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    to be more grateful for the things they have. Imagine being an amazing surfer and having your life change in an instant. Hamilton won many titles in her life including, first in her age group at the open division of Hawaii’s Local Motion/ Ezekiel Surf Into Summer event. Hamilton also won second in the open women’s division of the NSSA. The morning of October 31,2003, Bethany’s life would change forever. Hamilton was out on the water surfing with her best friend, Alana Blanchard, and Anna’s father

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    “Soul Surfer” was an inspiring autobiographical film that was released April of 2011. This film was produced by Sean Mcnamara. Soul Surfer was based on a thirteen year old girl named Bethany Hamilton. Bethany was a very high spirited teen; until one day when she lost her left arm due to a shark attack. Earlier in the day, her friend Alana Blanchard asked her to come surfing with her. Bethany thought nothing of it, just another day out in the water. Once they got to the beach everything was calm

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    What are the characteristics of a good student? I will be focusing on Bethany Hamilton from the movie Soul Surfer and her characteristics of a good student. This woman has been through everything, which you will soon learn, and somehow never lost herself or her faith. How does she not lose faith and go off track from her goals? Let’s find out. Soul Surfer is a movie about a young woman who was on top of the surfing world and then her arm is bitten off by a shark, so she thinks that her time with

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    Bra Boys Research Paper

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    violent thugs. The Bra Boys is a gang centred on the Australian surf culture, 300+ members strong located in Sydney’s eastern suburb of Maroubra. Famous members include Big wave surfer Koby Abberton and his brothers Sunny, Jai and Dakota, Richie ‘Vas’ Vaculik, Surfer Mark Mathews, Jesse Pollock, Rugby league stars Reni Matiua and John Sutton. Although the gang is quick to talk about their community activism like supporting local surf

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    left arm dangling in the water, when out of the blue the shark attacked her and took her arm almost to her armpit. The remainder of the movie shows how Bethany coped with her injury with the help of her community, as well as her re-learning how to surf and go through her daily life as normal as possible. This film's estimated budget was about $18,000,000. Many things about the film remake of Bethany's story are the same as the real-life event. Bethany and her family helped as much as they could

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    life during the mid to late 1970’s. The two main characters, 13 year olds Debbie and Sue are inseparable best friends who set off through the coming of age process. Puberty Blues addresses the sexism of surf culture and youth way of life of teenagers in Australia during that time. Fashion, sexism, surf culture and the adolescence way of life are all elements that contribute to making puberty blues historically accurate. The first historical accuracy used in the TV show was that fashion was essential

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    with her best friend Alana, and her best friend’s dad and brother. When out of nowhere a 15 foot tiger shark attacked her, ever since then her life changed. However Bethany got back into the water a day before thanksgiving, reteaching herself how to surf with one hand. Ever since then she’d been an inspiration to people. A year after her attack she won first place at the national championships. After the terrifying shark attack, Bethany Hamilton demonstrated resilience by overcoming the tragedy to

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    John Mclean Biography

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    surfing and had a optimistic career, however this took a turn. At the age of thirteen Bethany, was attacked by a shark, which left her with no left arm. Most people would back sone after facing such a major setback, but all Bethany wanted to so was surf and so in 2005 she won a national title and is still surfing to this day, being regarded as one of the most inspiring and talented surfers in the world. Another amazing story is the one of John Maclean, who also had to adapt to the consequences of

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    Naomi, and Lucas. Emma is fifteen years old, Naomi is four years old, and Lucas is thirteen years old. They were all planning to take a trip to Panama City Beach, Florida for their summer vacation. They wanted to go and explore the unique restaurants, surf shops, high cliffs, and the beautiful nature there that they did not have in California. Everyone was thrilled to soak up some sun on the beach and explore the beautiful region although, Lucas had the California State Surfing Conference on his mind

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    major exercises being done on the beaches, as you get ready to show your summer body. Excitingly, the coasts get crowded as the summer approaches and surfboarding plays a major role to influence the eagerness among individuals and compels them to surf through the waves. The rationale behind the difference of surfboards related to certain companies is the framework provided by them, variations in the infrastructure of surfboards leads to the assessment of these companies and they are rated accordingly

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