Alana Blanchard witnessed childhood friend Bethany Hamilton get bitten by a shark in 2003. YouTube/Bethany Hamilton “When something happens like that, it doesn’t seem real.

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.

Among the 16 "new recruits" will be surfing legend, Alana Blanchard. ... Bethany Hamilton, when she endured her life-changing shark attack, to dominating in surfing competitions, ...

One of surfing first social media stars, a fixture on the WSL Championship Tour from 2011-2014, and most recently, a mom and wife for former CT star Jack Freestone, Alana Blanchard's next act ...

Following the attack, Hamilton displayed remarkable calmness while her friend Alana Blanchard and her family quickly assisted in paddling her back to shore. Alana's father fashioned a tourniquet from ...

LIHUE, Hawaii — The water was clear and there was no indication of danger when a 13-year-old surfing star went out on the waves with her best friend and her ...

Surfing icon Bethany Hamilton doubled down on her stance about trans inclusion in women's surfing amid an uproar over a brand using a transgender surfer in its ad.

On October 31, 2003, Bethany Hamilton attended a morning surf session with her friend Alana Blanchard, another Kauai surfing icon. Alana's father and brother were also present in the lineup.