Shark Attack Survivor Bethany Hamilton Writes Book To Help Kids ‘Surf Past Fear’

Pro internet user Bethany Hamilton — who lost her left arm in a scary shark attack in 2003 — has actually discovered yet another method to be a motivation to the world … she’s authored a brand-new kids’s book intended to assist kids surpass their worries!

The professional athlete’s brand-new work, fittingly called “Surfing Past Fear,” dropped previously this month — and it’s everything about an otter called Olivia who faces her worries after she breaks her arm while browsing.

Olivia gets aid from her good friends Mobi — a one-armed bear — and a flamingo called Abby — and Hamilton states the entire point of the book is to teach kids how to conquer hardship.

Of course, she would understand how to do that in addition to any person … following her frightening encounter with a tiger shark when she was simply 13 years of ages, she went on to turn into one of the very best web surfers in the nation.

Now, she states she’s hoping her brand-new book can not just assist kids gain from her — however likewise help moms and dads who are attempting to get her message throughout to their kids.

“I feel like I’m kind of a mix of the two characters,” Hamilton stated. “I’m Olivia, in like I had the accident and also how she has her comeback.”

“I’m also kind of like Mobi, the bear who’s born without an arm and he encourages Olivia to overcome her fear and seek a more positive truth-filled thought process.”

Hamilton, a mother of three, states she’s not intending on stopping with this one book either … informing us she’d enjoy to pen more comparable operate in the future.

But, today, she’s taking pleasure in time with her household and browsing … and has actually even assisted her child enter the boarding world.