Bethany Hamilton relies on her family a lot for support. Her family incudles her Mom, Cheri and her dad, Tom. Bethany's parents have been surfing since they were little. She also has two older brothers Noah, a stand up surfer- just like Bethany, her mom, and dad. He is very quick on the waves whether he's surfing or doing photography. Noah is also into photography and shoots most of the great pictures of Bethany for her website. Noah is also very determined and focused when he gets into something he goes all the way. Bethany says he is her greatest protecter. Bethany's other brother, Timmy also got into surfing, however, Timmy decided to be a body boarder. Body boards are a hunk of soft foam just over a yard long that is used like a surfboard, excpet you don't stand up on it. Body boards don't have fins on the bottom; they have hard edges that are used to control turns. Body boarders wear swim fins to help them catch waves with their smaller boards. Timmy always makes Bethany laugh and he has this natural talent for knowing exactly what to do or say that one thing that will put a smile on your face. He will do anything for a laugh. Timmy does all the editing to the videos of Bethany surfing. The Hamilton family go to church and are strong believers. They have a lot of hope and faith for Bethany to fufill her dreams!
Bethany Hamilton has a lot of friends through surfing and school. One of her best friends is Alana Blanchard. They have been best friends since they were younger and always love to surf together. Alana was there the day of Bethany's attack, and she wouldn't know what to do without Alana. Even though now-a-day they can't surf together all the time because of traveling, the girls still make time for eachother. Some of Bethany's other friends are Coco Ho, Carrissa Moore, and many more!
Bethany and Alana love the outdoors and used to, as kids, play games with neighborhood friends such as ding dong ditch, kick the can, and much more. To this day Bethany and Alana stay in close contact with each other and surf together whenever they get the chance!
