Mitchell Stitt
22
YEARS OLD
QLD
Burleigh Heads Mowbray Park SLSC
#30
2026/2027 SERIES
ski
STRENGTH
Bio
2024 Shaw and Partners Coolangatta Gold Short Course champion, Mitchell Stitt, started his surf lifesaving journey at Kawana SLSC as a young U8’s Nipper when his parents signed him up to learn how to read and understand the surf. His first medal came in the U11’s swim teams when he won a silver medal and his love for the sport grew from there. Growing up he was a state pool swimming and track athlete but chose surf sports as his focus and since moved to the Gold Coast to further his Ironman career. Outside of competition, Stitt is a massive Brisbane Broncos fan and is a self-proclaimed Lego nerd.
Mitchell, which race format is your favourite?
I haven’t done many rounds apart from the Eliminator or Enduro, both were really tough. However I really want to do the Specialist, it seems like a really fun and challenging format and rewards consistency.
What is your best training hack?
Consistency is a huge part of our sport so integrating that into training whether its how to manage your diet or just consistently putting your best foot forward is probably the best hack to implement into training to transfer into racing.
What is the best piece of advice that you have ever been given?
My parents have always instilled discipline into me as a kid so I believe discipline over motivation is going to always take you further. The days were you don’t want to go training (I don’t have many) are the ones were you benefit the most.
Do you have a secret talent?
I am really good at pickleball.