Jamie O'Brien

James Duncan O'Brien (born June 9, 1983) is a professional surfer from the North Shore, Hawaii.

One of Jamie O'Brien's signature Beater Board models from Catch Surf.

Career O'Brien grew up near one of the most notorious waves on the planet, with a home in front of the Banzai Pipeline, on the surfing Mecca of Oahu's North Shore. He started competing in local surf contests when he was about six years old and carried on into his early 20s. O'Brien has said that he was fortunate as a child to grow up near the Banzai Pipeline. He is one of the youngest surfers to win a Pipeline Masters.

Jamie's father, Australian Mick O'Brien, was a lifeguard. Jamie has said that one of the things that got him interested in surfing was talking to many of the regular surfers on his dad's beach. 1st in the 2009 Rip Curl Invitational, and first in the inaugural Volcom Pipe Pro back in 2010. He has won events in the WSL qualifying series and the championship tour.

O'Brien produced two surfing films, Freakshow and Freakside. He appeared in Step into Liquid and Blue Crush. posted on Oct 18, 2019, for a total of 9 seasons on YouTube.

In 2005 O'Brien received Surfer Magazine's Boost Breakthrough Performer of the Year Award for an up-and-coming athlete with an impact on the sport for years to come.

In 2016 O'Brien assisted in the rescue of a bodyboarder who had wiped out and was drowning, by paddling out with a foam board to help Guilherme Tamega who was trying to bring the victim to shore.

O’Brien runs the Jamie O’Brien Surf Experience, a surf school.