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08th Jan 2016

One-armed surfer rides 40ft wave just six months after giving birth (Video)

Kevin Beirne

Bethany Hamilton has every reason to be afraid of the sea.

The American surfer lost an arm when she was just 13-years-old after being attacked by a tiger shark of the coast of Hawaii.

But rather than let such a thing scare her off, Hamilton has used it as motivation and become a professional surfer.

On Tuesday, just six months after giving birth to her first child, Hamilton lived out a dream of hers by tackling Hawaii’s infamous Pe’ahi wave, also known as Jaws.

Not only did she ride a wave most surfers can only dream of, she make it look bloody easy.

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