"At 14 years old, I was like most kids growing up in southern California." "My world was simply friends, family  school, and lots of surfing." "But, unexpectedly, my parents had recently divorced  and my world was falling apart." "I just wanted to know that there was a reason for my life." "Later that year, a professional surfer I looked up to  took me and a friend on our first surf trip to Hawaii." "We had the best time surfing perfect waves in warm water." "But at that time in my life, I needed more than just surfing." "I needed some answers." "It was on that trip when my hero became my friend  and helped me make sense of all I was going through." "And for the first time in my life, I realized I had a purpose." "It's been years since then, and even after a professional surfing career  I still think back to that first trip I was taken on." "I never understood why he did that for us  but always knew that someday I wanted to do the same  for two other kids." "And that day has now come." "Living in California, where there are hundreds of talented surfers  you'd think it would be easy to find two kids  for a trip around the world." "But that was the problem." "Out of all these kids, which two do I pick?" "Going to the National Amateur Surfing Championships  only made the process harder  and I left more confused than before." "One day, I was visiting my friend John Carper  who is a well-known surfboard shaper." "He introduced me to 14-year-old Tyler Hallen  and I immediately knew he was one of the kids I was looking for." "My name is Tyler James Hallen, and I'm 14 years old." "I guess I'm just an average teenager." "See, he's always been an innocent..." "Just really nice kid, you know." "A go-getter when it comes to school and how he surfs." "Tyler's been through a lot in his life, with the reality of divorce and families being separated." "His half-sister has got cancer." "You know, dealing with that." "I don't know how I would have taken it, being a kid the stuff that he's gone through, but it's just amazing how he is." "The following week, I headed up to San Clemente for a morning surf." "As I paddled out, I saw this tiny kid  surfing like a miniature professional." "I paddled over and asked what his name was." "He very politely replied, "Luke Davis."" "I was born in 1993 and I'm 12 right now." "I'm in seventh grade." "I got him on a surf board when he was 5 years old and he just took to it very quickly and just absolutely loved it, so..." "He's pretty much consumed with it." "Luke's one of four boys." "He's our second oldest and he's a very competitive brother." "Our boys are competitive." "They all wanna win, wanna be the best." "And Luke's one of them." "Luke is home-schooled, and his mom is his teacher." "So he can surf when waves are good and study when the waves are bad." "I just think, "What's the deal with this kid?" "Why can't I surf whenever I want?"" "It didn't take long to convince Luke and Tyler  to come with me on this adventure around the world." "Their parents, on the other hand, slowly warmed up to the idea  when I explained to them this was more than a surf trip." "It was an opportunity to see other people and cultures  and learn firsthand what can only be taught  outside their classroom." "Bryan kind of told me he's gonna take Tyler around the world." "My first reaction..." "I'm pretty adventurous." "I just go, "Yeah, sure," you know." "But Tyler being a 14-year-old kid, I was really concerned." "I couldn't believe he wanted to take my child around the world." "I didn't even know this man." "Bryan and I got to know each other, I felt comfortable with him." "So for me, I thought this is a great opportunity for Luke." "Tyler's friends and us, we were just like:" ""No way this kid is going around the world." "He grew up with us, and now some guy's coming to let him go around the world?" "Yeah, right."" "Luke reads surfer magazines and wants to go to all these places." "We were reluctant to let him go anywhere because he's so young." "This guy is a perfect guy for Luke to go with." "I didn't think it was real." "I was like, "You're kidding."" "This is what I've always wanted to do to go all across the world and surf." "You couldn't ask for anything better." "Our main concern for Luke in the coming years pursuing this career in professional surfing we're worried about what that all brings." "The fame, the fortune, the influences that are outside of our family that we really have no control over." "We know that Luke wants to become a professional surfer one day." "And his goal and his life dream since he was a little, little boy is to be on the world tour, the CT." "And we want him to fulfill his dream." "I went over it with Tyler's mom one more time and we thought about it." "At that time, we decided to give Bryan permission to take my son on this trip." "Going on a trip like this, you need an open mind." "Anything can happen." "It's gonna be a fun adventure." "When I heard Luke was going around the world I was happy but mad at the same time." "I'm his little bro." "And I really wanted to go!" "Being with Bryan will give Luke a foundation and an opportunity to be mentored and be taught the things that can be out there." "The pitfalls and the things to look for, to watch out for, to stay clear of." "I'm not going expecting anything." "I'm just gonna hold on." "Whatever comes, comes, whatever hits us hits us." "Whatever good things come, whatever bad things come." "I can't wait." "What better place to begin our journey  than the North Shore of Hawaii?" "Being in the water with Luke and Tyler  I felt like I was on my trip when I was their age." "Each day consisted of surfing as many hours as possible  or until our arms couldn't move." "I just couldn't believe how good these kids were surfing." "Tyler couldn't believe that this was happening  and that somehow I got him out of the classroom  for the next few months." "He kept asking me, "Where were you during finals last year, Bryan?"" "Before long, it felt like they were becoming my little brothers." "After the first few days, I thought to myself:" ""What did I get myself into?"" "I couldn't believe that two kids have this much energy." "They were last to go to bed and the first ones up  dragging me out the door each morning to go look for waves." "Hawaii is different from home because it's warm water bigger waves, and more powerful." "At home, it's just mushy and cold." "In California, the wave is moving." "Here, the whole ocean is moving." "Being in Hawaii's perfect conditions, it's hard to ever get out of the water." "However, the North Shore is one of the few places  where the view from the beach is just as exciting as being out there." "Hawaii is home to some of the best surfers in the world." "I wanted Luke and Tyler to meet Garrett McNamara  who, along with some of his friends, is at the forefront of big-wave riding." "We started tow surfing to catch waves that are not humanly possible to catch." "It turned into this great sport that I'm proud to be a part of." "You're sitting out there waiting and here comes a set." "You grab the rope and your heart starts pounding." "And the Jet Ski kicks out and you let go." "As you come down, you hear bombs just exploding." "Section, section, section." "Then you start to go and the bombs start dropping on you:" "Spits, and you come out and you're like:" ""This is awesome."" "These guys are in a league of their own." "In most sports, getting injured is a risk athletes are willing to take." "But for Garrett and his friends, every time they go out  it's a matter of life and death." "It was an honor for Luke and Tyler  to meet two of my favorite people in surfing:" "Three-time world champion Tom Curren  and his lifetime surfboard shaper, Al Merrick." "They share a unique friendship that's lasted over three decades  and is still strong today." "I grew up in Santa Barbara and there wasn't a lot of surfers my age at the time." "Al is obviously somebody who influenced me a lot." "I would consider him a kind of mentor for me at that age." "Because he was there in Santa Barbara we surfed together when he was young just almost every day." "Even if the waves were bad, he would take me surfing." "I'd get to try a new board." "We'd listen to music in the car." "We grew to just really love each other, where you can sit with a person and not have to say anything and still just enjoy being with them." "Kids who have people that invest their time in just being around." "Somebody like Al, you know, he's not giving to get something in return." "And I think that's basically what mentorship is." "It's as simple as just going down and letting them see you're there." "It may be as little as that." "And a child or a kid or a young adult, whoever, may see it." "It may make the biggest impression." "What's the state of our youth?" "The youth is actually looking for something real." "It's good that Bryan is mentoring those kids because it's like planting a seed that will grow over the years." "I wasn't sure what adventures lay ahead for us." "But after seeing how they handled themselves  I knew Luke and Tyler were ready to make their first trip outside the country." "We had made memories that would last a lifetime  and my hope was that throughout the journey  they would receive what someone once gave to me." "I've never left the country before." "This is my first time leaving the U. S like, going somewhere really far away, though." "Peru is in South America, I'm pretty sure and it is known for long, long, long, perfect left point breaks." "I have never been to a place like this before in my life." "When I heard Matt Beacham was coming on our Peru trip I was really excited because he's a person I look up to." "He's my favorite surfer." "I was like, "Gosh, Matt Beacham."" "He's one of my heroes." "Matt, he just seemed like a really funny guy and a really good surfer." "And I was just stoked to be able to go on a trip with him." "Driving from Lima to the Pacific coast of Peru, Luke and Tyler told me  how different it was from any place they had ever been." "There is no substitute for a real-life  firsthand experience in another culture  and they were doing their best to blend in." "Translation?" "In Peru, here they speak Spanish." "I speak some Spanish." "Now that I've been here, I realize I wanna learn it more so I can fluidly talk to everyone." "Though they speak a different language, they're the same." "It's just like, they probably think we're talking really, really weird." "Good?" "A good friend of mine, John Chuman, has been inviting me for years  to come down to his home country of Peru." "Like most of my friends from other countries  he claimed the waves were really good all the time." "So I finally took him up on his offer." "It was really nice to see Bryan in my country." "And Matt and the kids they were asking about, "How are the waves?"" ""They're left or rights?" "How are they?"" "So we were..." "You know, since we met each other..." "When the kids have met, we were like friends immediately." "We showed up and he was willing to take two weeks off of work  to show us around his country." "John has a huge heart for people  especially the next generation of Peru's up-and-coming surfers  two of which are 11-year-old Carlos Mario Zapata  and 14-year-old Christobal decoi." "I know Carlos Mario for, like, all my life." "He's my friend." "He's my best friend." "These kids eat, live and breathe surfing  and like Luke and Tyler, have similar dreams of going pro someday." "When I grow up, I want..." "I want to be world champion of surfing." "It's good for us to see these grommets growing in a very healthy way." "What I see in Carlo Mario and Christobal and the rest of the groms with them is that they're the future of surfing." "And all the values that they will learn right now that they are very young are gonna be the values they're gonna share in the future as surfers." "John was happy to take the kids surfing at local breaks around Lima  but said if we wanted to find better waves  we'd have to travel to the north." "What we didn't know was that it was an 18-hour bus ride." "The drive north, when you're traveling by bus they have these huge windows, you get to check out all the scenery." "That bus ride was so sketchy because we were driving over cliffs with 300-foot drops and I had to go to the bathroom, so that made it twice as bad." "It was the longest bus ride ever." "We arrived in Mancora and after our first look at the waves  Luke and Tyler knew that their patience had paid off  and it was worth every minute of the long journey up the coast." "I never thought I'd be on a surf trip with four ripping little kids." "To see how..." "They're always happy in the water always giving each other waves, sharing waves, hooting each other." "They'll hoot you if you're hitting it." "They're just amped." "It's a cool, awesome experience." "I think Bryan and I are having a great time with it." "When John travels to northern Peru  he brings clothes and resources to a less fortunate community." "I thought this would be a good opportunity for Luke and Tyler  to learn that it is better to give than to receive." "We went to this local church and a whole bunch of the kids from the town were there." "Everybody's so nice." "They just welcome you and we sang songs and had a great time." "We have no right to complain." "They're stoked with none of the stuff we have." "They don't have that much, but they make the most of what they have." "We get, like, really nice clothes and stuff all the time." "Maybe somebody's bummed that they didn't get some T-shirt they wanted." "They don't really have a choice." "They just pretty much get clothes wherever they can find them." "And the fact that we brought a whole bunch of shirts and stuff that they needed, they were really happy." "We live on pretty much opposite sides of the globe but really we're..." "We have the same heart and God loves us all the same." "I can learn a lot from them, and I think we underestimate young people." "I think we underestimate kids." "There's so much to be learned through their eyes and the reminder that if you look at life through fresh eyes that there's a purity to be found there." "There's a purpose to be found there." "God taught me just to be more thankful for everything I have and not to take anything for granted." "Few places are as beautiful as the east coast of Australia." "With 80 percent of the population living near the coastline  Australians love the water." "Around every bend in the coast  there was another fun surf break and inviting green water." "It's easy to see why Australia is truly a surfer's paradise." "It's interesting to see animals in another country you can't see at home." "What better way to learn about creatures  than a hands-on experience?" "It's like watching the nature channel, but everything's right in front of you." "Some animals will let you get close to them  and others, you definitely don't wanna get near." "He has, like, sharp legs." " I didn't know grasshoppers can fly." " I thought they only hopped." "I learned so much more from all the animals in person than just reading out of some book." "Koala bears here are amazing." "They're big, like, furballs." "I like koala bears because they hug you." "The animals at the store look more real than the koala bears do in real life." "The kangaroos, they're so funny." "They just, like, have huge feet." "Gigantic." "Like size 20." "A kangaroo feels like a dog." "A big, ugly dog." "This one kangaroo was like dead asleep." "It was like, anything you did to it, it was just like:" "We soon felt like we'd gotten a taste of the real Australia." "And I finally convinced them that their moms would not be happy  if they came home with a pet kangaroo." "I brought Luke and Tyler to Australia  because they dream of becoming professional surfers." "So I took them to watch the World Championship Tour of surfing  that was in town for the opening contest of the year." "When we got there, the beach was so crowded." "I couldn't believe all the people were here just to watch." "When me and Luke get older, that's our dream." "We wanna be on the WCT, and it was so neat to experience that firsthand." "Taking Luke and Tyler to see the World Championship Tour  was like taking Little League baseball players to the World Series." "I introduced them to one of their heroes, Damien Hobgood  who's been living out their dream on tour for the past eight years." "Three, two, one." "The WCT is the top 45 surfers who travel around the world and compete against each other to crown a world champ." "Surfing for these guys is their job." "The World Tour requires nonstop travel and they're always under pressure." "It's a career that many people want, but few can handle." "When you're a kid and you're going through that stuff it's bombarding your brain." "You have this great session or let's say you lose in a contest, then you got a photo trip after that." "For Luke and Tyler, who knows?" "Maybe at the end one of them's going:" ""I love surfing, but I don't think being a professional surfer is my deal."" "Certain things that you do could impact a kid for his whole life." "We got kids coming up, and when I was their age my dream was to be on that tour." "When my dream came true, it was gonna be happiness and found out that I was more empty than ever before." "If you're living this life for yourself, there's always gonna be that void." "Everything could end tomorrow." "I could hurt myself." "I could, you know, do whatever." "It might all stop, and I always have to remember that." "I mean, you look at those kids, it's not about who got the best wave who got the best barrel." "It was just pure enjoyment." "And I know when I go surfing that I just wanna, like, hang out." "And to be able to tap into that and come back to when you were a kid and you could see the same enjoyment they had is what you had." "You see the way it really is, the reason why I started surfing." "When we arrived in France, we stopped in Paris  to see the culture and art this part of the world is known for." "It was Luke and Tyler's first trip to Europe  and they were immediately curious about everything we saw." "France is so much different than back home." "When I think of France, I think of, like, French toast or something like that." "We went to go see the Eiffel Tower." "This thing's gigantic." "When most people think of France, the last thing they think about is surfing." "Surprisingly, it's home to some of the world's best waves." "CJ and Damien Hobgood are twin brothers  and two of the best surfers in the world." "When they invited us to meet them in Hossegor  it was an opportunity of a lifetime for Luke and Tyler." "CJ and Damien are my favorite surfers." "It was so good to surf with them." "Whenever I surf with pros it just pushes me to surf as good as I can." "CJ and Damien Hobgood, it's fun surfing with them every day." "They're cool guys, really laid back, and fun to hang around with." "Luke and Tyler are just classic groms, you know?" "I can see me in them." "It's cool." "When we look at kids, we're like:" ""Gosh, how much better off they are than we are sometimes," you know?" "And just whatever it is, they have faith and they trust you." "When you're growing up, that's what you need." "You just need faith." "It didn't seem like I was talking to two of the best surfers." "It just seemed like I was talking to two normal people." "They just talked to you like a friend, you know?" "I look up to them because they can just juggle their families their newborn babies and they're still surfing around the world, doing contests." "I wanna be able to do that and still have a family and stuff." "We hang out with kids and have kids so we can start living again." "If we can give kids a foundation then, yeah, storms are gonna come along and, you know the top might get blown off your house or whatever." "But you know that their foundation is the Lord which doesn't sway, it doesn't change." "With having a foundation within the Lord you can have hope in a crazy, messed-up world that doesn't make sense." "I go out and this doesn't go right, I just have to go back to the basics and I go, "It's gonna be all right."" "And with that foundation you can conquer anything." "You can do anything." "And no matter what happens, you have him." "CJ and Damien told us you can't come to France  without visiting one of the local bakeries." "If the smell of fresh pastries doesn't draw you in  the first look through the window will." "The people were super nice." "We got to try some of this, like, chocolate fountain." "And then they showed us where they make everything." "We got to make these little, like, pie, cream like fruit dealio things." "They have this little delivery bike and they brought it out and said, "Hey, you ride this."" "Tyler tried speaking his best French to sell some of their pastries  but just couldn't get the hang of their bike." "Yeah, I think we participated in a French tradition." "On our trip to South Africa  I wanted Luke and Tyler to meet three of my close friends." "So I invited Noah Snyder, Jesse Hines and C T Taylor to join us." "Africa, I think of fields and plains and, of course, lions and elephants and just the weird deer with the big horns on their head." "It's almost kind of magical." "It's like..." "You wait to see what's gonna come across your path." "When I think of Africa I think of a place that has a lot for some and very little for others." "People always say that when you come to Africa  you never leave the same." "No one in our group had ever set foot on the continent  and we knew very little about where to go." "Fortunately, a close friend, Cheyne Cottrell, lives in Cape Town  and volunteered to be our guide." "I grew up in Deerfield Beach, Florida, born and raised." "My dad owned a surf shop there and he was also a pastor." "When I was 14 our family moved to South Africa where he wanted to start a church." "He loved to surf all the big waves around here, like Dungeons and he would never back down if there was a big swell coming." "This is Platboom here." "This is where my dad passed away, like, almost four years ago now." "It was one evening with a couple of his friends." "He caught a wave and hit his head but his friends thought he went in." "And they ran down and they found him floating in the tidal pools over there." "When you lose someone suddenly you really learn that your relationship with the Lord is everything." "It was pretty heavy." "I'd pray every day till I fell asleep." "And, yeah, without the Lord I would've been a wreck for sure." "If you don't have the Lord you can get very angry or blame yourself and fall into quite deep depression." "Having the Lord, you have hope and you know that he has a plan and a purpose for your life for the life of the one that's passed, and that he loves you." "After my dad passed away was when I went to the Outer Banks and met Jesse and Noah." "CT was there for the same swell." "I got to know those guys." "They showed me around." "And now they're here checking out my local spots." "There are not many places where you can come in from a surf session  and be surrounded by wild baboons." "Cheyne warned they have large teeth and are known to be very aggressive." "We probably should've taken him a little more seriously." "Oh, my gosh." "Where is it?" "Here he comes." "Yeah." " Make sure all the doors are locked." " Holy crap." "Oh, my God." "I can't breathe." "I can't stop laughing right now." "We could not have asked for a better tour guide." "Cheyne loves to have fun." "Not only did he take us to the best surf spots  but he wanted us to get an up-close look at some of the animals." " It's massive." " Look at this guy." "That's not normal, to be that close..." "Oh, my gosh." "I'm sorry!" "Did you see that?" "Oh, my God." "Noah got the bright idea in the lion park to stick his shirt through the window." "Yeah, no." "So the lions started to smell people." "And even though you're in an enclosed car you knew that big cat could pounce on the window and you could be done." "Are you kidding me?" "That's crazy." "Cheyne, he seems like he's really into checking the swell and seems like he knows the facts." "He told me and Luke that he thought there was a swell about to hit J-Bay." "I think every surfer in the world wants to surf J-Bay if they're coming to South Africa." "It's the best right point break in the world." "Cheyne discovered that a storm off the coast of Antarctica  was pushing the first swell of the year towards our coast." "He said that it could possibly produce perfect conditions  for this famous wave." "It would take an entire day to drive there  and even then it wasn't a guarantee." "But this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance that none of us could pass up." "I wanted to go to J-Bay because I'd seen it in the movies, it looked perfect." "Just watching all the pros on videos and stuff, it just looked so good." "We didn't see it." "We got there at night and went to bed." "So right when we woke up we saw these perfect lines." "The sun was coming up and everything was so perfect." "We were just psyching so hard to get out there." "My feelings when I first saw J-Bay were overwhelming." "It's like this unfinished puzzle in my head was complete." "I've always wondered what it was like and I got to see it for the first time." "There are moments in life you never forget  and for each of us, we knew that this day  would become one of them." "Jeffreys Bay, South Africa." "Luke and Tyler are super fortunate to come and see how good they got it." "They got really lucky and I'm stoked for them." "What are the odds?" "We could've been there any time and we're there during the first good swell of the year." "I was just, like, freaking out." "That's a surfer's dream to go to a place like Jeffrey's Bay and surf those waves on a day like that." "Cheyne, he was right on." "Best wave I've ever surfed." "It was perfect." "The people of South Africa have endured  many hardships over the years." "They've had to deal with the effects of apartheid, poverty and disease." "As a result, a generation of kids has been forced to grow up fast  and deal with the reality of death at an early age." "Cheyne took us to Mossel Bay  where there's a community of kids who've overcome struggles  through their love of surfing and their faith in God." "The kids of Mossel Bay formed a surf club a few years ago  that meets every Saturday at their local beach." "For them, surfing together is their alternative  to the gangs, drugs and petty crime  most teenagers are involved with in their neighborhoods." "Out of all the people we've met  these kids loved to surf more than anyone  and you can see it all over their faces." "Usually in California, we just get just a couple people so it won't get too crowded, but they don't care." "They just gather up all their friends and just get out in the water." "Only a mile away, on the hillside of their town  is another world that's far removed from the fun waters of the beach." "Most single-parent families live in poverty  and many of the children grow up with little opportunity." "My name is Luianda and I'm 16 years old." "When they came yesterday to the surfing they taught us how to catch a wave." "They were pushing us." "Yeah, it was the first time some of the kids have surfed here." "When I caught my first wave, I feel very excited." "My heart beats fast." "It beats fast, yes." "Here in town some of the kids don't want us to mix with them because of the color." "But Luke and Tyler doesn't care if you are white or black." "They just know that you are a human being to them, yeah." "You are the same person as them." "The kids of South Africa needs help and support from the other people." "There is poverty." "But I have learned that we are not all of us rich or poor." "But when it is in God, all of us are rich all of us are poor in God, yeah." "Okay, I'm Chuma Muwaba." "I'm 12 years." "The day I went into the water, surfed I told myself inside it will keep me out of bad stuff and will keep me out of danger." "At the beach I enjoy myself." "It's my passion." "Not only to surf but also to learn about God." "And without God I wouldn't be here." "I started to be a Christian when I was 14 years old." "My pastor, in Sundays, he was preaching to them and I heard those words, that it's like he's speaking into me." "He's telling me when he was preaching." "So I thought that it's the time now." "I must get saved." "And give your whole heart to God and he will accept you." "Inside you feel safe." "Because why?" "Because you pray to Jesus." "And you know, give all your problems to him." "Give all your problems over to him." "With the Lord, anything is possible." "You can see in these kids that their faith in God has sustained them through all the pain and suffering in their lives, their friends' lives and all the death and poverty and addiction." "Just hearing them broke my heart because they live in Africa and I live in North Carolina but it's the same thing going on all over the world." "There's things that you have to overcome." "For me, when I was growing up and experiencing all the things that I went through, surfing was my outlet." "It was the way that I escaped my problems." "It was something that took my mind off things." "And I think for these kids over here it's the same way." "In some ways I can relate, but in some I can't because they go through some really hard times." "Their problems are real because they deal with life and death." "I can relate because my 8-year-old sister was diagnosed with brain cancer." "There's nothing I can do, no matter how hard I try, to make that go away." "So all I can do is rely on God." "I've learned from the kids here in Africa that you need to have childlike faith." "And it seemed to be such a simple thing that I've probably complicated my whole life." "These kids understand how much God loves them." "And they know he'll always protect them and give them hope even in the worst situations." "And they find peace in that, and knowing that Jesus died for them." "And not just them but for the whole world that we could all have a relationship with him." "Every kid in the world needs belonging." "They need purpose." "And that is what God has set in place in their hearts." "The township kids here who have the Lord living and dwelling in them have found their place." "So even though they have nothing, so to speak they have everything." "Before we even went on our first trip, all Luke and Tyler wanted to know  was if we'd be going to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia." "Indo is so perfect, it's like a painting." "God just laid out everything in its perfect place." "The small island chain is a 12-hour boat ride  from Sumatra out into the Indian Ocean." "Though it's extremely remote, over the last decade  it's become a common destination for traveling surfers." "With a wide variety of breaks and reef passes  it's no wonder why some people call it the Disneyland of surfing." "It's just like crystal clear water and just perfect waves everywhere." "Being on a boat in Indo is every surfer's dream." "The waves that I grew up watching and seeing in magazines, now I got to really surf them." "It's like heaven on earth." "On our trip was Alana Mock, Bethany Hamilton and Tom Curren." "Alana is one of Bethany's best friends from Hawaii  where they grew up surfing together." "At age 13, Bethany lost her arm in a shark attack." "Her courage to return to the water has inspired many people  and somehow she surfs better with one arm  than most people do with two." "Tom Curren has influenced many surfers with his fluid style  and is considered a legend in surfing." "He's been visiting these islands since the early '90s  and was instrumental in the search for new waves in this region." "It's just a real unique place." "The weather's nice and the waves are good." "And the chances are, you're gonna get really good surf." "Of all the trips, I was most..." "Luke and Tyler told me Tom Curren was going with them with Bethany Hamilton to Indonesia." "I'm like, "Guys, let's do it." "I'm going on a boat trip with you to Indonesia."" "And I'm like, "Can I go?" And they're like, "No."" "But I'm pretty sure that by "no," they meant "yes."" "Tom, to me, has been my favorite surfer since I was, like, 6 or something." "Now I'm on a boat trip with him." "It's amazing." "When I grow up, I wanna be a pro surfer like Tom." "Going out and doing the contests and getting sponsorships and things like that it's a thing that kids, I think, get caught up in is they think that this certain lifestyle is gonna be great and it actually can be very damaging." "It's not all, you know, fun and games and it doesn't compare with being right with God." "Everybody wants a hero, and there's only one." "The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." "Your heroes have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." "There's one hero that went the extra mile that said, "Hey, I know this about you." "You're all in the same boat spiritually." "I'm gonna do something about it." "I'm gonna die on the cross for you and I'm gonna raise from the dead and be victorious over it forever."" "That's the hero we need." "That's the hero I need." "Everyone got to know each other really well on this trip." "Spending time in such close quarters, we became like a little family." "We had each meal together and shared every aspect of life with one another." "Tom is known for being quiet and reserved  but spending time with Luke and Tyler brought out the kid in him." "After the first day or two, he got used to us real quick and it's kind of like he's a little kid inside." "Little Tom-grom came out." "Luke and Tyler were totally amped all the time." "They have a really good attitude and that part of it is really what I would like to have for myself." "The young surfing star lost her left arm to a shark attack." "She lost her arm, but you know what?" "She did not lose her courage." " What did it feel like to go back in?" " People said she'd never do it." "What about your personal life?" "Do you believe in fate?" "I have a faith in Jesus Christ and I know he has plans for my life  and that everything is gonna work out for the good." "Back on her board three weeks later  and is now ranked number four in the world." "Since Bethany was a little girl  her dream was to become a professional surfer." "After the shark attack  that dream had seemingly come to an end." "Everyone's gonna hit some kind of trial." "You know, a lot of times, we tend to run away from God and try to do things on our own before we turn to him first." "Jesus says, "I've come to give you life more abundantly."" "He's the only one that can shine the light to make your life here make sense." "Not only make sense but absolutely filled with purpose." "Bethany's story gives everybody hope." "Kids that lost something in their lives and think it's over when it's really not." "Bethany kind of shows the world that any problem can be overcome, you know and there's hope in everything." "Really, it's actually really simple." "You ask Jesus to help you and, you know, to come into your life and you do that sincerely." "And God is there to help you and to guide you." "I made the choice and gave my problems to God and he's taken care of it." "And he's brought so much good to come out of what seems like such a bad thing." "I'm stoked that I didn't give up on life." "And I just look to God for my strength." "As our trip to Indonesia came to a close  I knew our journey had reached its end." "But for Luke and Tyler, their adventure in life was just beginning." "If I hadn't have accepted Bryan's gift to take me and Tyler I never would've gotten to do this." "Bryan, to me, has become a big brother." "He's helped me come closer to God and just realize what this world's really like." "Me and Tyler will both have memories when we go home of all our friendships we've built." "Going through these trips, you realize that the waves were good but the relationships that were made were even better." "I realize now why my hero took me on that trip years ago." "He knew that my life would never be the same." "And I know that Luke and Tyler's lives will be forever changed." "All that they learned on these trips, they'll take with them  and someday hopefully pass it on to others." "It was cool seeing Luke and Tyler go through the experience because after the full experience, they'll really see the world differently they'll see people differently." "I really think for Luke and Tyler, by traveling and seeing the world it's given them a head start." "God definitely wants us to live our dreams." "But you're not gonna be immune to the life and the world that's thrown at you." "And there are times where you're like, "Gosh, there's no hope for me."" "But the Lord says, "You become like a child and you'll be new."" "You always have a chance to praise the Lord by just give him your heart, love him and praise him." "God come number one." "So much in the world, there's so many decisions." "But the one that means the most is, will I believe God?" "Will I trust him and believe he has good things for my life or will I miss out on what God has for me?" "What began as a way to give back to two young surfers  what once was given to me  became an opportunity to see life again  through the eyes of a child." "Here we are in Australia, Nic, Matt and Russell." "The making of..." "We don't know the name of the film yet so the making of..." " Said movie." " The kids' movie." " Do you know the place we surfed?" " No." " Could you locate yourself on a map?" " No." "For this trip, I think it's like a plate." "You can't put this food on because what..." "And some kind of food..." "I need to do this different." "Make it cooler in here or I'm on the 8:00, okay?" "I'm out of here." "The thing..." "I think people..." "Big guys, they..." "I know Bryan because this guy, my shaper, his name is..." "I got some money." "Maybe they should get like a..." "If you can find a rotisserie chicken or something." "We can get a couple rotisseries." "My shaper..." "John Carper is my shaper!" "John Carper's my shaper!" "John Carper's my shaper!" "Hey." "I didn't see you there." "Just playing with this." "It was empty." "It finished, didn't it?" "I was looking for an empty metro." "No empty metros in Paris." "How are you?" "How you doing?" "That was crazy." "Can I get out, please?" "That's not good." "That's the best point, the best place to be, and..." "And so..." "I kind of forgot the question we're talking about." " One-point-six." " Hold on, dude." "Hold on, I gotta get this dude." "Get out of the shot, Doyle." "Me and my friend made sailboats out of nothing." "I was pretty much feeling like MacGyver." "I made a sailboat and we went out and put them in the ocean." "They didn't work." "It was sick though."