Molokai Teaser...

Well the big one is done and dusted ..... What a great year. A huge amount of Aussie's invaded the Hawaiian Island Chain this year to take on the Channel. I think we were represented by Queensland , N.S.W and West OZ. Great job everyone.. As they all found out the Channel isn't a perfect downwind run.. It never has been and never will be. Thats why it is the challenge that it is and why you feel such satisfaction coming across that line.

I was lucky enough to have my Fiance Joss do some filming of the process of doing the channel. She has done a great job and here is a little teaser of what is to come. The full version will be available in the next week.. Well i hope everyone has had a little break and is recovered.. I am on the road at the moment and have just been to Utah and am on my way to New York in a few days then off to Lake Tahoe. A busy few weeks and i'm really looking forward to being back home on the Gold Coast. Thanks for all the support of my Fiance,Family and Friends. Couldnt do it without you guys. Take care JM

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Countdown Begins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well here we are again.. The week leading into the big one... Its all winding down now.. Less paddling more rest and trying to stay out of the sun. The Aussie contingent that are here were all on Maui last weekend for the Naish Paddleboard Race which is run on the famous Maliko course. We had pretty nice downwind conditions and everyone had a blast.. A great warmup for this weekends 32 Miles. Without putting the Jinx on this weekend the forecast looks quite good at the moment with steady trades right through the weekend and a rising tide. So hopefully it stay's true to the forecast and we can surf across the channel.

We had a little training run yesterday from Turtle Bay to Kei Iki where we are staying and the wind was blowing about 15 to 20 and had some fun bumps... We were lucky to have Steve and Reidy follow us on a Ski with Reidy filming and Steve the Captain. And Reidy has cut together this little clip for everyone... Enjoy and take care JM

Training Paddle Nth Shore(www.jamie-mitchell.com) from Jamie Mitchell on Vimeo.

Cline Mann Paddleboard Race 2010

Hey guys here is a little clip of the Paddleboard Race that was on the weekend in Hawaii. There was a Long Course 17 miles or a Short Course 9 miles. The 17 miler was a tough race with lots of action in the ocean. Enjoy.. Thanks Joss for filming. Take care JM

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G-LAND Preview.

Some footage i took from the G-land trip i did a few weeks back.. Quiksilver booked out the whole camp and well it was awesome.. Cant show too much as ill leave that to the professionals.. JM

www.jamie-mitchell.com (G-LAND) from Jamie Mitchell on Vimeo.

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT!!!!!!

A clip from the Saltwater Race a few months back.. This is why Paddling is SO FUN!!!!!!!

Thanks to Rambo for the Footage...

Jamie Mitchell Teaser from Ocean Sports Media on Vimeo.

G-Land Quik Trip

Well where has the last few months gone hey?.. I'm not sure about you guys but this year has gone by way to fast for my liking. It may have to do with all the travelling i have been doing but gee it just seemed like Christmas was yesterday. So just to get back to what has been happening lately i was luck enough to do a trip to Indonesia a few weeks back. Quiksilver booked out the whole G-Land Camp for 10 days for a bunch of its team riders,staff, and photographers and videographers. It was awesome to be on the list and get to hang out and surf with all the guys and get some epic sessions in.. I surfed my SUP alot and got plenty of poundings. It is not a very forgiving wave on a SUP. The guys from Brain Farm who made Travis Rice's(Pro Snowboarder) new Movie were there filming and some other crazy film camera's and angles were shot so stay tuned for something special from Quiksilver and the whole trip..

I had to leave early from G-Land which sucked cause it was 6-8 ft and pumping and make my way to Hawaii for the Battle of the Paddle. I had a horrendous flight schedule there with a 12 hr stop over in South Korea before landing in Hawaii on the Friday. The Race itself on Saturday was brutal. It was a in and out course through the surf zone in Waikiki with minimal swell and strong offshore winds which made it a super tough race and with the strongest line up off competitors yet for a Battle race it was always going to be hard to back up my win from Dana Point last year.. I ended up finishing 4th which i was pretty stoked with considering i have been focusing on my preparations for the Molokai Paddleboard Race. I should say Congratulations to Danny Ching, Travis Grant, and Aaron Napolean for finishing in the Top 3 and for everyone else who competed and finished. Great effort.

I had to hang around for a few days after the event for some work with Quiksilver then i was on my way home which was awesome. So the last 2 weeks has been spent training and fine tuning before i leave for Hawaii again on the 8 th of July for a few warm up races before the big one on the 25 th July(MOLOKAI). It's exciting times for paddler's coming up with all the races over the next month and paddling being about as popular as it ever has been right now... I hope all of you have been training hard and having fun. I look forward to some warm weather and strong trade winds in Hawaii... Take care JM

JUST DO IT!!!!!

Here is a clip of the trip i just made to Bali... I was working Water Safety for a Nike Commercial they were making with there surf team. Most of it was shot at night and it will look pretty epic once it comes out.. Cheers JM

Nike T.V Commercial from Jamie Mitchell on Vimeo.