Jamie O'Brien

James Duncan O'Brien, known as Jamie O'Brien, was born on 9 June 1983 and is a professional surfer from the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. He grew up in a house in front of the Banzai Pipeline, began entering local surf contests at about six years old and became one of the youngest surfers to win the Pipeline Masters, taking the Rip Curl Pipeline Masters at 21. His other wins include Hansen's Pipeline Pro in 2003, the 2004 Fosters Expression at Trestles, the 2009 Rip Curl Invitational and the first Volcom Pipe Pro in 2010, and he has won events on the qualifying series and the championship tour. He produced two surf films, Freakshow and Freakside, appeared in Step into Liquid and Blue Crush and starred in the video series Who is JOB, which ran nine seasons on YouTube until 2019. Surfer Magazine named him its Boost Breakthrough Performer of the Year in 2005, and he runs the Jamie O'Brien Surf Experience, a surf school.