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Sponsored Athlete - Jamie Mitchell

Jamie Mitchell has won his seventh Quiksilver edition Molokai to Oahu paddleboard race on the 27th July 2008. Jamie said he was "In the Zone" for the entire race and believed this to be his greatest ever performance, feeling like he could have "just kept on paddling".

Congratulations to Jamie for winning the Quikslver edition 2008 Molokai to Oahu paddleboard race in record time of 4:57:14

This is his seventh consecutive Molokai championship title in the paddleboard race which is considered to be the world title race for ocean paddleboarding.

For full coverage of race see transworld.net
For a revealing pre-race interview go here

Jamie is a quiet and unassuming man in person but that calm demeanour belies a competitive drive that has seen him take on all comers and win all sorts of padddling competitions all over the world.

His partnership with Infront Surfcraft has been of great benefit to both parties with Jamie's input to the Infront design team giving them a critical edge in their ocean paddleboard surfcraft design.

Infront is on the cutting edge of design and their support of Jamie's competitive career has helped him with his consistency knowing that his next board will be at least as good as his last one.

Excerpt follows from the Mr Molokai article on paddleboard.com by Brad Melekian on 06/26/07

"The 30-year-old lifeguard from Burleigh Heads, Australia, will put a toe in the water on July 29 2007 as the five-time defending champion of the Molokai race, and while most of his competitors are allies (Mitchell is almost universally admired among his peers) they will all be looking to dethrone him by emulating him. Most will be adopting Mitchell's revolutionary paddling technique to try to keep up with the man who is still the odds-on favorite for a sixth straight title. "What separates Jamie from everybody else," says race director Mike Takahashi, "Is that he has an extraordinary mental toughness, and he's riding waves through the entire event."

(photo Bernie Baker)
Jamie winning Molokai for the seventh time (above) in 2008.

During last years race below.

For more on Jamie see Quiksilver edition profile
Also a good article which calls him Mr Molokai

Here is a 6 minute audio only interview with Jamie