Australia's Jamie Mitchell made it eight straight.

Mitchell won the Rainbow Sandals Moloka'i to O'ahu Paddleboard Race for the eighth consecutive year today.

He completed the 32-mile course from Kaluako'i Beach, Moloka'i, to Maunalua Bay, O'ahu, in 4 hours, 58 minutes, 25 seconds.

"The first two-thirds (of the race) was pretty good," he said. "But then that last third took forever to get close ... it was tough. Probably the toughest in the last three or four years."

Brian Rocheleau of Kailua placed a distant second with a time of 5:20:53. Tim Foran of Australia was third in 5:30:45.

Kanesa Duncan of Honolulu was the first female finisher with a time of 6:29:29. It was her seventh women's title in the last nine years.

Mikey Cote of Honolulu placed fifth overall and won the stock paddleboard division in 5:32:25. It was a record time on a stock board (open boards can be any size; stock boards must be 12 feet).

Ekolu Kalama of Maui won the stand-up paddle (SUP) division in a record time of 5:02:06. Guy Pere was second in 5:22:01.

Jenny Kalmbach of the Big Island was the first female in the SUP division with a record time of 6:18:31.

The race across the Kaiwi Channel is considered the world championship of long-distance paddleboard racing.