Bethany Hamilton's Blog, page 62

I didn’t end up having a particular new year resolution for 2013…

But I think December/January is a good time to evaluate yourself, your year and your life.

How can I approach the new year differently? How can I treat the people around me better?

How can I… I guess, improve?

And more importantly, as a Christian, how I can better serve Christ and honor Him in my daily life and this year?!

Whatever your new year holds I hope you can reach your goals and live a better year!

source: Press Release Feb 11, 2013

Bethany will be on one of five US teams participating in the 2013 Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles. The well-known international competition, celebrating its 23rd year, will take place in France and Morocco from March 16th – March 31st. The off-road rally raid is unique in format – nine days of off-road driving competition using traditional dead reckoning navigation, outdated maps, no GPS or outside assistance while on course. It is considered one of the toughest all-female sporting events on the planet.

Bethany’s teammate, X-Games gold medalist navigator Chrissie Beavis is an architect by trade, but has top-notch skills in rally racing. She is also a driving instructor, rally racer and her capabilities as a mechanic and ace fabricator have led to appearances in popular TV shows such as “Monster Garage” as well as commentator roles for ESPN.

Though Chrissie is a fantastic driver (as seen in this Ford Focus commercial) she will be doing most of the navigating while Bethany will be doing most of the driving.

After a few days of training & prep in California, Bethany and Chrissie will head to Europe for this exciting adventure!!!

The event begins on March 16th with a ceremonial start in Paris with teams transferring to southern Morocco for nine days of actual driving competition. The official finishing ceremonies will take place in Essaouira, Morocco on March 30th.

To follow the teams live, please visit the official web page: www.rallyaichadesgazelles.com

Bethany is honored to play a small part in Beyond Sight: The Derek Rabelo Story. Derek is a BLIND surfer, and this documentary is the journey of his dream to get barreled at Pipeline. Along the way, he meets, inspires, and challenges famous and common surfers alike to live by faith, not by sight.

This is a fun Behind the Scenes video of Bethany and Derek hanging out and goofing off.

Behind the Scenes with Bethany Hamilton from WalkingOnWater on Vimeo.

To learn more about the film, visit: www.beyondsightmovie.com

Brazil’s Globo TV did a profile on Bethany for their late night show CORUJÃO DO ESPORTE, which aired this month!

Episode Description

In Portuguese: Conheça a história da surfista que reaprendeu a viver após perder um braço

English translation: Learn the history of the surfer who relearned to live after losing an arm

WATCH ONLINE AT GLOBO TV

February 2013 issue • Surfer Magazine

Check out the Feb 2013 issue of Surfer Magazine. There’s a short write up on Bethany! It’s called “The Five Greatest Comebacks of All Time: Bethany Hamilton” by Matt Warshaw.

My friends and I just had a waffle party and this was the recipe we used. The waffles were SOOOO yummy!

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup Buckwheat Flour

1 cup Brown Rice Flour

1/2 cup Flax

3 tsp. Baking Powder

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/2 tsp. Vanilla

4 TBS. Coconut Oil

2 Eggs

1 1/2 cup Milk

spoonful of Honey

Prepare as you would normal waffle batter (mix wet and dry ingredients separately, then incorporate them).

Cook in a waffle maker.

Top with Fruit or Chocolate Chips!

Check out this video where I share pictures of many of the things I love about life on cambio’s TBE!

Video Description:

Aloha! Ever wondered what daily life in Kauai is like for soul surfer Bethany Hamilton? She showed us some of her favorite things about island living, via Skype. We just have one question: When do we get to move to Hawaii?

WATCH NOW

STARS IN DANGER: THE HIGH DIVE premieres January 9, 2013 from 8:00-10:00pm ET/PT on FOX!

BACKWARD LUNGE WITH UPPER BODY TWIST

This is one of my favorite workout moves right now. It’s a fun twist on a simple lunge! I like this maneuver because it’s challenging on your balance and it’s good for your core and upper rotation.

HOW TO:

• Start standing.

• Step backward into lunge* with left foot and contract left glute.

• Twist upper body over the front leg by taking left elbow to the outside of the right knee (as pictured above).

• Reverse the twist back to neutral and return to standing position by pulling through with left hip flexor, and immediately step into lunge with other leg.

• Continue for prescribed number of repetitions

*NOTE: Do not let your front knee slide past foot.

WATCH THIS VIDEO to see the maneuver performed on CorePerformance.com: