«Breaking News» Bethany Hamilton EXCLUSIVE: Surfing star opens up about returning to the waves after giving birth

She was just 13 when a 15ft tiger shark ripped off her left arm on Halloween.

But despite the trauma of the life-changing injury, Bethany Hamilton loves surfing as much as ever - with the 28-year-old calling it her 'healing place'.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMailTV, Bethany explained: 'Traumatic things happen to all of us at one point or another.'

Bethany Hamilton EXCLUSIVE: Surfing star opens up on DailyMailTV about returning to the waves after giving birth... and how the ocean is her 'healing place'

Insight: Bethany talked to DailyMailTV's Brandi Williams

Happy family: Bethany and her husband, youth minister Adam Dirks, have been married for five years and have two young children

Now a mother of two, she reflected: 'I was surfing less than a month [after the attack]. I was just such a resilient 13 year old that wasn’t going to let something like this hold me back.'

Bethany also returned to the waves just a few weeks after welcoming her children, three-year-old Tobias and baby Wesley.  

She explained: 'I feel like I have a tendency to bounce back pretty fast, you know.

Surfing star: Bethany returned to the waves just a few weeks after welcoming her children, three-year-old Tobias and baby Wesley

Working on her form: Bethany practices at Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch, in  Lemoore, California

Mermaid in training: Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch is a private artificial wave pool where you can catch the world's longest man-made open-barrel wave

'I'm such a mermaid. The ocean has been such a healing place for me.'

Bethany and her husband, youth minister Adam Dirks, have been married for five years.  

She said they were enjoying life as parents. 

'I still feel like I have so much to learn as a mom but it’s amazing to be able to share life with my two little guys and thankfully my husband and I make an amazing team.'

The next generation: Bethany with her young son Wesley, who is already learning to love the ocean, along with big brother Tobias, three

Passing on the surfing gene: She is raising her children to love the ocean as much as she does

 

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Main photo article She was just 13 when a 15ft tiger shark ripped off her left arm on Halloween.
But despite the trauma of the life-changing injury, Bethany Hamilton loves surfing as much as ever – with the 28-year-old calling it her ‘healing place’.
Speaking exclusively to DailyMailTV, Bethany...

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