Speaker 1: You know, I was put in the ocean before I
Speaker 1: could walk. I do vividly remember like one of my
Speaker 1: surf contests when I was like five years old, I
Speaker 1: think it was, and just remember like the water being
Speaker 1: so blue and pretty. Once I got older, I got
Speaker 1: started surfing more serious waves. So I started going up
Speaker 1: to the deep water waves where you can't stand on
Speaker 1: the bottom, and you know there are bigger fishes out there.
Speaker 1: I am known as a professional surfer. I lost my
Speaker 1: arm when I was thirteen years old, and I continued
Speaker 1: surfing after that, and so I'm like one of those
Speaker 1: rare humans that surfs with one arm, and I just
Speaker 1: love what I get to do. You know, when life
Speaker 1: gives you lemons, make lemonade. So that's kind of me
Speaker 1: in a nutshell.
Speaker 2: You're listening to Bethany Hamilton, an amazing pro surfer who
Speaker 2: has won tons of compet titians all over the world.
Speaker 2: She's the star of very inspirational movies like Soul Surfer
Speaker 2: and Bethany Hamilton Unstoppable, and today she's chatting with us
Speaker 2: on Growing Up. Welcome to Growing Up, the Lingo Kids
Speaker 2: podcast that encourages kids to dream big and discover who
Speaker 2: they want to be.
Speaker 3: We're on the coasts of Peru, a country in South America,
Speaker 3: right in front of the Pacific Ocean, and here waves
Speaker 3: can get big, very very big.
Speaker 4: Look at dad, Maxie. Those ways are kind of scary,
Speaker 4: aren't they. No worries they won't reach us. It's just
Speaker 4: a movie. Here, have some popcorn, but don't tell mom
Speaker 4: about it, Okay, good boy.
Speaker 3: Just off the coasts of Peru, some fishermen go out
Speaker 3: to catch fish, but they don't do it alone. They
Speaker 3: ride on special boats called kabahitos, which means little horses.
Speaker 4: Ah cool name. I bet it's because they're riding the
Speaker 4: boats like if there were horses. Get it, Maxi.
Speaker 3: And this right here is one of the oldest kinds
Speaker 3: of surfing in the whole white world.
Speaker 4: Surfing, No way, surfing is like skateboarding, but in the water, Maxi.
Speaker 4: I's not only people in Hawaii surfed. You know, Hawaii
Speaker 4: is an island and they have so many waves over there.
Speaker 4: I love that at school.
Speaker 3: Oh yes, far far away in the Pacific Ocean on
Speaker 3: the island of Hawaii. Surfing has also been popped for
Speaker 3: centuries only. Instead of kabaitos, the ancient people of Hawaii
Speaker 3: used to make surfboards.
Speaker 4: Look, MAXI the surfboard is that wooden table that man
Speaker 4: standing on. Yeah, I'd paint my surf for Neon Green two.
Speaker 3: For ancient Hawaiians, surfing wasn't just something they did for fun.
Speaker 3: It was how they felt close to the ocean, which
Speaker 3: was sacred for their culture.
Speaker 4: So cool.
Speaker 3: Today, surfing is popular in many countries around the world.
Speaker 3: Some people even allow their dogs to surf, and let
Speaker 3: me say they do it pretty well.
Speaker 4: You're right, Maxie, you've never been to the beach before.
Speaker 4: You'll have so much fun. I love building sand castles,
Speaker 4: splashing in the water and swimming. Oh this time we
Speaker 4: can try surfing.
Speaker 3: But remember, if you want to try surfing yourself, first
Speaker 3: seek help from a grown up coach or a pro surfer. Gotcha,
Speaker 3: Now go catch some waves.
Speaker 4: Okay day is officially on.
Speaker 5: Hi Louise.
Speaker 2: Enjoying the Go Forward movie theater.
Speaker 4: Yes, Emily, quick question, do you know anything about surfing? Mmm?
Speaker 2: I know it's super fun and I know that waves
Speaker 2: can be very challenging to ride too.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I just watched this movie about the history of surfing.
Speaker 4: Now I want to go to the beach. So Maxie
Speaker 4: and I can surf. Problem is, well, we've never surfed before.
Speaker 4: Can you help us out please?
Speaker 2: Well, lucky for you, I know a real surfing expert.
Speaker 4: You mean, like someone who has an actual surfboard, more.
Speaker 2: Like someone who's inspired millions with her surfing. Her name
Speaker 2: is Bethany Hamilton. She has won tons of surfing competitions
Speaker 2: and she's been surfing since she was a little kid,
Speaker 2: kid like me. That's right. Why don't we go meet her?
Speaker 4: Of course I want to meet a super duper surfer
Speaker 4: rock star. Okay, Massey, this is big. We're talking actual
Speaker 4: surf advice from an actual surfing person. Of course, I'll
Speaker 4: ask Bethany about surfing dogs too.
Speaker 2: Let's go then, welcome to our very own talking game show. Today,
Speaker 2: we are speaking to the one and only Bethany Hamilton.
Speaker 2: Bethany is a lifelong pro surfer and she's also behind
Speaker 2: Beautifully Flawed Foundation, and together they help people who lost
Speaker 2: arms or legs live happier lives.
Speaker 4: Hi, Bethany, Aloha, Bethany Aloha.
Speaker 1: I'm Bethany Hamilton, Derek's I am known as a professional surfer.
Speaker 1: I lost my arm when I was thirteen years old.
Speaker 1: And I continued surfing after that, and so I'm like
Speaker 1: one of those rare humans that surfs with one arm
Speaker 1: and I just love what I get to do.
Speaker 2: You are a rare human being indeed, who started surfing
Speaker 2: when you were a baby, right.
Speaker 1: I was born and raised in Kauai, Hawaii, and I
Speaker 1: still live there, So I pretty much grew up on
Speaker 1: the beach as my playground, the ocean as my playground.
Speaker 1: Both my mom and dad surfed, and same with my
Speaker 1: older brothers too, so we were just a surfing family.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 1: I was put in the ocean before I could walk,
Speaker 1: and by the time I was like eight or nine,
Speaker 1: that's when I really like started catching my own waves
Speaker 1: and gaining more confidence in the ocean and just having
Speaker 1: a lot of fun out there.
Speaker 5: What a fun childhood.
Speaker 4: Yeah, do you remember the first wave you ever served? Bitsany?
Speaker 1: I do vividly remember like one of my surf contests
Speaker 1: when I was like five years old, I think it was,
Speaker 1: and just remember like the water being so blue and pretty,
Speaker 1: and there's these funny moves you can do on a surfboard,
Speaker 1: like they call it a dying cockroach.
Speaker 4: Dying cockroach, Maxie, please don't eat one, please.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't recommend it either anyway. What's the dying cockroach move?
Speaker 1: Like, Bethany, So you lay down on the surfboard on
Speaker 1: your back, and then you put your legs in the
Speaker 1: arm and like kick them up and down and look
Speaker 1: like a little cockroach on your back. And then another
Speaker 1: thing you could do is like you're on the board
Speaker 1: and you do a spinner, so you spin in a
Speaker 1: circle and then you land back on your feet.
Speaker 4: They sound so much fun. I want to try them. Wait,
Speaker 4: but Bethany, the ocean is so full of sea animals
Speaker 4: and see things, and it's just so much sea. Weren't
Speaker 4: you scared of it as a kid.
Speaker 1: When I was little, I was surfing in really shallow water,
Speaker 1: so if I fell off my surfboard, I could stand
Speaker 1: right up. It wasn't like I was going out into
Speaker 1: the deep blue, and I wasn't worried about sharks or
Speaker 1: fishes or anything like that because the environment that my
Speaker 1: parents brought me to is super inviting. Once I got older,
Speaker 1: I got started surfing more serious way, So I started
Speaker 1: going out to the deep water waves where you can't
Speaker 1: stand on the bottom, and you know there are bigger
Speaker 1: fishes out there.
Speaker 2: And around that time is when you had your accident.
Speaker 1: Right, Every surfer thinks about sharks at one point or another,
Speaker 1: but you never think it's gonna actually happen to you.
Speaker 1: But I'm one of those rare humans that it happened
Speaker 1: to you.
Speaker 4: You're a super strong surfer. Like, how did you even
Speaker 4: keep surfing after the shark attack?
Speaker 3: You know?
Speaker 1: And when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. So that's
Speaker 1: kind of me in a nutshell.
Speaker 4: Oh lemons, aren't they sour?
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Louise, lemons can be sour. But what Bethany
Speaker 2: means is that when tricky stuff happens, it's like getting
Speaker 2: sour lemons, right, But if you squeeze lemons and then
Speaker 2: add a bit of sugar, you get a delicious drink
Speaker 2: like lemonade. The same thing is in life, when life
Speaker 2: gets tricky, you can get something good out of a
Speaker 2: bad situation.
Speaker 4: Oh, I get it. I'll remember it. When life gives
Speaker 4: you lemons, make lemonade. There you go.
Speaker 2: That's such a valuable lesson, don't you think. Yeah, And
Speaker 2: of course you got back to surfing even after this
Speaker 2: horrific accident. How was it to go back in the ocean.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Well, honestly, the first session I had
Speaker 1: after I lost my arm was probably one of the
Speaker 1: most memorable days I've ever had in the ocean. You know.
Speaker 1: I had a lot of fear, thinking like I might
Speaker 1: not be able to surf with one arm, and so
Speaker 1: I went out there just willing to try, willing to
Speaker 1: put myself out there, willing to do something really hard.
Speaker 1: And the first few tries I fell and fumbled off
Speaker 1: the board and it felt hard and scary.
Speaker 2: Wow, that sounds really hard. What or who helped you
Speaker 2: believe you could do it.
Speaker 1: My dad was there and he's like, hey, now that
Speaker 1: you have one arm, you got to do things a
Speaker 1: little different. And so next wave, I put my hand
Speaker 1: in the center of the board, whereas normally you put
Speaker 1: both hands on the side rails, and it was just
Speaker 1: a small little wave, and I popped up and rode
Speaker 1: that wave all the way to the beach and just
Speaker 1: had the best tears of joy and like a feeling
Speaker 1: of accomplishment, like Wow, I just did it, Like I
Speaker 1: just surfed with one arm. And then from then on
Speaker 1: it was like there's no turning back, like let's go,
Speaker 1: We're doing this. It just felt kind of healing and
Speaker 1: like I didn't have to lose my greatest passion or love.
Speaker 2: You're a true example of courage and believing in yourself, Bethany.
Speaker 2: And after all that hard work, you became an actual
Speaker 2: pro surfer in competitions? What does it take to be
Speaker 2: a pro surfer?
Speaker 1: So when I was younger, when I was about nine
Speaker 1: years old, I joined my local team and they offered
Speaker 1: a surf coach to coach us once a week, and
Speaker 1: so we'd go and run heats, like pretend like we're
Speaker 1: surfing in a competition with each other, and our coach
Speaker 1: would judge us and give us feedback and give us
Speaker 1: tips on how we can, you know, get better at
Speaker 1: our sport. My parents would also film me out there,
Speaker 1: film me surfing with a camcorder, and so I would
Speaker 1: go home and watch the footage after. I'm so grateful
Speaker 1: my parents would do that.
Speaker 4: Hey, my dad does that too. He records me all
Speaker 4: the time.
Speaker 2: I bet he says things like you'll love this when
Speaker 2: you're older.
Speaker 4: Yeah, just like that. Wait, how did you know, Emily.
Speaker 2: I'm a mom too. I do the same with my kids.
Speaker 4: Cool, So recording all the time to be a pro
Speaker 4: surfer check what else do we need to do to
Speaker 4: be pros Bethany.
Speaker 1: There's little details like figuring out your surfboards.
Speaker 4: Really, why are surfboards so important?
Speaker 1: Some surfboards work better than other surfboards. So sometimes I
Speaker 1: would only ride a surfboard three times and then I
Speaker 1: would either sell it or give it back to the shaper.
Speaker 1: And then even the type of fins you put on
Speaker 1: your surfboard, so that's on the bottom of the board,
Speaker 1: and that's what helps you turn the surfboard. And there's different
Speaker 1: types of fins you can use.
Speaker 4: Okay, No, dude, a cool night like me has to
Speaker 4: ride a nice surfboard.
Speaker 1: Yeah, sometimes I would color on them, or I'd let
Speaker 1: my friends who are really good artists color them. I've
Speaker 1: even let my children now that I'm older and have children,
Speaker 1: and it's always sad because at some point or another
Speaker 1: they get old and kind of die or the waves
Speaker 1: break them, and you're like, no, don't die on me surfboard,
Speaker 1: and so yeah, you definitely have to take good care
Speaker 1: of them.
Speaker 2: I can't imagine how many waves you've ridden with your surfboards, Bethany.
Speaker 4: Yeah, do you dream of riding like the super duper
Speaker 4: perfect wave. Bethany.
Speaker 1: Well, there's there's one wave and this will probably surprise
Speaker 1: a lot of you that it's in Namibia, Africa. There's
Speaker 1: an incredible wave there that I've been dreaming of surfing
Speaker 1: for like ten years. But it's such a far journey,
Speaker 1: and the wave is also very rare, like, it doesn't
Speaker 1: always work, it's not always breaking, it's not always good,
Speaker 1: and when it's good, it's like a ten out of
Speaker 1: a ten, and you can get what is called a
Speaker 1: barrel where the wave breaks over top of your head
Speaker 1: but you stay inside of the wave and it's like
Speaker 1: you're in a little tunnel cave and it's the coolest
Speaker 1: feeling ever. There's this barrel that you can have for
Speaker 1: like twenty seconds.
Speaker 2: Oh I bet those twenty seconds feel like forever.
Speaker 1: It does. It truly does feel like an eternity, Bethany.
Speaker 2: Do you have any tips to learn how to surf
Speaker 2: for people who don't live near the ocean.
Speaker 1: The first big challenge you have in the ocean is
Speaker 1: just being able to catch the waves. It looks so easy,
Speaker 1: but it's actually really hard, and it's kind of like
Speaker 1: learning to read. First you learn your letters and then
Speaker 1: you learn little words, and then you learn big words,
Speaker 1: and then you read big books. So if you don't
Speaker 1: live near the ocean, first learning how to swim super strong,
Speaker 1: like kind of try to be an Olympic swimmer, so
Speaker 1: to say, like swim one hundred laps or something like that.
Speaker 1: Maybe fifty will be sufficient.
Speaker 4: Okay, swimming one million laps to become a pro surfer.
Speaker 3: Check.
Speaker 1: Another tip I would say is if you can learn
Speaker 1: how to skateboard, so a lot of skateboarders will get
Speaker 1: really good at surfing, and so everybody can access skateboarding.
Speaker 1: You can buy a skateboard and learn how. I recommend
Speaker 1: wearing the pads because when you fall in the ocean
Speaker 1: it doesn't hurt so bad, but when you fall on
Speaker 1: cement there can hurt really bad.
Speaker 4: Noted wearing pads when skateboarding so it doesn't hurt. Check.
Speaker 2: You got a good list of tips there, Louise Bethany,
Speaker 2: thank you for this wonderful and inspiring chat. Louise, what
Speaker 2: did you learn from today's interview?
Speaker 4: Wow, Emily, I can't believe anyone in the world can serf.
Speaker 4: If you want to be super good at surfing, you
Speaker 4: have to practice swimming a lot. You also have to
Speaker 4: have a good surfboard for you. And if you're far
Speaker 4: from the ocean, you can try skating to practice. Oh
Speaker 4: and the biggest best ways don't come all the time,
Speaker 4: but if you keep trying and practicing, you'll catch the
Speaker 4: most awesome wave ever.
Speaker 5: That's on point, Louise.
Speaker 4: Maxie, we can go to the beach right after our
Speaker 4: game show.
Speaker 2: Okay, I think we can actually play it on the beach, Louise, really,
Speaker 2: where are we going? We're going to the beach. Bethany,
Speaker 2: you want to join us?
Speaker 1: Cool, that's my favorite place in the world. Let's do it.
Speaker 4: Let's go, Maxie. We have some waves to catch, all right.
Speaker 2: Everyone, welcome to our very special well surf Trivia.
Speaker 5: At the beach.
Speaker 2: We've got the legendary Bethany Hamilton with us and we're
Speaker 2: testing her surfing knowledge today.
Speaker 4: Maxie definitely looks ready, Maxy, don't bury your leash in
Speaker 4: the sand.
Speaker 2: All right, here's the first question, Bethany. Back in nineteen
Speaker 2: fifty nine, there was a brave fifteen year old girl
Speaker 2: surfing the super scary why Mia Bay in Hawaii. She
Speaker 2: was the first woman to do it. What was her name?
Speaker 2: Was it a Sally surfboard, B Linda Benson or C wavy.
Speaker 5: Windy Linda Benson. That's correct.
Speaker 2: Linda Benson also became the first woman to be on
Speaker 2: the cover of a surf magazine. Go Linda, do you
Speaker 2: know much about her?
Speaker 1: Actually, my surf history is not too good, but I'm
Speaker 1: glad I got that one right.
Speaker 5: Awesome?
Speaker 2: Okay, next question, Which of the following are types of
Speaker 2: waves surfers ride? A point breaks, b reef breaks or
Speaker 2: C beach breaks, all of the above.
Speaker 1: I literally I surf all of those all the time.
Speaker 1: So I love reef breakes because the reefrekes are more predictable,
Speaker 1: and so you can kind of make a map out there,
Speaker 1: and you can know your map and position yourself really accurately,
Speaker 1: so it's really a lot easier to catch the waves.
Speaker 4: Emily Maxie wants me to ask the last question.
Speaker 5: Okay, go ahead, Louise.
Speaker 4: All right, here I go. There was a rescue dog
Speaker 4: named Abby Girl, and she became the dog that surfed
Speaker 4: the longest wave ever in twenty eleven. What kind of
Speaker 4: dog was she was? She A an Australian kelpie, B
Speaker 4: a German Shepherd, or C a labrador.
Speaker 1: Ooh, I'm gonna go with see a labrador.
Speaker 4: It was actually a an Australian kelpie. Oh have you heard
Speaker 4: about Abby Girl before? No?
Speaker 1: I haven't, but I have seen a lot of surfing dogs.
Speaker 1: But I love like seeing surfing animals. There's even a
Speaker 1: surfing pig out here in Hawaii I have seen over
Speaker 1: the years.
Speaker 4: Oh. Now I want to go to Hawaii just to
Speaker 4: surf with a surfing pig. Emily.
Speaker 2: That'll be so much fun. And I hope you had
Speaker 2: fun with our game show, Bethany. Great job with all
Speaker 2: those questions.
Speaker 4: Yeah, thanks for playing with us today, Bethany. See ya.
Speaker 1: Yeah, of course, my pleasure.
Speaker 2: Now I think Maxie is ready to hit the water.
Speaker 4: All right, MAXI, I got the surfboard ready. You want
Speaker 4: to ride some waves? I'll go first.
Speaker 2: Chout, Louise. Maxie looks more ready than you are.
Speaker 4: I've got this. You're are good?
Speaker 2: Oh Louise, are you okay?
Speaker 5: That we've came out of nowhere?
Speaker 2: Emily, Now it's Maxie's turn.
Speaker 5: Looks like Maxi's a water dog.
Speaker 4: Oh good night, never gives up. I'm gonna be a
Speaker 4: surf master. Just watch.
Speaker 2: Oh good job, Maxie.
Speaker 4: I have to stay on this board for more than
Speaker 4: two seconds.
Speaker 2: Don't worry, Louise, We've got plenty of time. Thanks for
Speaker 2: tagging along on this episode of Growing up all about surfers.
Speaker 2: Remember little listener, dream big, and always stay curious. Louise,
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