myself to stay calm and there water so
15:24in like certain types of ways where
15:27you're not is worried about like dying
15:29under water the ones we are worried
15:33about dying under water what do you
15:34think about no not worried about dying
15:36under water and you practice so you
15:38practice kind of like staying calm
15:40you're getting like kind of rag doll
15:42like a doggy rag doll and a dog a doll
15:45and so you practice just like okay I'm
15:47just relaxed about body the muscles I
15:50waited wait at all and so then when you
15:53get to the really heavy waves you're
15:55like I already have that practice of
15:57like just letting it because you can try
16:00to like fight it and come up and the
16:01oceans just you know we like sometimes
16:04maybe you'll get like two seconds up
16:06faster but like really you just gotta
16:08wait it out until the water really calms
16:10so yeah you're just I just kind of take
16:15not at a table over into that just like
16:18calm down but sometimes you're like I
16:21don't know if you know much about breath
16:23holding do you like so your ribs start
16:25to kind of like convulse yeah so it's
16:28like give your ribs are convulsing which
16:30I have never had to hold down where my
16:32ribs started convulsing so you know and
16:36I know that I can like my one of my
16:38longer breath holds is like over four
16:40minutes certainly under pressure under
16:43pressure no this is like cold so I still
16:47like take confidence and like well I
16:49technically could hold it for three four
16:52minutes but like granted it's way
16:55different when you're getting rag dolled
16:56but like I'm like okay I could do good
16:58forty five seconds you know wow what is
17:02your greatest fear oh I don't know if I
17:06have like a greatest fear
17:11I take motherhood pretty seriously so
17:14just I don't like decide off of fear but
17:19I kind of just don't want to blow it you
17:24know what blowing it look like well I
17:27mean my husband and I talk a lot about
17:29like just caring for our relationship
17:31first and foremost because I think that
17:35speaks more louder than anything for our
17:38kids so having us have a healthy
17:40relationship and loving him well and
17:43making sure we get time together and
17:46then just being present and a part of my
17:50kids lives and like just sharing fun
17:54times together but also like I just I
17:57don't know I just want my voice to be
17:59like respectful kind young men and yeah
18:02my mom was that right yeah but many of
18:06our decisions as mothers like in how we
18:09raise them will hugely affect that so
18:11yeah being that mom that kind of guides
18:15them towards those which chose was like
18:18he's so amazing
18:20I mean Wesley's amazing too but Tobes
18:22has this sense of like Chavarria already
18:25oh really yeah she's like you taught him
18:28that or as your dad I think I've taught
18:30him it a bit but I also think he
18:33actually comes to him to like he's a
18:35very thoughtful towards other other
18:37people and lately I've noticed like he
18:40held the elevator door for me because I
18:42was like just taking too long in the
18:45elevator I'm missing why I was and he
18:49said can you please hold the elevator
18:51and then I was like thank you so much
18:53and I looked at him and he was like had
18:55this like huge smile on his face like he
18:58just held the elevator boy it's kind of
19:00so happy Wow we'll see though what's uh
19:04what's the greatest lesson your mom and
19:07dad taught you
19:08oh man I mean they encouraged me in my
19:12faith in God which has been such like my
19:14rock and my place of like refuge and
19:18peace like especially when I lost my
19:20mind just think how did I have such
19:23peace like I was so
19:24at peace with the situation really right
19:27afterwards you're right after like it's
19:29kind of in the ocean or like in the
19:31hospital I kind of in the ocean and the
19:33hospital in the Austral okay calm and I
19:36was even as a 13 year old I was like
19:38praying like God helped me go through
19:40this like in the ocean in the ocean like
19:43well I'm like dying you know 60% of the
19:46blood out and yeah and then in the
19:51hospital I was really pretty at peace
19:54and just like okay with it and my mom
19:56always kind of encouraged me to be
19:58thankful for just the fact that I was
20:01alive and so I immediately kind of went
20:03into the whole scenario of like life
20:06it's different now but I'm thankful I'm
20:08alive like there's so much more to life
20:11than the arm you know like so I would
20:15say my mom taught me a lot about like
20:18just my like encouraging me and my faith
20:20in God and trusting that God has a
20:22greater plan for this and then good will
20:24come from this and I look at it and I'm
20:27like no doubt good has come from like
20:29what seems like such an awful thing so
20:30imagine if all of us believed that like
20:33hey Goods gonna come from our terrible
20:35situation we might get through our
20:38situations with more hope and like
20:41direction that like something good is
20:44gonna come out of this and it was like I
20:46don't look back and think oh I wish I
20:48had my arm and I wish my life was way
20:50different like I'm just happy with my
20:53mouth yeah that's inspiring thank you
20:56Wow and what about your dad and my dad
21:00he's like the super supporter he's
21:03always been like he came to my contest
21:05last week like he's like I'm not gonna
21:08come to the premiere of unstoppable but
21:10I'm gonna come to the contest the two
21:12weeks later he's just like he wanted he
21:15loves being a part of my surfing
21:17especially and he's a great grandpa to
21:20but an great dad and another thing my
21:25mom or both of them taught me a sense of
21:28adventure which is just so fun like I
21:31live life looking for like the next
21:33adventure like
21:34whether it's like going to the park in a
21:36few minutes or like going on some crazy
21:38surf trips oh they're so adventurous
21:41like I'm gonna go camping when I get
21:42home with my family we're going like
21:44kayak camping and we're just kind of
21:47like I've kept and they've ingrained
21:49that adventurous spirit and me and my
21:51mom's really like on the fly spray the
21:54moment where as I'm kind of a planner
21:56but then I'm also on the fly spray as a
21:57little bit I'm like hon let's do this
21:59like let's go to Tripoli in the world
22:01tomorrow you know like stuff like that
22:02like just go get some like energy out
22:05like especially when you're in
22:06California we're just like the adventure
22:12goes there but then we go home and we're
22:15like okay back to like chillin
22:21so I love that they like gave me that
22:25like we grew up going camping all the
22:27time and just they supported traveling
22:31and traveled the world once I started
22:33getting into competitive surfing and
22:35yeah there's just amazing parents really
22:38what's uh what's a lesson you wish they
22:40would have taught you
22:40oh maybe finances like taxes and stuff
22:47like that and I'm also thinking the
22:49school systems to teach that to you but
22:52yeah I'm definitely gonna make sure my
22:54kids graduate high school and knowing
22:56like a little bit about finances taxes
22:59like all the essential things you learn
23:01the hard way
23:02kinda but I kind of just learned to like
23:05people right so yeah I haven't had like
23:09bad scenarios I just like wish they had
23:13taught me a little more of that but then
23:15I'm also like I should go teach them not
23:20that I have it all figured out that your
23:22boys are 18 and 23 I guess 22 what do
23:28you wish that you have taught them they
23:31have now created in the world oh I just
23:35hope they're content where they're I I
23:37hope they're patient for a nice girl
23:41maybe I hope they're like living out
23:44their passions
23:46I hope their job comes in something that
23:48really gives them like passion and drive
23:50and excitement and that very like
23:54gentlemen and that they have a sense of
23:57adventure yeah I don't know I think it's
24:00gonna be so fun I can't wait to be a
24:02grandma so wait all ready to be a
24:05grandma how do you know I'm 29 29 you
24:09want to get a grandmother I don't want
24:11to be a grandma already I just look
24:13forward to being agamas someday I think
24:14it'll be easier than motherhood
24:16really but like it's gonna be fun I get
24:19to go like go take the kids surfing and
24:21then like bring them home and be like
24:23okay you put him down for the nub
24:25let's kill one to ten tell me the
24:27hardest how hard is motherhood oh it's
24:30the hardest thing for sure I don't have
24:32a scale but it's but it's like the best
24:35things in life are often the hardest
24:37thing so think of that weigh that out
24:40you know it's the best thing but it's
24:43also the hardest thing yeah because I
24:45like just keep you're always kind of on
24:47but they bring so much joy and
24:50excitement adventure and challenge and I
24:52think they make you a better human
24:54because you just you're now responsible
24:56for another little human and they see
24:59every action that you take and they see
25:01every kind of they they're watching you
25:05all day long so yeah there's been times
25:08where like I wasn't dealing a stress
25:10well and just maybe my plate was a
25:12little overfilled and I could see Tubbs
25:16he was kind of worried about me like but
25:19then we got past that and realize okay
25:21slow things down like mellow things out
25:23of it like don't do too much and it's
25:27okay now that you know he's like
25:29watching everything and soaking it all
25:32up so it kind of challenges me to be
25:34thoughtful and everything mm-hmm how do
25:37you prepare for day to day as a
25:39competitive athlete as a mom you know a
25:44wife running a business traveling the
25:48world how do you stay grounded with it
25:51all I go surfing that's how you stay
25:54grounded
25:54yeah I know I think he's a lot of things
25:56I do
25:57seems like a lot it seems like a lot of
26:00energy yeah and there's a lot of moms
26:02out there who have one two three four
26:04kids and they've got a career and
26:06they've got a lot of things happening
26:08yeah and I admire it because it's I
26:10don't know if I could do it so how do
26:12you do it and their moms are the
26:14ultimate multitaskers but yeah sometimes
26:20I'll you know I'm on social media and
26:23whatnot I try to be active and
26:24commenting back but like I'll see
26:26comments like how do you do it all like
26:28you're so amazing and I'm like well I do
26:30have a husband and we teamwork
26:33everything he's like full-time dad but
26:35I'm also kind of full-time mom yeah like
26:37we really like live together everyday
26:39and we're very like you know we teamwork
26:43everything so it's like and plus we have
26:45a team of people that help us as well
26:48who are very like-minded and you know
26:50involved every day so it's kind of like
26:52just this urban flow of balance but kind
26:56of how I prepare is just you know having
26:58some moments of quiet and praying asking
27:01God to just guide the day and I also
27:06feel really good when I just get a
27:08surfing get in the ocean the ocean
27:09definitely grounds me and like
27:11rejuvenates me having quality time with
27:15my husband that's not like work focused
27:17it's really cool we've been doing dance
27:20lessons like we're learning like
27:22ballroom dancing like salsa waltz and
27:28swing Wow so I kind of talk like that
27:30yeah Wow we have like a private dance
27:33instructor she's amazing Laura Bocelli
27:36her dad I think is like some film person
27:39over here but okay
27:41yeah it's so fun so just finding things
27:43to kind of like where you can't think
27:46about what's going on
27:47you know surfing it makes you present
27:50dancing you're just thinking about
27:52moving and like learning then your next
27:54step and enjoying like my husband so
27:56yeah it's kind of just finding times to
28:01have quietly always like have coffee
28:03dates and yeah and getting going just
28:07getting some exercise like you know
28:09really
28:09getting your workout in it's really
28:11helpful but that doesn't happen every
28:12day and then travel kind of throws
28:14everything off too so when you're
28:17traveling just trying to find some like
28:19moments of just calm yeah sometimes I'm
28:22like okay kids like calm down like the
28:24foreo would be like screaming making all
28:26kinds of noises I'm like no we need like
28:29some peace right now like it's called
28:31miss stone what's missing for you in
28:34your life currently there's like we've
28:43just kind of come off of like a six year
28:46project of making my documentary
28:48unstoppable and so that was like a big
28:52undertaking and a lot of like it was a
28:54big passion project so we're kind of in
28:57a place of like Bria like directing the
29:01future path so it's like definitely the
29:04last six to nine months I had this
29:06feeling of like what am i reaching for
29:09like what am i doing right now like of
29:11course like yes I'm being mom and that's
29:14I'm constantly reaching for that but
29:16like I've always been a very goal
29:17centric person and like always working
29:20towards something I am like still
29:23working on my surfing too but it just
29:25kind of went from like working so hard
29:27for like five years - and then like
29:31getting the film out and then it was
29:33just like this it felt weird I was like
29:36I do not feel comfortable right now with
29:38this like feeling and I have a friend
29:40who's like integrative health doctor and
29:43he was in like him and his wife were in
29:45a similar situation - they were just
29:47like he just graduated more schooling
29:50and he's just like doesn't have a goal
29:53kind of so kind of feeling golus felt
29:55like really awkward and I can't say I
29:59have a very clear goal now but yeah
30:02dabbling with some surf contests I'm
30:04competing I'm still like pushing my
30:07Ariel game so it's like progressive
30:08surfing like like especially in the
30:11sport of women's surfing like we aren't
30:13incredibly progressive above the way of
30:16surfing so doing airs and stuff but for
30:18sure ten years from now like girls are
30:20gonna be going crazy go into town so
30:23it's gonna be really cool but so I've
30:26been pushing that aspect of my surfing
30:28and and then I'm working on some like
30:32kind of business like but I look at it
30:35as like business but it's more of like I
30:37mean it's a lot of kind of the work you
30:40do like empowering people to live their
30:42best life so we've been working on this
30:43unstoppable year online course sounds
30:46cool which I feel like young people are
30:48in this place of just constant
30:52distractions like they don't know who
30:55they are they're constantly bombarded
30:57with not so positive messages on on all
31:00the medias like social media you know
31:03and I think we're kind of in this weird
31:06era of like what are they even gonna
31:09like what are these kids like who's our
31:12future leaders kind of like they're just
31:14I mean I'm not like I don't know this
31:17might sound negative but I just have a
31:19passion for young people and wanting to
31:21help them just find their boundaries but
31:23also find their passions goals and like
31:25how to reach them how to like get
31:28through life unstoppable so to say so
31:32I'm really excited about this course
31:34they've been working on so that's kind
31:36of been like a big undertaking - and
31:38we've all reckoned hard on that like my
31:40husband and team and I so that's kind of
31:43the next like big goal but oh yeah I
31:45didn't even get to the question you said
31:47what's missing that's missing it's a
31:49ball is a big goal missing then a sense
31:53of like my competitive surfing cuz like
31:56I would say of all the aspects of my
31:58surfing competitive's more my weaker
32:01side and like with board sports there's
32:04so many angles you can go at it like you
32:06can be kind of like I've thought of
32:08myself as like a free surf for the last
32:10five years cuz I've just been going on
32:12like amazing surf trips what's the thing
32:15what's different types of things you can
32:17do in surfing free surfing competitive
32:19or competitive surfing like those
32:21hipster surfers there's like big wave
32:23surfers there's like crazy slab surfers
32:27female like there's all these different
32:28kind of genres within the sport
32:32I've been kind of like working towards
32:34being the most like well-rounded so I'm
32:37like trying to tackle it all so to say
32:39like you're kind of talk a little the
32:41last five years or in the last lifetime
32:46so but like competitive I've had like
32:49amazing success at the same time but I'm
32:51also like feel like there's room for
32:53more success in that area I just I don't
32:56know I'm still kind of like in this
32:58state of like not fully goal set it like
33:02no goal is fully been set it's just like
33:05this feeling of like okay let's figure
33:08out what is it that I want like and then
33:10maybe Hamilton I'm still figuring it out
33:13like I mean of course I want to be
33:15successful in my sport but I'm also like
33:18I just like especially in my last two
33:23events we were like I just don't want to
33:25serve 6-inch waves
33:27I want to serve like some decent waves
33:28so waves
33:30yeah six foot waves at least so but the
33:34world surfing link is so incredible
33:36right now and I don't know there's
33:38there's opportunities the opportunities
33:40are endless it's just like doing in on
33:42what I want and I just don't have that
33:44fully dialed in it was but it's okay to
33:47ha I think it's okay to have a time of
33:49like figuring things out and like not
33:52having the goal like take a little break
33:55take a little breather like just have
33:57fun link and I'm still like working on
34:00so many things and like how the kids
34:02full-time like gotta change the diaper
34:04probably in like two hours from now so
34:06it's just like it's busy yeah okay but
34:12yes I started something missing I mean I
34:15could see more babies down the road so
34:17it's like lately I don't feel like the
34:19family's complete which is crazy when I
34:21had our first kid and then our second
34:23kid wasn't conceived yet we were like
34:25ready we were like okay second kid
34:27already well you want another kid now no
34:30not now the little ones like just barely
34:33sleeping through the night so it's like
34:37you're asleep first like I thrive on
34:40good sleep and I have not had that very
34:42like four
34:43let's have a good sleep and then go from
34:46there how many years do you think you
34:48can be competitive for well have you
34:50heard of Kelly Slater
34:51it's like forty time you heard of of
34:53course yeah I've actually been mess have
34:54you talked to him we've been messaging
34:56back and forth on Instagram you mean he
34:59said he wants to come on the show but uh
35:00he's not in LA for a while so or maybe
35:02is now I'm not sure he will be a fun
35:04conversation forty-something right he is
35:07like pushing 50 it's a machine he's like
35:09what 1250 to say like who's to cut off
35:13the leg true pushing your circuit I mean
35:15he's I think of him frequently and I'm
35:19like okay well he's still got some good
35:22time so you keep frontiers you know like
35:24no I'm not like super tight listener but
35:26like in lundi we would sit down and chat
35:28you know better not like best friends
35:30but I would say like the last five years
35:37since podcasting that invented and
35:39actually I've had your podcasts
35:41downloaded I just haven't listened dude
35:48it's been in my like podcast good I like
35:51it I know no I really enjoyed like I
35:53listened to it a bunch of your short
35:55ones I love that you do short ones
35:56because some of these guys like they
35:57only do an hour and a half I'm like I
36:00don't have time for an hour and a half
36:01but if it's really good and I'll like
36:03you know charge it or like sign a time
36:05sure yeah I was super stoked on some of
36:08your stuff it's just like good to hear
36:10like encouraging encouraging words
36:13that's right watch what you're trying to
36:17do with your course to your eyes yeah
36:18exactly this is a design firm for
36:21younger people for older people's kids I
36:24think anyone could do it and definitely
36:26like have a heart for teenagers and
36:30young adults I think it's just such a
36:32time of like figuring yourself out
36:34figuring life out and you know teaching
36:39these I mean I don't know if grit can
36:40fully be taught but like teaching that
36:42it's not interesting that's you know
36:45everyone's talking about grit
36:46yeah
36:47talking to books and hoist things butts
36:49like it's like as an athlete growing up
36:52either habit or you don't
36:54yeah no no like I was talking to someone
36:56just recently about how they're like oh
36:59I got so pounded in the ocean and then I
37:01was over it I was like I guess when I
37:03was little I would go and get pounded
37:05for fun like that was what we did
37:07so my grit was like I got taught to
37:10enjoy being pounded I was like a 5 7
37:13year old you fall in love with the pain
37:15of your sport or you think that you're
37:19into pain of like your passion that
37:22you're into I remember playing you know
37:24basketball football baseball growing up
37:26and it was just like how much pain could
37:28I endure as a kid it was fun still but
37:30it was like okay it's not enough I've
37:32got to keep shooting and keep training
37:34and keep working out cuz I love this so
37:36much and I wanted to be better yeah I
37:38think you've got to have that for
37:39whatever the thing you want to be doing
37:40like I still have that I want to be
37:42better yeah so I think that keep
37:45continually drives me and then there's
37:46this whole movement now think with the
37:49internet and like phone access there's
37:52the whole movement of like longevity
37:55health so there's like you can
37:56constantly be educating yourself on all
37:58that and like doing stuff to like you
38:01know I'm like really and they're just
38:02natural good health and so like well I
38:05guess I could like keep myself young
38:07like a little bit longer sure and I'm
38:10like had two kids so I've gotten past
38:11that like that to me is like if I had
38:14another kid it's like fine you know so
38:17it's just like yeah it's um I feel like
38:21there's still a lot of time yeah but and
38:23I'm very motivated that regardless of if
38:26I'm like a professional surfer I want to
38:28just surf well and like be able to surf
38:30really well as long as I can thank as a
38:33grandma there you go so there's a lot of
38:36like kind of I like drama goals grandma
38:38calls already I love it
38:40what was more painful for you having a
38:42baby or have an accident oh for sure
38:45having the babies more painful busy
38:47accident childbearing and I did all
38:49natural like you know nothing nothing
38:51then a shark biting your arm all shark
38:54bites are so traumatic that you
38:57he goes into shock it's just like yeah
39:01for sure child-rearing you're going
39:03through hours and hours and hours of
39:04like severe like crazy camping that is
39:07like you feel like oh my god but you
39:11know you're grateful having a baby yeah
39:14then having your arm bitten off by a
39:16shark that's crazy
39:18was there ever pain afterwards like when
39:21you were actually allowed like I had a
39:24little bit of what they call phantom
39:28pain so right now phantom feeling so
39:32it's like I can feel my hand down there
39:34where's my wrist especially qabil it
39:37yeah I can feel it like my nerves are
39:40still convinced or whatever it doesn't
39:42hurt so I call it phantom feeling cuz
39:44some people but some people it's really
39:46unfortunate they have like severe pain I
39:48think it's somehow has to do with how
39:51the nerves were lacerated or whatever
39:53it's crazy
39:54okay we're getting a little too going
39:55here but yeah so I know some I had like
40:00I've met a lot of amputees and people
40:03have been through traumatic injuries and
40:06they have to take drugs to kind of deal
40:09with that pain because it's really so
40:11I'm so thankful oh my gosh thank
40:13goodness I like everything came clean
40:15but yeah it's child rearing is no joke
40:18like but the thing is as a woman you
40:21know your body can do this yeah God has
40:24created your body to bear children like
40:26you can do it so it's like kind of like
40:29mentally preparing it to me like being
40:32an athlete I've heard athletes can have
40:33a hard time because they have hard time
40:35letting go of like you know control but
40:38surrender almost yeah yeah it does just
40:40let go but it's kind of like being in
40:45the wave - yeah I saw I think I did a
40:48good job of letting go because both my
40:50braces went really good and it's good
40:52yeah the pain is over now I'm probably
40:55gonna forget about it in a year - and
40:58Wow someone have really traumatic births
41:02that are so hard and so I have a lot of
41:04compassion I'm like finally and you once
41:06you've had a kid you like understand
41:08women so much because I was like wow
41:12respect yeah for your mom you're like
41:14yeah if you're amazing like the people
41:16who have like a tiny kids they're like
41:18oh my gosh you're incredible like how do
41:19you do that unless they're just like
41:22dragging up and like they don't feel
41:24like okay well you've got your movie out
41:31right now how long's it out for it's
41:32called unstoppable unstoppable it's out
41:35now July August first yeah I think it's
41:40one of the last weekend's okay and then
41:42eventually it'll be online hopefully we
41:44don't know surprise never know but
41:46people can go to your website to learn
41:49more about that and the course where can
41:51they go to learn more but Bethany
41:53Hamilton calm and yeah the unstoppable
41:56year is gonna be awesome I hope it's
41:58alright I believe it's gonna be
41:59life-changing for myself and everyone
42:01who does is know we're starting this
42:04summer fall like September ish okay
42:07it'll be on the web side they can sign
42:09up to learn yeah just head to the
42:11website and you'll get all the
42:12information there and yeah I'm really
42:14pumped to just share my life and all the
42:17things I've learned along the way with
42:18people and yeah I've been in this place
42:21of kind of inspiring people since I was
42:2313 years old and then now I'm kind of
42:26stepping into that role of equipping and
42:28just really giving more educating more
42:31yeah
42:32what is something about you that most
42:34people don't know oh that you're really
42:37proud of oh I don't know I have a
42:44prosthetic arm that helps me play
42:48ukulele no way yeah that's cool then I
42:52broke it so I gotta like send it in okay
42:54so right now it's like kind of down and
42:56I'm not really good at ok leave I can
42:58like stir my songs
42:59wow that's cool I love you Lily me too
43:02and I grew up playing guitar and and
43:05khalili so that felt really hard for me
43:07when I lost my arm those
43:09one of the harder challenges because I
43:10was like passionately in love with like
43:12music making and like just love just
43:15picking it up and playing a song and
43:17like so yeah finally I went got a
43:20prosthetic to just see what it would be
43:23like and there's a little awkward like
43:25it didn't feel completely natural that
43:27it's still really fun like it felt like
43:29I definitely had some tears at some
43:31point so that's cool it's like a fun
43:33little like side project of time in the
43:36last couple years that's great that's
43:37awesome this question is called the
43:40three truths so I want you to imagine
43:43that you're the great-great-grandmother
43:45that you dream of being and that you're
43:48so excited to be and it's your and
43:52you've created everything you want to
43:53create in your life you've accomplished
43:55all the dreams all the big goals you set
43:57you make them happen you've got the
43:59family of your dreams you've done along
44:02but you got to take everything with you
44:04so what have you created your books your
44:06move easier the things you put out in
44:09the world you've got to take it with you
44:10so no one has access to your information
44:11anymore all your social media content
44:14yes gone now
44:15yes but you get to write down on your
44:18last day the three things you know to be
44:20true about your life and the lessons
44:23that you would leave behind and this is
44:25all people would have to kind of
44:26remember you buyer these these lessons
44:29what would you say are your three truths
44:32[Music]
44:35is it the things I want do you want
44:38people to like there's like you know
44:40always be honest here's a lesson yeah
44:42like I'll always give your best or okay
44:45one of the first things that came to
44:46mind was like thankfulness be faithful
44:50and what just to the people in my life
44:54and to God and then I psych it oh gosh
45:00this is deep I feel like I need to put
45:01like some months of thought into this
45:03you can come back in the future and let
45:05me know but what's on the top of your
45:07minds you know three things you'd want
45:08to leave behind yeah maybe
45:15can I bring surfing laughs yeah
45:20yeah I think just having a sense of
45:23peace well these are the things that I'd
45:27kind of cherish I don't know I don't
45:29really care like what people like
45:31remember me is I always got that
45:32question just like whatever like
45:34whatever like empowers them you know
45:37what would you want them to lesson what
45:39you want them to know oh I think that we
45:43can be in Sapa wall no matter what the
45:46challenges that come our way and I mean
45:48I always think of like wow well I mean
45:51I've been faced an immense amount of
45:53challenge but some people have faced a
45:55lot more and a lot more pain and I
45:57really take that to heart and know that
46:00like maybe I don't fully understand all
46:02the pains of the world then I just
46:05believe that like in my own life my
46:07passions have driven me to overcome and
46:10that's my faith in God and surfing and
46:12now my family and these are the things
46:14that continually push me forward so I
46:19hope that people can find their passion
46:22to overcome their challenges and does
46:26that count as one I mean one more yeah
46:28that was I saw the first one be faithful
46:30okay second one I heard was be
46:33unstoppable okay so that kind of like
46:35goes in the unstoppable category oh gosh
46:39third one just enjoy the moment and like
46:45get some adventure in yeah mm-hmm okay
46:49so what I'm hearing is be present an
46:52adventure I like it yeah it's good it's
46:57like those whether you've been
46:58representing for a long time
47:00adventure like you have to be present
47:02when you're on the waves yeah no this is
47:06like social media I like try to do
47:09something funny and people will comment
47:11like on the funny thing they'll come it
47:13you're so inspirational so it's just
47:19funny how it's like you can't really
47:21change people's perceptions
47:24I mean why what'd you do I have making
47:26my film and stoppable was actually to
47:28like be like hey like I'm way more than
47:30just like the shark attack survivor girl
47:32like the shark bite girl cuz I'll be
47:34called like weird stuff like that I'm
47:36like hey like look at my mom like either
47:40way I'm just stuffing me but won't
47:43acknowledge you Bethany for your
47:45inspiration because you have done so
47:48much for so many people especially young
47:49girls I think look up to you you
47:52continue to be yourself you continue to
47:54bring a lot of joy and you're just
47:56grateful for your life and I think that
47:58is a powerful message that everyone can
48:00have no matter what adversity challenge
48:03comes our way like continuing to pursue
48:06the passion that you have is inspiring a
48:09lot of people so I acknowledge you for
48:10your your childlike joy pure joy about
48:14you and it's it's really cool to connect
48:16and meet you so thank you of course it's
48:20fun chatting I found question for you
48:22that's what's the definition of
48:23greatness oh I think just kind of loving
48:29love or making the most of what you've
48:32got and just like loving life and
48:37enjoying it amazing doesn't thank you
48:39very much appreciate it
48:41thank you rock thank you

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