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Suzie Cooney Maui North Shore Video Clip 8 Mile Down Winder on Stand Up Paddle Naish 14ft Glide

Suzie — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:16:15 +0000

On the N. Shore of Maui’s beautiful coastline, Suzie Cooney, Naish Team SUP rider, heads down an 8 mile coast run. Video shot by Simone Reddingius. Light winds meant for a big workout. The Naish Glide is 14 feet long, 27 inches wide. Bathing suit by ATHLETA.

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Kelly Moore is On Time with her Maui Down Winder Shuttle Service Moore WaterTime

Suzie — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:38:05 +0000

Today was another amazing coast run from Maliko to Lowers at Kanaha. It was extra special because of Kelly Moore’s awesome shuttle service for Maui residents and visitor alike, that picked us up right on time at the lower Kanaha parking lot and a couple others from the Harbor. With winds today averaging 30 mph, and gusts to 40 it was a low stress, fun day. Today, I had my 14ft Naish Glide and wow, catching swells, some over 50 yards it seemed.

Kelly is professional and is a water professional who knows Maui’s coast very well. Her van is brand new with blasting AC and the boards on the trailor, we’re good to go! So for your one man or SUP, this is a deluxe way to go. Ten bucks for the day or grab a punch card for $90 and get 10 rides. Great deal!

Call Kelly at 808-250-1984 or visit her website: http://moorewatertimemaui.com/

Reserve your spot and enjoy your run!

See you on the water,

Suzie Cooney, CPT

For fitness training, Private SUP Lessons http://www.suzietrainsmaui.com

Video Teaser: 2010 OluKai Ho’olaule’a Ocean Festival on Maui Join the Fun

Suzie — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:33:51 +0000

Video Teaser: 2010 OluKai Ho’olaule’a Ocean Festival from OluKai Premium Footwear on Vimeo.

Starboard Pro Team Rider of Maui Tiffany Ward Coaching at STAND UP For Women’s Health & Fitness January 9 2010 Maui

Suzie — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:02:32 +0000

Aloha Everyone! I’d like to introduce Tiffany Ward, Pro Team Rider for Starboard will be attending and assisting for STAND UP For Women’s Healthy & Fitness January 9th, 2010 at the Four Seasons Resort. This girl and rip and did you know she is also a famous culinary artist and gourmet chef?

TIffany has kindly offered to volunteer her water woman skills to coach our gals in the water and offer a friendly tip or two. She is a great instructor and is always smiling with great enthusiasm. She is an inspiration to us all and we are stoked for her to join us.

Here’s a little more information about Tiffany:
Tiffany started windsurfing at a young age(5hrs.) in Utah and Oregon. Thanks to her parents, who are both avid windsurfers themselves, she became quiet the sailing enthusiast. Her passion and drive for windsurfing launched her into a professional windsurfing career. After graduating from Culinary school, she moved to Maui and begin touring on the PWA World tour. Competing on the World tour for a couple years, she found Maui to offer the best conditions and arena to excel in.

Being a part of the Pro Star-board team, Tiffany has access to many of the new SUP boards and prototype’s. A new comer to the sport of SUP,  she quickly embraced the up and coming sport with open arms.

”SUP is a good intro to the ocean for new comers and provide an  excellent workout/training for all water-enthusiast”.

Not only is Tiffany a professional Windsurfer and water women, she is a Gourmet Chef as well. Tiffany has a degree in culinary arts from the CCA in San Francisco, CA and is the owner of Maui Catering Services.   (www.mauicateringservices.com) Providing excellent food and service  for weddings, retreats, and private clientele…

Tiffany writes, “Living and Playing in Maui has been a dream come true. Maui’s
lifestyle has turned me into a true Water-Women and I love it… ”

Tiffany is a beauty! She inspires many and I’m sure she’ll inspire you too!

She is sponsored by:

Starboard
Severne sail
Dakine
Chinook
Pakaloha suits
MCS

A big mahalo Tiff for making our day extra special!

Your fan, Suzie

KGMB 9 Hawaii News Now Live SUP Segment STAND UP For Women’s Health & Fitness on Maui

Suzie — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:23:15 +0000

Thanks to Malika Dudley of KGMB 9 News, and Todd Bradley of C4 for supporting our event. Here’s a quick video of the live news segment, yesterday December 30th, 2009. If the videos don’t work on your computer click here:

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/global/story.asp?s=11748430

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Stand up paddling has become the newest craze for fitness enthusiasts. An event on Maui, has women “getting on their feet” to support the American Breast Cancer Foundation. Malika is live at Ala Moana beach with details.

Come celebrate women’s health and fitness through the sport of stand up paddling, listen to inspirational guest speakers, meet women pro SUP riders, Tiare Lawrence and Anne-Marie Reichman, support The American Breast Cancer Foundation, learn to hula, and win amazing prizes from our official sponsors just for participating.

Stand Up for Women’s Health and Fitness at the Four Seasons Wailea on Maui. This event is a Free, non- competitive, women’s stand up paddling event. “The Four Season’s is the ideal location to introduce Stand Up Paddling to beginning enthusiasts. It has a beautiful beach and its calm, clear waters offer the ideal, safe paddling conditions. Plus it’s on Maui, the best place in the world! You might even see a few sea turtles and whales!” says professional instructor and event co-host Tommy Callan of Beach Boy Events.

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Official Website: www.standuppaddlingfitness.com

Registration Cut Off Date for STAND UP For Women’s Health & Fitness Event on Maui is January 7, 2010

Suzie — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:42:54 +0000

Aloha,

Due to the overwhelming response, the cut off date to register for this event, STAND UP For Women’s Health & Fitness Event, January 9, 2010, will be Thursday, January 7, 2010.

We will take walk up registrations, but only until 8:30am. The table will then close. The event begins at 8:30am

To register click here or go to www.standuppaddlingfitness.com

Any questions, call Suzie at 808-283-2121 or Tommy 808-250-3748. Or you may email at info@standuppaddlingfitness.com

See you then!

Suzie

Being Healthy in the New Year, You Don’t Have to Live on Maui

Suzie — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:29:46 +0000

Aloha and Merry Christmas! As we approach the New Year, it’s time for many of us to take special inventory of family, life and our own personal health. I am so thankful for being on Maui and to stand up paddle or surf on Christmas; a tradition in my house!

Not everyone is as lucky to live in Maui, eat fresh fish, and simply enjoy the natural healthy lifestyle that surrounds us. But even if you are in the coldest place in the world, you can embrace health even in the simplest ways:

1. Make YOU a priority each and every day to exercise or do an activity you enjoy.

2.Embrace your life as it is today, and strive hard to make everlasting healthy lifestyle choices. Surround yourself with people that challenge you, inspire you and believe in you. It really makes a difference! I like to surf or do sports with people that are pretty aggressive. It keeps me on my toes and makes me a better surfer. I also have several mentors that act as my compass. Who is your compass?

3. Look in the mirror and like what you see. Having a healthy body image and loving yourself inside and out is contagious and I think very attractive.

People with negative body images have a greater likelihood of developing an eating disorder and are more likely to suffer from feelings of depression, isolation, low self-esteem and obsessions with weight loss.

I often come across training clients who have a vision of how they want to see themselves vs. who they really are and how their bodies are made. Genetics, medical conditions and other physiological factors play a role in how our bodies take shape.

4. Forget New Years resolutions…. they don’t work. Chunk it down and be realistic with your fitness goals. People expect not to keep their resolutions so it’s almost self defeating. Treat your goals as a process or journey. Reward yourself with a new workout top, new surf board, or whatever makes you happy!

Lastly, reflect back and see where you are now and where you want to go; in life, love and health.

Wishing you all that you love to come your way. Be strong in every step you take. Try something new!

Happy Holidays,
Suzie www.suzietrainsmaui.com

Photos by Simone Reddingius :http://www.flickr.com/photos/by-simone/

Anne-Marie Reichman Pro Team Rider for Starboard Leads Long Distance SUP Paddle for Women’s SUP Event January 9, 2010

Suzie — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:00:52 +0000

I’d like to introduce to you Anne-Marie Reichman, professional team rider for Starboard to lead the long distance paddle for STAND UP For Women’s Health & Fitness Event, at the Four Seasons Resort Maui, Wailea Beach, January 9, 2010.

She is a delight and really rips! As a professional water woman, her experience will be welcomed and an inspiration to all. More about Anne-Marie:

The first of November 1974 Anne-Marie Valeria Reichman was born in Leeuwarden, a city in the northern province of the Netherlands. She started with classical ballet, jazz ballet and piano lessons early in life. At 16 years old she chose to focus on her latest passion; windsurfing. It led her to many lakes (flat water) all over the country and to a Dutch championship title at 19 years old. After high school she chose Scheveningen as her new home; a cute little fishing town on the Dutch west coast. Competitions were over now, for she studied on the Sport Academy and learned to windsurf in the Dutch North Sea waves. Good times. A few years later her first international travels started in countries like Denmark, Sweden, South Africa and Maui (’97). There she got introduced to the big waves and got infected again with the virus to compete; this time in the windsurfing discipline WAVE. Her debut in the PWA (professional windsurfing association) World Cup was in ’98. Besides competing, Anne-Marie made a pact with herself to travel to a new country or place every year to discover the world, new cultures, different languages and off course new waves. She wrote down her travel experiences for magazines and published them on the internet. In 2002, a few years into ‘the tour’, she made it into the top 3 world wide. Not only is Anne-Marie a professional windsurfer, she also is a passionate surfer and Stand Up Paddler making the most of every condition the ocean provides. Yoga and (art) painting are her other passions. These activities create balance in her sometimes hectic life. Instead of only enjoying this lifestyle herself, she makes it her goal to share it with other people around the world during clinics, interviews, promotion activities and events. By doing what she loves to do most, she wants to motivate and inspire them to follow their dreams and passions in life. Her motto being: “Dream of life, live your dream”. Anne-Marie now lives (most of the year) in Maui, Hawaii. The perfect island for an active, professional, passionate ocean water woman.

Learn more about Anne-Marie : http://www.annemariereichman.com/ Also, check out Anne-Marie’s 11 city SUP tour in Holland:

www.supfryslan.nl VERY cool!

The Four Seasons Resort Maui to Offer Special SUP Rate for Participants For Women’s Event in January 9, 2010

Suzie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:44:56 +0000

We are pleased to announce a special rate offer to the participants for STAND UP For Women’s Health & Fitness Event Maui January 9, 2010. The Four Seasons Resort Maui, our co-host will offer a rate of $325 per night ONLY to guests who register for the Event. To register go to: www.standuppaddlingfitness.com

This special offer is available 3 days prior to the event and 3 days after the event. You must call the resort directly to make your reservation.

Please call: (808) 874-8000 For more information also check out their website: http://www.fourseasons.com/maui/

y extended a very special rate.

Suki’s SUP Adventures on Maui

Suzie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:37:44 +0000

Aloha friends,

I’d like to introduce to you a friend and client who has been brave enough to share her new adventures as a water woman of Maui. Suki is a special person who has conquered many physical challenges and recently, surprised herself as she discovered a new found strength on the ocean. Her story is touching, comical and I think we all can relate! Suki will be one of our inspirational guest speakers on January 9, 2010 at STAND UP For Women’s Health & Fitness.

Suki’s SUP

Suki Halevi came to Maui two years ago. Suki had never exercised regularly, but she started doing the workout routine that I created for her as part of my introductory training series. She was also among the nine women out on the water on my first Stand Up to Slim Down Saturday. Here’s her story—

Everyone has their life challenges. I’ve got numbness in my feet and legs, damage to my pelvic area and impaired balance, caused by a rare immuno-neurologic illness 22 years ago. No one can see my disabilities, but I deal with them daily. A big part of my ongoing challenge is learning that I can do a lot more than I think I can. That’s where SUP comes in.

I was as excited as a little kid the night before Suzie’s Stand Up to Slim Down Saturday, with a whopping 12’ borrowed board strapped on my car. Out beyond the breaking waves, I hopped up and instantly fell off the board. My vision of SUP heaven vanished as my inner voice declared, “You can’t do this.”

I wanted it so much, I pushed that dark shadow away, climbed back on the board, and stood up. I had a pretty good paddle, out with the Suzie and the women warriors of the waves, but the real test was yet to come. Two weeks later, I rented an 11’6” and headed back to North Kihei alone.

Sunday afternoon–

What a mess! Right after I picked up the board, the wind came up. I didn’t want to miss the chance to be on the water, so I drove back to our spot in North Kihei. As I got out of the car, I realized I had no place to put the car key. In a flash of inspiration, I took off my necklace, strung the key, and put it back on, making sure the screw-clasp was good and tight.

It was easy to get the board off the car, sliding it onto my head as I’d watched Suzie do. Back East, I learned to row a single scull, and you carry the boat on your head, so it felt familiar. But as I took the board down and turned it horizontal, the board became a giant windmill blade, catching every gust, with me as the pivot point. Looking for the path of least resistance, I coaxed the board down to the beach, getting spun around a few times by the wind. Charlie Chaplin goes SUP!

I finally reached the water. Then I got tangled up in the short leash, tripping and almost falling in the shore break. I walked a few more steps, jumped on the board and headed out, bobbing along on the choppy water with the wind blowing hard. No way. Having made it out, I turned around and came in. Suzie’s training guided me—I knew how to watch the sets, wait for a lull, and pull up on the leash to keep the rudder clear.

I staggered back up the beach, wrestling the board, with the wind winning every round. Somehow made it to the car. And stood there. Now what? I gathered my courage and tipped the board up onto my head. It rolled down my neck and off my back, barely missing a crash landing. I imagined a You Tube video, with everyone watching going, “Oh, nooooo!”

After standing there a while looking back and forth between the board and the car, I asked a man for help. “Can you show me how?” I asked, always eager to learn. He picked up the board and put it on his head. “It’s not that heavy,” he said. Yeah, right. (Workout time!)

As I turned towards the car, I discovered that the clasp of my necklace was so tight that I couldn’t undo it. I could bend down to unlock the door with the key still around my neck, but I sure couldn’t drive that way! I asked a woman walking by if she’d help me undo the clasp. “Oh, this happens to me all the time,” she said, with a kindly smile. Really??? I unlocked the car, grabbed the straps, lashed the board, and tumbled in myself, exhausted.

I’m going back to the beach tomorrow morning, before I return the board. Why am I doing this? I think I just like driving around with a board on my car!

Monday morning—

Got an email from Suzie last night, in reply to mine about my first solo SUP. Suzie wrote,

That is definitely called paying your dues, but you my dear handled calmly like a pro. I know that feeling, of . . . . oh . . . . . _ _it, what the heck did I get myself into!?! @@##

Suki, I really know how you felt, like you wrestled a tiger, but you still won. I am so so so proud of you. You are learning about the ocean and about yourself. Very very good stuff.

I smiled, feeling surprisingly strong.

It’s a lovely morning. I ask my windsurfer neighbor what she does with her key when she surfs. Clips it to her bathing suit with a carabiner. Ya. I can do that.

Yesterday, the guy at the board rental place asked me how the waves were on the North Shore. “Ummmm, I dunno, I didn’t look.” Wrong answer! Today, I check out the waves at Ho’okipa as I cruise down the coast.

Driving through Paia, I notice all the other cars out in the morning with boards on top. I like this. Heading back to “our” spot, feeling good. Calm water, light breeze.

The moment of truth comes as I unwind the straps. Once the board is off the top of the car, it’ll be up to me to get it back there. What if I can’t do it? Not many people around to help me today. I stand for a few minutes, looking at the board. “I can do this,” an inner voice says. I bend my knees and take the board onto my head. I walk around the car and down to the beach.

Board on the sand. Stretch a little. Strap on the leash, pick up the paddle, lift the board by the handle–it feels almost familiar now. I walk into the water. Board’s afloat, and with an easy movement so am I. Out I go. The board rocks a little, but not much. I feel the ocean moving under me. Wow. On my knees, paddle across the board, eyes up as I hop to a squat then keep going, standing now. Paddle in the water. I hear Suzie’s voice say, “The paddle will help you balance.” My legs are trembling.

I once went on a night hike at a nature center, and the guide said, “Feel with your feet.” Looking up and out across the water, my legs are still shaky, but I feel with my feet as the board moves. I paddle a bit. I don’t feel as settled as when I was out with Suzie and the women warriors. I had six inches more board length then, wider too. But I like the 11′6″. I can carry it, and I’m standing. The steadiness will come in time.

I start to sing. The first time out, with Suzie, there were waves, and I sang over and over like a mantra, Gonna fly so high, on the waves and the sky, gonna fly so high, on the waves.

Now words are coming again. Inspired by Te Vaka’s “Our Ocean,” I sing,

This is my ocean, where I belong
This is my ocean, my feet know its song
This is my ocean, I’ll practice each day
And learn your music, wave by wave

I change “feet” to “heart” to “hands” and so on, feeling the ocean in all these places. I fall off the board several times, singing and laughing—This is my ocean, where I belong . . . SPLASH!

I sat on the board and paddled around for a while, as if the board were a light, flat kayak. I looked at the jagged reef through the water. I noticed how the wind or the current pushed the board and made it harder to turn on one side. I marked the spot on the shore where I’d come into the water, surprised by the downwind drift. I started to get comfortable hanging out on the ocean. Small waves forming. Time to head in, this was plenty good. I cruised in, sitting down. Hopped off the board and walked beside it. “Pick it up like a big purse,” I heard Suzie say. So I did, and walked out of the water with the board, just like that.

At the top of the rise, on the edge of the grass, I confront the board one last time. I hear the voice of the man who helped me yesterday say, “It’s not that heavy.” I think of all the arm and chest exercises in the workout routine Suzie gave me. I think of my favorite workout fantasy—bench pressing a sexy guy! I find my center, energize my arms, put my hands on the board, and with one smooth, short lift, it’s up enough to duck my head under and take it the rest of the way. Yes! I walk over to the car with the board on my head and slide it onto the rack. Unclip the car key from the carabiner. Fasten the straps and tighten the board down. Done.

I walk back across the grass, so I can look out over the beach again. My arms shoot up into the air, fists flying high. “Yaaaaaaa!”

Everyone has their own edge. The best paddler in the world has her edge. A beginner has hers. It’s a practice, for all of us. A daily practice of facing fear and going out on that edge, wherever it is. For the rest of the day, I felt strong, open, calm, clear and energized. I had a good day at work, got a lot done.

Everything’s different when the day starts on the ocean. And ends there too. On my way home after work, I took a long walk on Baldwin Beach. “This is my ocean, where I belong . . .”