Surfing legend Bethany Hamilton on motherhood, identity and faith
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Bethany Hamilton was thrust in the spotlight at just 13 years old, when she was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark and lost her arm. The traumatic injury seemingly ended her dream career as a professional surfer.
However, one month after the attack, Hamilton returned to surfing, and within two years had won her first national surfing title. At 17 years old, she realized her dream of surfing professionally and she is still an active surf competitor to this day.
Today on the podcast, Sports Spectrum contributor Jade McCarthy talks to Bethany about her life as a mom, whether she will get back in the water to surf professionally again, finding her identity in something bigger than herself and how God has brought her to a place to serve and mentor others.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, we got a great conversation today. |
| 0:03.1 | Our friend Jade McCarthy returns, the former ESPN anchor. |
| 0:06.6 | She's back and today she's talking to the one and only Bethany Hamilton. |
| 0:13.0 | That's right, surfing legend Bethany Hamilton. |
| 0:16.1 | That conversation is coming up right now on Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:31.0 | Music is coming up right now on sports spectrum welcome to the sports spectrum podcast the intersection of sports and fate here's your host jason romano what's up guys welcome to the. I am Jason Romano, and we are excited about today's |
| 0:39.3 | conversation with Bethany Hamilton and our friend Jade McCarthy, and it's coming up in a second |
| 0:44.1 | right here on the show. Make sure you go check out sportspectrum.com for all of our content, |
| 0:49.4 | sportspectrum.com. That is the home for our podcast. That is the home for our devotionals. That is the home for |
| 0:56.5 | stories and articles, bringing Jesus back into the conversation and the intersection of sports |
| 1:02.1 | and faith. And what we want to do is recommend that when you're at the website, you'll look at it |
| 1:08.0 | as a resource, a way to share your faith with someone else. |
| 1:11.5 | So you take the stories, the articles, the podcast, the devotionals, and share it with |
| 1:15.8 | someone, share today's interview with someone who might be interested in hearing about |
| 1:20.9 | Bethany Hamilton, all that she's doing today, where God has brought her to today. |
| 1:26.4 | And maybe it's an opportunity to share the gospel through this podcast. |
| 1:29.8 | So look at Sports Spectrum as a resource that you can share the gospel with someone else. |
| 1:34.4 | Check it all out at sportspectrum.com. |
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