Jamie O'Brien (surfer)

He has had major success, winning some of the most prestigious events on the World Tour. However, somewhere along the way, the contests lost their appeal. Jamie is now a free surfer, meaning he’s not chasing contest wins or world titles. He’s out traveling the world filming stunning video footage of surfing in epic locales that’s capturing an audience worldwide. In a story by Red Bull, Jamie says, “I have fun filming and traveling and making memories that will last forever. That’s where my head was at.” O'Brien produced two surfing films, Freakshow and Freakside. He also appeared in Step into Liquid and Blue Crush. He is the star of the video series "Who is JOB" which ended with the final episode posted on Oct 18, 2019, for a total of 9 seasons on YouTube. He currently has his own personal YouTube channel listed under his name which has over 700K subscribers. He has collaborated with many other free surfers who document their journey including Ben Gravy and Sean “Poopies” Mclnerney. Poopies was a star in Jamie’s vlogs for a little while until he started, "The Poopies Channel." They are still good buddies and meet up when possible. Him and the boys can always be found doing crazy things such as surfing giant waves on couches. When he's not on a couch surfing massive pipe, he can be found putting his Catch Surf or Tokoro boards to use. With all his unique maneuvers and ideas, he has changed the views on soft top boards and brought a lot of attention to his sponsor, Catch Surf. Jamie has surfed against top competitors around the world such as Kelly Slater and John John Florence just to name a few. He still remains friends with all the top names in the surfing competition world and they can sometime be seen in one of Jamie's videos.

In 2016 Jamie 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.

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.

Jamie has many achievements to his name. These achievements include the Pipeline Masters in 2001, in which he took 4th place after just recovering from a groin injury. His success continued with 1st place at Hansen's Pipeline Pro in 2003, 1st place in the 2004 Fosters Expression Trestles and the Rip Curl Pipeline Masters at 21 years of age, 1st in the 2009 Rip Curl Invitational, and 1st in the inaugural Volcom Pipe Pro back in 2010. Jamie also had many other outstanding performances throughout the WSL qualifying series and the championship tour.

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