Jamie Mitchell - World Champ Paddleboarder and Big Wave Surfer on How to Win Multiple Titles and Care for the Ocean

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🗓️ 22 August 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Jamie Mitchell is one of the best athletes in the world and a ten-time winner of the Molokai to Oahu paddleboard race, one of the most challenging, prestigious races in the world where competitors paddle 32 miles between the Hawaiian Islands. These days he is on the Big Wave Tour where he has taken the podium many times. If he wins the Big Wave Tour, he’ll be the first person ever to win both this title and the paddleboarding title.

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0:00.0	Today's episode features the most winning paddleboard champ ever Big Wave Surfer and all-around
0:05.2	Waterman, Jamie Mitchell.
0:09.2	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living, an adventure podcast presented by REI co-op, the brand who helps get you
0:15.4	outside through gear, classes, and adventures. We talk to experts who have taken a wild idea
0:21.4	and made it a reality so you can too.
0:24.0	From people who have climbed the tallest peaks, started thriving businesses, and even broken
0:28.4	records, some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures. I'm your host Shelby Stanger and I hope
0:35.6	you enjoy this show.
0:37.0	Jamie Mitchell exemplifies what it is to carry out a wild idea and a wild goal
0:47.4	over and over again. As one of the best and fittest athletes in the world he's a
0:51.1	ten-time winner of the Molokai to Oahu paddleboard race.
0:54.8	It's one of the most grueling and prestigious races in the world where competitors paddle
0:58.8	32 miles between the Hawaiian Islands.
1:01.6	A few years ago, Jamie got himself a spot on the Big Wave World Tour, surfing 50 foot
1:06.3	plus waves.
1:07.4	He's already taken the podium quite a few times.
1:09.8	If he wins the whole series, he'll be the first person ever to win both disciplines.
1:14.0	We talk about his wild idea to pursue paddleboard racing and how he took such big risks to pull off such
1:18.7	a great career and make a living doing it. We also talk about how having asthma as a kid led him to being such a good
1:24.2	athlete, why being a junior lifeguard or a nippa as they say an Australian was so impactful,
1:29.7	why big wave surfing is so alluring and how much he trains today.
1:33.6	You're going to be surprised.
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