13-year-old Bethany Hamilton is a champion surfer who was born to be in the water. But after a fun night out night-surfing and what should be a fun day in the water, she is attacked by a shark and ...

Learning resilience is key to managing life’s unpredictable challenges; that was the message Liberty University heard today.

Hamilton, whose story was documented in the 2011 feature film Soul Surfer, was surfing with Blanchard and her father on Halloween 2003 when a 14-foot tiger shark bit off her arm. Blanchard says ...

Liberty University welcomed professional surfer and author Bethany Hamilton to the Vines Center stage during Convocation on ...