Jamie shown here after winning the Battle Of The Paddle in 2009

Orange County, CA.  June 22, 2010 – Watermans Applied Science is proud to announce the addition of Jamie Mitchell to its team.  Mitchell, eight-time World Paddleboard Champion, XXL nominee and 2009 Battle of the Paddle Elite Champion, joins an already stellar team including several former and current World Champions.

“I’m honored to be joining the Waterman’s Applied Science team. Not only do they have a great range of products to keep me protected longer, but they are a core company with an awesome and diverse team of athletes,” says Mitchell. “I look forward to working with Watermans Applied Science for many years to come.”

Jamie joins fellow past and present World champions, Sam McGlone (Ironman), CJ Hobgood (Surfing), Bob Soven (Wakeboard), Harley Clifford (Wakeboard), Mick Di Betta (Paddleboard), Shakira Westdorp (Paddleboard) and Jenny Kalmbach (SUP).

On July 25^th Mitchell will pursue his 9^th straight Paddleboard title at the 14th annual Molokai to Oahu paddleboard race.  Watermans is an event sponsor.

For more information on Watermans Applied Science visit http://www.watermansappliedscience.com

For more information on Jamie Mitchell, visit http://jamie-mitchell.com

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By JULIE JAG, The Santa Cruz Sentinel

Posted: 06/28/2009 01:30:52 AM PDT

It wasn’t until after he dragged his body onto the beach near Fisherman’s Wharf –” nearly five and a half hours after leaving Santa Cruz on his paddleboard –” that Craig Waltz learned about the shark.

“My boat guy, when I came in, said he saw a shark while we were out there,” said Waltz of Santa Cruz. After some consideration, he decided the carnivorous creature would have been a welcome sight. “Actually, while I was paddling, I was like Something kill me now.’ ” (more…)

KEY:  Start times were staggered by class and division so be sure to adjust your finish time accordingly.  UL SUP, WOMENS SUP, AND LEGENDS SUP (- 0 MIN); 14′ SUP (-1 MIN); STOCK SUP  (-2 MIN); UL PB, WOMENS PB, AND LEGENDS PB (-3 MIN); 14′ PB  (- 4 MIN); STOCK PB (-5 MIN); 2-MILE RACES (-6 MIN)

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