Why didn’t he die?
Jamie Mitchel went from breaking World Records as a 10X World Champ Paddleboarder to World Class Paddle in Surfer…he knows how to survive vicious wipeouts, too….to put it mildly.
The one at Pe’ahi was ludicrous as well…
“This photo is not how I envisioned my day going. I was 100 percent ready and really thought today was going to be special for me. But Mother Nature had other ideas. I will say it was my worst wipeout ever, hands down, today. I hit so hard when I fell I’m not sure if I blacked out or not but I remember getting sucked over, then was instantly on the bottom and pinned to the rocks on my back. There was so much intensity down there I don’t even know how to explain it, but thank God it finally let me up and I hit the surface with a second to spare before the next one mowed me down.
I was seeing stars and not really with it after that. I tried to go back out and get back into the heat but was really just a passenger as you saw when I fell on my second wave which I should have made. But I couldn’t see straight and my balance was off. So not the day I wanted, but shit happens.” JM
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