One-armed surfer Bethany Hamilton expecting baby
Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton is expecting a baby.
The athlete — whose amazing return to the sport after a vicious shark attack left her with one arm at age 13, inspiring the book and then movie Soul Surfer — shared the rad news that she’s having a son this June in an adorable video on her website.
“In baby terms I’m about 22 weeks, which is about halfway there,” says the 25-year-old in the video, speaking from her home in Hawaii as she sits alongside her youth-minister husband of one year, Adam Dirks.
“It’s been a pretty crazy last four months finding out that we’re going to be parents. Life’s kind of going to be changing, and kind of just started to prep for bringing a new little being into the world.”
But one thing is sure to stay the same: her passion for surfing.
The pregnant pro is still hitting the waves.
“I’ve been surfing throughout my whole pregnancy,” says Hamilton, who took part in the Billabong Pipe Masters in December when she was three months along.
“I plan to surf as long as I can.”
Once she feels too big to continue, she adds, “maybe I’ll just, like, mellow it out and spend more time swimming.”
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