Wailea Magazine Spring - Summer 2016

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46 F E AT U R E S

26 Star Power

42 Made in the Shade

58 Good as Gold

IT’S A GALAXY OF STARS AND SCREENINGS

HOW THE BEACH LIFE ‘GROWS’ ON A CANVAS

‘ŌLENA IS RENOWNED FOR ITS HEALING AND AESTHETIC QUALITIES

BY ILIMA LOOMIS

BY ILIMA LOOMIS

PHOTOGRAPHY BY RACHEL OLSSON

PHOTOGRAPHY BY RACHEL OLSSON

46 Defying Gravity

64 Golf à la Carte

BY RICK CHATENEVER

30 My Travels With a Hula Legend SHE WAS BRILLIANT, COMPASSIONATE AND FUNNY

BY NATHAN NAPOKA

38 The Ivory King SAL GODINEZ MAKES EACH SONG HIS OWN

BY CARLA TRACY PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY NOVAK-CLIFFORD

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THE SOUTH MAUI COASTLINE IS A 3-D JEWEL BOX TEXT BY JOCELYN FUJII PHOTOGRAPHY BY ZACH PEZZILLO

THE ELECTRIC GOLF CART IS LESS MODEST THAN IT SEEMS

BY GRADY TIMMONS

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D E PA R T M E N T S 6 Welcome Letter From Bud Pikrone

18 Faces of Wailea ALOHA IN ACTION RACHEL OLSSON

WHERE SHOPPING IS A MAJOR PURSUIT

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80 Shops, Galleries and More

70 Wailea Dining Guide

94 Fun in the Sun

GET TING AROUND WAILEA

FARE TO REMEMBER

THE JOYS OF WAILEA’S BEACH LIFE

16 Wailea Hall of Fame

74 The Wailea Lifestyle

THE BUZZ ABOUT TOWN

LIFE ON A SUNNY SHORE

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BY CARLA TRACY

96 Aloha Moment PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANA EDMUNDS

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Every year at this time we look forward to summer’s

longer days, which allow us more leisure hours to enjoy the shoreline and its many recreational activities. Wailea’s calm waters and enviable weather are two of the features that keep bringing guests, including the humpback whales, back to our shores year after year. As the humpbacks prepare to leave their winter playground, I make it a point to spend a bit more time enjoying their frolicking.

This is also the time of year when we anticipate the annual Maui Film Festival at Wailea. After a day at the beach, it’s time to enjoy the evenings at the festival’s star-studded food and film events. Held from June 15-19 in Wailea, the Maui Film Festival is full of celebrities, awards, films and events that inspire and entertain.

At any time of the day and year, there’s always something happening in Wailea! Relax after a day in the sun at any of the resort’s restaurants, where world-renowned chefs work their magic in the kitchen. The best of local entertainment appears on Wailea’s stages, and at the end of the day, Wailea’s soothing spas rejuvenate and re-energize with their up-to-the-minute facilities and programs.

You can easily fulfill your dreams about Hawai‘i right here in Wailea. Take in the warmth of a stunning sunrise over Haleakalā while sipping coffee on a lānai, or witness a breathtaking sunset to the rhythm of waves lapping along the beach walk. Every day in Wailea is a dream come true.

You will also experience the warm and gracious aloha spirit here. The rich traditions of the past, such as ‘ukulele, hula, surfing and paddleboarding, still flourish in Wailea today.

Our resort has something for everyone’s style.

This magazine will take you on a journey through Wailea’s cultural past and into today’s special resort lifestyle. Please take it home with you and make it a part of your memories.

We hope those memories will bring you back soon.

Mahalo a nui loa for sharing your time with us here in Wailea.

Kipa hou mai!

(Come visit again!)

Frank “Bud” Pikrone General Manager Wailea Resort Association

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CONTRIBUTORS

Nathan Näpökä My Travels With a Hula Legend, p. 30 Esteemed scholar, dancer and kumu hula Nathan Näpökä has been artist and performer-in-residence at Jacob’s Pillow in Massachusetts; cultural historian and branch chief for Hawai‘i’s State Historic Preservation Division; and field worker and presenter for the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Festival in Washington D.C., where he also performed at the National Gallery. He co-edited “Na Mele Welo, Songs of Our Heritage,” for the Bishop Museum and has published countless scholarly works.

Carla Tracy Hall of Fame, p. 16; and The Ivory King, p. 38 As dining editor of The Maui News, Carla Tracy frequently judges food contests and is a familiar face at Maui events. A former Hawai‘i winner of a Society of Professional Journalism Award for long-form newspaper feature writing, she lives in Central Maui with her husband.

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Golf à la Carte, p. 64 Grady Timmons, communications director for The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i, has written about Hawai‘i sports and other subjects for numerous local, national and international publications. He is the author of the award-winning book “Waikiki Beachboy,” as well as “A Century of Golf: O‘ahu Country Club,” published in 2007.

My Travels With a Hula Legend, p. 30 The late Francis Haar began his career in his native Hungary, followed by two years in Paris and 20 years in photography and documentary filmmaking in Japan.

He also lived in Chicago before moving to Hawai‘i, where he spent nearly 40 of his later years as a distinguished photographer and documentary filmmaker.

Ilima Loomis Made in the Shade, p. 42; and Good as Gold, p. 58 Ilima Loomis has written about sunspots, dark matter, popsicle chefs, pet psychics and more for publications such as Popular Science, National Geographic Traveler, Nature and Islands. She also authored an award-winning book on Hawaiian cowboys. She wrote about Maui architect Tim Farrington for the Oct. 2015 issue of this magazine.

Rick Chatenever Star Power, p. 26 Award-winning journalist, Emmynominated scriptwriter and retired newspaper editor Rick Chatenever has interviewed luminaries and moderated filmmaker panels for the Maui Film Festival since its inception. He writes a weekly newspaper column about Maui and teaches English at UH-Maui College.

Zach Pezzillo Defying Gravity, p. 46 Zach grew up on Maui and began winning awards at age 12. Now 23, he’s a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he studied scientific photography. His skills, education and knowledge of Maui inspired the photo essay.

Boone Morrison My Travels With a Hula Legend, p. 30 Architect and photographer Boone Morrison is one of a handful of artists who documented Iolani Luahine in her lifetime.

He also founded The Foundry in Honolulu and the Volcano Art Center, both of which demonstrated the “adaptive re-use” of historic buildings. He works in residential, commercial and restoration architecture at his Volcano studio.

Franco Salmoiraghi My Travels With a Hula Legend, p. 30 Photographer Franco Salmoiraghi, a frequent contributor to regional and international publications, has exhibited extensively throughout Hawai‘i, taught photography and published books of his work. His documentary work on Hawai‘i’s natural, historic and cultural life includes storied and sacred places such as Waipi‘o Valley and Kaho‘olawe.

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WAILEA is nestled on the leeward side of South Maui. Only 30 minutes from the Kahului Airport, just south of the town of Kīhei, Wailea is easily accessible by automobile. The main entrances to Wailea’s luxurious beachfront resorts are located along Wailea Alanui.

All of Wailea’s resorts, along with golf, tennis, dining and shopping, are within a few minutes’ drive of your resort or condominium. The 1.5-mile Coastal Walk affords easy access to the beachfront resorts.

During the winter months, the Wailea Coastal Walk provides the ideal location to watch the sun set into the Pacific Ocean. The sun melts into the tranquil waters, where paddlers, swimmers and sailboats are a festive sight and dolphins may leap into view.

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WAILEA RESORT MAP KEY

1 Fairmont Kea Lani 2 Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea 3 Grand Wailea 4 Ho`olei at Grand Wailea 5 Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa 6 Hotel Wailea 7 Wailea Beach Villas 8 Wailea Elua Village 9 Palms at Wailea 10 Wailea Ekolu Village

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Wailea Hall of Fame From comedians to sports stars to legendary rockers, Wailea continues to appeal to A-list celebrities. One of them, Larry David, creator of HBO’s hilarious “Curb Your Enthusiasm” as well as NBC’s “Seinfeld,” recently enjoyed dinner at Fairmont Kea Lani’s Nick’s Fishmarket.

He was spotted by another HBO star and comedian, Bill Maher of “Real Time.” The frequent Maui visitor posted on Facebook, “Look what I dredged up on the beach: Larry.” Relaxing in Wailea for his fifth annual sold-out show at Maui Arts & Cultural Center, he also posted pics with comedian stage pals David Spade and Jeff Ross, as well as Maui resident and movie star Woody Harrelson. Swaying in the background were the palm trees of Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea.

Speaking of funny men, William Shatner arrived in warpspeed time from a comedy show across the island to also dine at Nick’s Fishmarket. Other celebs, seen at Manoli's Pizza Company, include pizza lovers Michael Chiklis (“The Shield” and “Fantasic Four”) and pro surfer Kelly Slater.

Wade David, Jason Vargas and Mike Moustakas, Kansas City Royals World Series 2015 champs, dined at Andaz Maui’s Morimoto Maui, where they chatted about “Iron Chef ” Morimoto’s past as a baseball catcher. Before becoming a star chef, Morimoto was reportedly drafted into Japan’s Major Leagues before an injury ended his career. Among the sushi fans at Morimoto were “Arrow” TV stars Katie Cassidy, Colton Haynes and Emily Bett Rickards, as well as DJ-musician-producer Steve Aoki, on Maui celebrating his wedding.

At Mala Wailea, singer-songwriter Jason Mraz couldn’t be missed in his distinctive hat. Tall and lanky, former NBA player and coach Don Nelson was also easy to recognize. Observed at Gannon’s were Mick Fleetwood, Larry Flynt, Stedman Graham (Oprah’s boyfriend), Jason Segel, Owen Wilson, Helen Hunt and Hillary Duff.

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By Carla Tracy

After dazzling the crowd at John Lennon’s 75th birthday tribute at Madison Square Garden, Aerosmith’s lead singer, Steven Tyler, opened a star-studded New Year’s Eve bash at Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. He sang the Rolling Stones’ “Happy” with Bob Rock.

Alice Cooper was among the performers at Wailea Beach Marriott’s benefit for the Maui Food Bank and Maui Arts & Cultural Center. They brought down the house with The Doors’ “Break on Through,” and The Doobie Brothers’ Pat Simmons and Michael McDonald wowed everyone with “Them Changes,” the Buddy Miles hit. Maui faves Willie K and Lily Meola also performed, as did Sammy Hagar and others. Event host was Shep Gordon.

Canadian songbird Sarah McLachlan showed off her mezzosoprano range at a private South Maui event as dozens of Lear, Gulfstream and Falcon private jets descended on Maui over the holidays. According to Marvin Moniz, Maui airport district manager, “regulars” Jennifer Aniston and Oprah Winfrey were among the private jetsetters.

Also spotted at the resort: Taylor Swift, Lucy Hale, Ariel Winter, Matt Bomer and Miley Cyrus, who was with Patrick Schwarzenegger.

Major League Baseball all star Kurt Suzuki returned home to Maui to host the second annual Taste of Hawaii benefit, at Four Seasons Resort, with James Beard Award-winning chef Alan Wong.

At Grand Wailea, James Beard Award-winners Hubert Keller (Fleur in Las Vegas), Richard Blais (Juniper & Ivy in San Diego) and Michael Voltaggio (ink and ink.sack in Los Angeles) were among the superstars of the second annual Celebrity Chef Tour.

As for country music, the inaugural BMI Maui Songwriters Festival brought Nashville to Grand Wailea. Headliner Kacey Musgraves, whose “Same Trailer Different Park” earned Grammys for Best Country Song and Best Country Album, came from performing at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where Sir Elton John and Kylie Minogue had also appeared.

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There is hale kipa, the guest house.

And ho‘okipa, the art of hospitality, entertainment and welcome. The people of Wailea are ho‘okipa in action, the engine that powers the resort.

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You’ll see it around every corner, brighter than sunlight: the expressions of welcome, the faces of aloha.

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Star Power IT'S A GALAXY OF STARS AND SCREENINGS AT THE MAUI FILM FESTIVAL

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Actor Colin Farrell gets it. Shortly after arriving at last year’s Maui Film Festival at Wailea, he had it all summed up.

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Larson was voted Best Actress in a drama for her role in “Room.”

Six months before his co-starring role would help make “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” the film event of the year, 29-year-old Adam Driver accepted the Shining Star Award. “It feels completely undeserved and humbling at the beginning of what you hope will be a long career,” Driver commented during his hilarious interview award presentation.

“I mean, what am I doing here … on this golf course?”

When “Star Wars” did open, Marine veteran Driver used the occasion to focus attention on Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit organization he founded.

“He’s this very cool, smart, hip, honorable guy, and that’s the bull’s-eye of what we’re trying to do with these awards,” says Rivers.

Another festival signature is a commitment to the host culture of the islands. The world premiere of “Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau” touched the hearts of more than 3,000 audience members. Aikau’s disappearance at sea while seeking help for the stricken oceanvoyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a added to the mythology surrounding him, and “Eddie would go” became a cultural anthem.

Last year’s Rising Star honoree Scott Eastwood was keenly aware that his dad had accepted the festival’s Silversword plaque more than a decade earlier.

“It’s wild to be able to share a family business,” added Laura Dern, “which many of us have, whether it’s surfing, or skateboarding, or farming or acting.”

Filmmaker panels Saturday at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa offer glimpses into the minds of the behind-the-camera artists and the provocative themes they raise with their labor-of-love projects.

On the other hand, you could get a full festival experience without seeing a single movie. Wailea twilight provides the lighting and spectacular sets for the casually elegant Taste of Summer party that launches the festival at the Grand Wailea, as well as the culinary delights of the Taste of Wailea on the hill above the Celestial Cinema on Saturday. A Taste of Chocolate at the Four Seasons Resort is also a backdrop for stardom.

As director Rivers says, “Maui Film Festival: It’s where Maui meets Maui … and Maui meets the world.”❀

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Maui’s cinema celebration, returning for its 17th season June 15 to 19, is all about the Big Picture. It raises cosmic questions, such as how do you measure the distance from a star to a movie star? At the Maui Film Festival, they’re close enough to fit in the same frame. Night skies crowded with stars provide the ceiling for the festival’s signature venue, the Celestial Cinema. The rest of the year, this grassy natural bowl at the foot of Haleakalā volcano is the driving range for Wailea’s worldrenowned Gold and Emerald golf courses.

But for one week in June, enhanced by crystalline Dolby Sound, the 50-foot screen becomes the centerpiece of a sublime outdoor projection room. Astronomer Harriet Witt leads a tour of the heavens each night before the awards and the screenings. Sometimes there’s hula dancing. Audiences numbering in the thousands spread out comfortably across the natural amphitheater on blankets and beach or low-back chairs. There’s golf-cart seating for VIP guests.

It’s the place Hollywood comes to get Mauied.

Besides nightly double features at the Celestial Cinema, the festival offers free, familyfriendly films at the Toes-in-the-Sand Cinema on the beach. Indoor screenings are across the island at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. On view are Oscar contenders and quirky indies. Environmental and music documentaries are programming staples, along with the most spectacular celluloid surfing action in any given year. The festival embraces thought-provoking, challenging and uplifting themes—founder and director Barry Rivers dubs it “life-affirming storytelling”—but that doesn’t preclude rollicking comedies or feel-good escapes.

Awards recipients include legends such as Clint Eastwood, Willie Nelson and Pierce Brosnan. Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe veterans like Geena Davis, William Hurt, Clare Danes, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Patricia Clarkson, Dennis Quaid and last year’s Rainmaker recipient, Laura Dern, have been honorees. The list goes on and on.

The Maui Film Festival also has a knack for spotting upward-bound artists before they become the industry’s next big thing. Lupita Nyong’o, Andrew Garfield, Zooey Deschanel, Olivia Wilde and Elizabeth Banks were recognized by the festival just before the rest of the world took notice, and so was Brie Larson. In 2013 she accepted the Maui Film Festival’s Rising Star award; earlier this year at the Golden Globes,

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“It’s so laid back,” commented the soulful, Golden Glove-winning Irishman before accepting the 2015 Navigator Award.

“I was here for an hour and I was going, ‘Which other award can I receive? Do I have to wait for a lifetime now?’” Illustrating his point, during the press interview he wore a vest, white shirt, loosened tie … and beach flip-flops.

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MY TRAVELS WITH A

Hula Legend Iolani Luahine was brilliant, compassionate and funny

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“You have only begun to learn,” she said. “We have a long way to go.”

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a loud “Hui … Nāpōkā!” It was Aunty Io on the other side of the chain-link fence that separated my dilapidated plantation cottage from the Bank of Hawai‘i parking lot. I grabbed my bags and paddle and climbed the stepladder over the fence, landing in the back of Hoakalei’s station wagon.

Hoakalei was Helen Hoakalei Messer, the niece of Iolani Luahine and the kumu who was teaching me hula at the time. And Iolani Luahine was a revered figure in hula, unequalled in the canon of traditional Hawaiian dance. She redefined hula, had her own inimitable style—as if possessed by the dance—and devoted her life to performing, teaching and preserving the culture at places such as Hulihe‘e Palace and the Royal Mausoleum. Since 1975 I had traveled with the two of them as narrator, male dancer, teacher and logistical helper, and deep bonds developed.

With the station wagon loaded up, we were on our way to our first school program. Aunty Io especially loved dancing for the elementary school children, and they adored her. She was dressed in a tan London Fog trench coat with a purple felt hat. She ran through a quick checklist with us as I settled into the car. No matter how set our program was, we all knew that the lineup could change in a minute, depending on Aunty Io’s spirit.

She was 60 at the time but danced with the agility and strength of someone much younger. At the end of a week of rehearsals, my legs trembled with exhaustion. Io asked how I was doing; she could see that I was exhausted. “You have only begun to learn,” she said.

“We have a long way to go.”

Literally, figuratively and artistically, she had already come a long way. Ted Shawn, the great American modern dancer, saw Iolani perform on one of his visits to Hawai‘i and declared, “She is an artist of world stature. Her knowledge of the old and almost lost repertory of the Hawaiian dance is probably unmatched; her technical ability to perform and project these dances is of the highest order.” She was invited to perform three times at the National Folk Festival in Washington D.C., and the State of Hawai‘i presented her with the Order of Distinction for her contribution to the arts.

A VENERATED TRADITION Hers was a revered and rocky tradition that had survived significant challenges. Many traditions say that the gods, the first hula performers, inspired mankind to create an earthly tradition of dance. In preWestern times, hula followed a strict religious protocol. Practitioners worshipped at an altar with elaborate rituals that venerated Laka, the deity of the hula who could be both male and female in nature.

With the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1819, hula, denounced as an evil remnant of Hawai‘i’s pagan past, went into decline. But King Kalākaua (1874-1891) successfully encouraged the return of hula performances, and his wife, Queen Kapi‘olani, urged her people to foster a healthy generation of Hawaiians. On a trip to

DANCE AND DANCER AS ONE (This page) Chanting the opening of the Merrie Monarch Festival, 1977. (Opposite page) On the Hulihe‘e Palace grounds, where she worked, in 1973.

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She was 60 but danced with the agility and strength of someone much younger.

TRAVELING WITH IOLANI Once in Kona, in the middle of the night, Io went to the ocean outside the cottage where we stayed. She was chanting. “Kulikuli,” she said when I awoke, startled. “Go back sleep.” She had caught a fresh mullet, which we had for breakfast the next morning.

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On the last day of rehearsals in Kona, after a hearty poi supper, we all retired early. In the dead of night, Io appeared on the porch and chanted to the ocean. Aunty Hoakalei came out of the house. We were told that we were going to see Tutu Pele, the volcano goddess.

I grabbed my blanket and jumped into the car. With Hoakalei at the wheel and Io as copilot, we made the long drive across the island to Halema‘uma‘u Crater in Volcanoes National Park. All was still at the crater rim. Aunty Io made an offering to Pele. As she chanted her prayer, a massive fountain of lava gushed from the floor of Halema‘uma‘u. I was scared. We were dangerously close to the edge.

With Aunty Io dancing and Hoakalei chanting, Tutu Pele accepted our ritual offering and cleared the way for our work to begin.

For the next two years we visited all the islands except Ni‘ihau and Kaho‘olawe. We usually did an evening concert so the

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Kaua‘i in 1885, the queen saw a promising young dancer, Keahi-nuiokaluaoPele (The Great Fire in the Pit of Pele). The queen requested that the 8-year-old be brought to Honolulu, and as the 20th century unfolded, the child, Keahi, emerged as one of the most respected Hawaiian cultural authorities of the time.

Much as Keahi was hand-picked by the queen to perpetuate the hula, Keahi, as she aged, looked within her family for someone she could train. Harriet Lanihau Makekau, the daughter of Keahi’s nephew and his wife, was that child. The 3-month-old Harriet was taken from her birthplace, Nāpō‘opo‘o on Hawai‘i Island, and was “given” in Hawaiian fashion to Keahi, who, from that day on, became the child’s hānai (adoptive) mother, mentor and teacher.

Harriet was renamed Iolani, the soaring hawk of the heavens, and began training with her aunt at the age of four.

The death of her beloved Keahi in 1937 turned Iolani’s life upside down. She left her studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

She worked as a telephone operator by day and a dancer in Waikīkī at night and became, at 22 years old, a successful entertainer and performer. She loved the excitement of Waikīkī but also felt the need to share her traditional knowledge. Assisted by her niece, Hoakalei, she opened a hula school in Honolulu in 1947 and was briefly married to Honolulu artist John MacMahon. Following their breakup, pulled from north to south on the island chain, she moved back and forth from Honolulu to Nāpō‘opo‘o until, finally, a state art program recognized her.

Iolani was 60 years old when Alfred Preis, executive director of the State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, brought her into the Artist in the Schools Program of the State Department of Education. She now had state support for her dream: teaching hula to the children of Hawai‘i.

It was also through this program that I came to work, travel and dance with the celebrated Iolani Luahine.

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community could see Iolani, and she kept the ticket prices low so our kama‘āina could afford to come.

In east Maui we performed at schools in Ke‘anae and Hāna. In Hāna, many elderly Hawaiian faces filled the hall. As one of her hana hou encores, Io unscrewed the long push-mop handles backstage and threw one to me. We did a spirited, impromptu battle spear dance for Ka‘uiki Hill, which rose just outside the stage door. In a matter of seconds she had changed from a nimble, cat-like persona to a fierce warrior. She had made it clear that I was not to baby her in our performances. At the end of the dance, my knuckles were bleeding

and the audience was brought to its feet. Over a bowl of poi later that evening, she recalled a time when very few men were interested in dancing. During that period, she said, women bore the responsibility of carrying some of the male dances to the next generation. She added, “When you have to be a man, you just let it happen.”

Iolani suffered some medical setbacks midway through the tour.

We waited for her to recover from a surgery that had temporarily hampered movement on one side of her body. Determined, she used her hula implements to regain full range of motion and danced until she had full control of her limbs.

Despite her unstable health, she was determined to finish the tour. We traveled to O‘ahu and Hawai‘i Island and ended our tour on Kaua‘i. The day after completing our scheduled programs, she requested that we drive to Hā‘ena, to the hula heiau at Kē‘ē, at the end of the road on the north shore. We stopped in Hanalei to pick up her friend, Imua, and an offering, and we were on our way.

It was windy and stormy, and the surf was pounding the reef in Hā‘ena. We were all fully dressed for the flight back to O‘ahu, but Iolani motioned for me to fetch the seaweed leis we had made. She went to the small inlet and started chanting. The waves suddenly went still, and we traced our steps along the reef and into the ocean.

She gently laid our leis there. She explained that the reason we used limu kala was because, in Hawaiian, kala meant “to forgive.” The channels were now clear for hula. As we reached the sand of the shore, the big waves rumbled in and took our lei offerings into the depths.

We started the climb to the heiau. It quickly became clear why she had called Imua. His muscular 6-foot frame came in handy when Io could no longer climb. Halfway up, he cradled her in his arms and made the rest of the trek carrying her as she chanted along the way.

She called to the stone guardians along the path to announce our arrival. At the top, Imua gently placed her on the grassy platform, and she thanked him with a kiss. She brought out her offering and poured a small amount in a cup for each of us to drink. She then flicked the rest of it into the air and onto the altar and released its essence to the gods. Tears streamed down her face as she said goodbye for what she knew was her last time. She danced one last dance, turned to the trail and made a slow retreat to the car. Iolani died later that year, on December 10, 1978, just short of her 64th birthday.❀

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“ ’ve had a lot of fun,”

says pianist Sal Godinez. “I’ve met Tony Bennett and I’ve played a duet with Billy Joel. We played circles around each other. It was an old standard, ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’.’ We ended up doing it in stride like the old saloon style. It was funny.”

Godinez is the sharply dressed man tickling the ivories in the Lobby Lounge of the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. There, for several nights a week for more than a decade, he has dazzled, intrigued and entertained listeners from around the world. The night Tony Bennett was there, said Godinez, he knew he was in the house and had waited all night to play the perfect song for him, a song by Django Reinhardt that had never been recorded.

“Well, they said he was coming. I waited and waited. But he didn’t come, and so I played ‘Nuage’ anyway,” said Godinez. “Then I noticed Tony Bennett, sitting off by himself at the lobby fountain, looking at me and smiling. He asked me for the name of the song and if he could record it.”

As a toddler in the early 1950s, when Godinez played a toy piano, little did anyone know that his fascination would turn into a lifelong passion. The oldest of nine kids from Oakland, California, Godinez is of Mexican heritage. His father was born in Guadalajara in Jalisco, and his mother is from Jalpa in Zacatecas. “A few years ago I went back home, and my mom pulled out these books that belonged to me,” he remembers. “I guess I started taking piano lessons at 2-and-a-half. I had no idea that I had started that young.”

His dad was an early influence as a DJ for a Spanish radio show in Ukiah, California. “He’d bring Sinatra, Bennett and all of these other albums home so he could practice his English,” recalls the musician. Little Sal mimicked what he heard on his favorite toy.

“Besides being a DJ, my dad assisted a lot of Mexican people in getting situated and finding jobs when they arrived in Oakland. One of these ladies was a piano teacher. She noticed I could keep a tune on my toy piano, so I was her first student when she moved to the United States.”

As he matured he became enamored with classical composers. “By the time I was around 13 or 14 years old, I pretty much played classical music only. My favorite pieces were Franz Liszt’s ‘Hungarian Rhapsody’ and Rachmaninoff ’s ‘Prelude in D Minor.’ I was like a musical snob. If it wasn’t classical, I wouldn’t play it. When the Beatles came out, I hated them. Now I’ve got a medley of Beatle songs that I do.”

By the time he was 15 he was backing up singers. “I was really lucky. I so enjoyed playing nice chords to singers. It forced me to learn the keyboard in different keys, because, well, singers sing in different keys. It helped me a lot.”

He attended Chico State and played varsity soccer. “We were nationally ranked and won two national championships,” he beams. “Fun team.” After college, he remained in Chico and played at a piano bar; toured the Northwest and Canada with the Stormy Weather band; performed Hawai‘i gigs and then moved to Missoula, Montana. Eventually he moved back to the Bay Area, and on a trip to Tahoe landed a three-year gig at Caesar’s Palace, where he met Frank Sinatra.

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He moved to Maui in 1983 to assist his brother with a temporary gig.

“Three weeks turned into 33 years,” says Sal of his longtime beloved home of Maui.

At The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua in the early ’90s, he played piano for a young Maui singer, Amy Hānaiali‘i Gilliom. She now goes by Amy Hānaiali‘i and is a five-time Grammy nominee and the top-selling female vocalist of all time in the state of Hawai‘i.

“Sal is like a brother,” says Hānaiali‘i. “Upon graduating from music school, I came home and went into performing at The Ritz-Carlton with Sal. We soon became dear friends. I was finding my sound. I have to laugh; coming from a musical theater school, I sang really loud. Sal was patient and guided me through with ease … We are just like peanut butter and jelly when it comes to music.”

The two still work together on occasion. “We’ve played the Cotton Club in Tokyo, and I went with her to the Big Island over the holidays,” explains Sal. “I play with her brother, Eric Gilliom, in his ‘Tiki Time’ shows. I also am playing with Sierra Carrere. Our band is Sierra and the Nomads.”

Godinez played with bassist Marcus Johnson at the Four Seasons for about 13 years. “They were looking for someone versatile enough to play jazz, pop music and old standards, and who could sing sometimes,” says Marcus. “The name that kept popping up was Sal. He was and continues to be perfect for that room. He can play any style. He has a knack for knowing obscure tunes. He just pulls them out of the air when people make requests.”

For the last few months Godinez has been flying solo at the Four Seasons, and listeners can’t seem to get enough. “Another guy I met at Four Seasons that was a lot of fun was Burt Bacharach,” he said. “He and his wife were here for a week, and he was there every night hanging out.”

Jason Segel, actor and love interest in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” was also impressed by Sal. “When I saw Jason sitting there, I went on my phone

I go out of my head and let the song take me where it will.

I have my dad to thank for that. and listened to the song in the bar scene in the movie,” said Sal. “And then I played it. He was crunching in his chair and cracking up laughing.”

Godinez attributes his versatility to his father. “It came from the ear training that my dad gave to me. I go out of my head and let the song take me where it will. I have my dad to thank for that.”

But emotions sometimes get the best of him. In Missoula, he said, “I played ‘Here’s My Rainy Day,’ my favorite song at the time. Halfway into it I started sobbing. I was so depressed because I thought I couldn’t play the piano anymore. So I learned guitar. Now I do most of my writing on the guitar and transpose it into piano. It totally changed how I play.”

With a large following and a repertoire as vast as the ocean, Godinez has come a long way from his toy piano days—and his talent is certainly intact.❀

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Made in the Shade HOW THE BEACH LIFE ‘GROWS’ ON A CANVAS

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Maui artist Charlie Lyon is used to seeing his work displayed in elegant frames. Now his paintings adorn actual frames—of Maui Jim sunglasses, that is.

Lyon partnered with the international eyewear company to design wearable art for a series of limited-edition sunglasses. His original painting, “You Move Me,” depicts his signature palm trees, along with turtles and vibrant tropical flowers, in a cool color palette of blues and greens.

“One of the key words to it is movement,” he says. “It’s fluid.”

Lyon was already a brand ambassador for Maui Jim when the company invited him to come up with the design. He says it was a natural partnership. “I paint from memory, but all the imagery I take into my mind is seen through these lenses,” he says.

But Lyon had to make some changes to his artistic process to complete the assignment. While he normally paints spontaneously, starting with a mood or feeling and letting a tree “grow” on his canvas, this project required him to sketch and plan.

The idea was to make a painting that could be reproduced on Italian silk, which would then be cut into pieces and laminated into rigid frames. That meant the original painting had to be “busy,” so that any part of it could be used for the frames.

“I had to fill the space without over-filling it,” he says. “My 55-inch painting was going to go down to a four-and-a-half or fiveinch square, so all the elements had to read; you had to be able to see the turtles and trees and flowers.”

Lyon now works as a fine artist whose work has been sold to collectors around the world. With work that has been shown in juried exhibitions, including Art Maui and the Schaefer Portrait Challenge, it wasn’t hard to make the leap to designing frames. He previously worked as an illustrator and designer who created art for surfboards and designed prints for wet suits and T-shirts in the action sports industry.

Inspired by his own love of Maui and the beach, Lyon began painting palm trees around 15 years ago. He started by taking detailed photographs of every tree, trying to get it just right. But eventually his father, also an artist, advised him to paint from the heart.

“He said, ‘You’ve got to trust your mind’s eye and how it feels to you,’” Lyon recalls. “‘Why are you using this tree? Think about that, and try painting from memory.’”

From then on, Lyon sought inspiration by walking on the beach, soaking in the mood of the day and absorbing the sight, sound and movement of palm trees. “When I got back to the canvas, I was inspired by those feelings,” he says. “It’s not a specific tree, it’s more about the way it feels.”

Lyon’s first effort with Maui Jim was so successful that they’re now starting work on a second collection. This time, he’s painting a triptych—a three-paneled piece that represents masculine, feminine and a gender-neutral style. The series is expected to debut in Paris this September.

“It’s exciting,” he says. “We’re going to take it to the next level from the last collection.”❀

ON EXHIBIT Maui artist Charlie Lyon has been featured in exhibitions including Art Maui, the Schaefer Portrait Challenge and at galleries on Maui and in Honolulu. See his work year-round at the Four Seasons Resort Maui, “Wailea on Wednesdays.”

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Defying Gravity THE INCREDIBLE LIGHTNESS OF SEEING Photography by ZACH PEZZILLO Text by JOCELYN FUJII

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However fetching Maui may appear from terra firma, there is nothing like the perspective of altitude. Suggestions of onyx, aquamarine, emerald and pearl appear in 3-D, and new possibilities emerge.

“We harbor dreams of liberation, of transcendence, but who are we kidding?” wrote A.O. Scott in The New York Times Magazine. “We can’t fly.

“And yet we do.”

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AERODYNAMICS Long silenced from its journey down the mountain, lava still exerts its power to create. From Ho‘okipa to La Perouse and beyond, salt, stone, sun and surf create continual shoreline alchemy.

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The robust flanks of Haleakalā harbor hidden waterfalls, streams and lookouts. Many of them are along the Hāna Highway, appearing as graceful as a ribbon on the coast.

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Stones rumble in the surf and red soil hints of fire along the North Maui shore, a fragment of the island’s 120 miles of coastline.

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A TOUCH OF GREEN (This page) Fingers of lava along hidden coves are not unusual on Maui. (Opposite page) As South Maui’s coastline has redefined blue, so have Wailea’s golf courses redefined green.

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Good as Gold ‘OLENA, HAWAIIAN TURMERIC, IS RENOWNED FOR ITS HEALING POWERS AND BRILLIANT YELLOW COLOR.

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When

Denby Freeland-Cole needs a splash of yellow, she gets out her shovel. A Kula-based kapa artist whose work has been worn in the Merrie Monarch Festival and exhibited at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Freeland-Cole grows many of the plants she needs to make her own paint and dye. Now she is making a beeline for the row of bushes behind her garage, where she pushes aside some shampoo ginger and wedges her shovel deep into the bed with a push of her slipper-shod foot. Stooping, she reaches into the soft earth to pick up her oddly shaped treasure and gently shakes off the dirt and brushes it clean. She breaks it open with a quiet snap, revealing a pure, golden-orange color within. ‘Ōlena. One of the “canoe plants” imported to the Islands by the first Polynesian settlers, Hawaiian turmeric was widely used as a colorful dye, healing medicinal plant and a powerful spiritual purifier for ceremonies and rituals. A relative of the ginger family, ‘ōlena has similar blade-like leaves and

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a fragrant white flower. But it is the plant’s rhizome, or underground stem, that is most valued.

Freeland-Cole gently rinses her thumb-sized harvest under her garden hose. The broken piece bleeds an intense golden juice under the running water, and her hands become stained a light tangerine hue. “The bigger, more mature ones definitely give off a deeper orange,” she says. “These baby ones will make a brighter yellow.”

Freeland-Cole, a longtime painter, has studied Hawaiian culture and worked in environmental education. She says kapa making has combined her many interests and passions. “I like all the steps—from growing to harvesting, to pounding the kapa and making the dyes, and decorating your piece,” she says.

As it was for traditional practitioners, ‘ōlena is one of her favorite ingredients, not only because it’s so easy to grow, harvest and use, but because of

(This page) The intense color of ‘Ĺ?lena juice is useful in dyeing kapa.

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its dramatic golden color. “It’s one that I use pretty regularly,” she says.

In ancient times as today, ‘ōlena was also taken as medicine, notes Bula Logan, cultural and healing practitioner. Like many traditional Hawaiians before him, he uses it for its healing properties. As a natural anti-inflammatory, he says, ‘ōlena could be consumed as a juice or tonic and was widely used to treat colds and the cough. Used intensively, he, like the Hawaiian practitioners before him, has found it useful in treating more serious internal and external disorders.

In Hawaiian tradition, no real difference is realized between spiritual and physical healing.

When grated into a pulp, ‘ōlena has also been used, on its own or in combination with other beneficial plants, as a poultice to help fight infection in wounds. “It’s a natural antibiotic,” he says.

A daily dose of ‘ōlena can also be taken preventively, he notes. Natural food stores routinely carry turmeric- and ginger-based beverages; Logan also suggests grating the root and squeezing out a few spoonfuls of juice to drink as a tonic.

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Kahu Lyons Naone frequently uses ‘ōlena as a traditional purifier in the rituals and ceremonies he conducts. He grates the root over a rough stone and combines the juice and pulp with fresh water and Hawaiian salt. He may use the mixture for everything from a simple house blessing to an important spiritual gathering. “Ōlena would be used for cleansing, in the opening part of the ceremony,” he says. He also stressed that the protocol and traditional correctness of the ritual would be as important as the botanical ingredients used.

Naone also finds ‘ōlena juice useful for various ear and sinus imbalances, but he warns that the tincture burns.

Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond swears by a daily teaspoon of ‘ōlena juice for her arthritis. “I’ve been doing that for about a year,” she adds, “and it really helps my hands.” The former executive director of Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, she notes that Hawaiian cultural practitioners also used ‘ōlena and water to bathe the body of someone being tattooed. “It’s a ritual kind of thing.

But it’s antibacterial, so it would help protect against infections,” she notes.

Hawaiians weren’t the only people to recognize ‘ōlena’s healing properties. Turmeric is widely used in India, where it forms the basis of many curries, and is used ceremonially to powder the faces of women who have recently given birth. “A lot of people around the world take it as a tea,” Schattenburg-Raymond notes. While the flavor can be surprising and intense for those who aren’t familiar with it, she adds, “It’s really a medicinal plant.”

But for some in the culinary world, the intensity of fresh ‘ōlena is a revelation. Mike Lofaro, executive sous chef at Grand Wailea, is the co-creator of the resort’s Ka Malama Dinner series. The program celebrates traditional Hawaiian foods and ingredients and uses menus designed around the Hawaiian moon calendar.

At past dinners, Lofaro has made a paste of ‘ōlena and rubbed it on the skin of an imu-roasted pig. He’s also used it in vinaigrettes, as well as in a “cucumber-‘ōlena shaved ice” served with fresh oysters. “It was incredible,” he says.

The first time he worked with it, Lofaro says he was surprised by the powerful floral, spicy and earthy qualities of fresh ‘ōlena. “It just has this natural balance,” he says. In his work as a chef, he says, he has found ‘ōlena to be an ingredient that becomes more savory and intriguing with use.

While the rhizome is the most commonly used part of the plant, Lyons Naone also finds that the fragrant ‘ōlena flower is useful and appreciated. In Hawaiian tradition, where no real difference is recognized between spiritual and physical healing, giving a flower might also be considered medicine, “simply because it makes the person feel better. “‘Ōlena [the flower] is special because it’s so hard to find,” Naone says.

“So when someone gives it to you, it’s like, ‘Wow, ‘ōlena!’” It’s even more valued, he adds, “because they made an extra effort to find it and give it to you.”❀

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For thousands of years, cultures around the world have used ‘ōlena, or turmeric, as a medicinal plant.

Recent research has suggested it can be as effective as ibuprofen in reducing osteoarthritis pain. According to the National Library of Medicine, scientists are also studying its benefits in treating inflammation and other conditions.

Ready to use it at home?

Try these easy tips for incorporating turmeric into your daily diet: • Look for fresh turmeric at your local health food store, or buy it in powdered form in the spice aisle.

• Slice up a turmeric rhizome and steep it in hot water to make a tea.

• Scrape the skin off fresh turmeric with a spoon, then grate the root on a cheese grater. Add the grated turmeric to smoothies or sprinkle on food.

• Squeeze grated turmeric in cheesecloth and take a spoonful or two of the juice as a preventive tonic.

• Mix turmeric juice with honey and hot water for a soothing drink to treat a cold.

• Wear an apron! Fresh ‘ōlena will stain hands and clothes bright yellow.

(This page) ‘Ōlena is useful in Hawaiian ceremony, healing and the traditional fiber arts. (Opposite page) Denby FreelandCole embellishes her handmade kapa with her homegrown ‘ōlena dye.

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If you can put it on a car, chances are you can put it on a golf cart.

in the electric cart barn to the resort’s director of golf. During that time, golf has changed in ways he never imagined—and so, too, have the electric carts he used to service.

“Picture an old electric typewriter and compare it to a modern computer,” he says. “That’s the analogy I would use.”

The electric cart was designed to carry two golfers and their clubs around a golf course. And while that hasn’t changed, pretty much everything else has. A modern resort cart now has a roof and windshields, rack-and-pinion steering, independent front-wheel suspension, and an on-board computer, GPS unit and touch screen. There are cup, ball and tee holders, wire storage baskets, pull-down rain covers for your clubs, sand bottles for replacing divots and a cooler for drinks.

As one industry representative says, “If you can put it on a car, chances are you can put it on a golf cart.”

The electric golf cart has been around since the early 1930s, when a wealthy Arkansas businessman saw a three-wheeled electric vehicle transporting senior citizens and purchased one for his personal use on a golf course.

It wasn’t until the 1950s, however, that the cart gained widespread acceptance among golfers and began being mass-produced. The man credited with that breakthrough was Merle Williams, a California businessman whose Marketeer company got its start building electric shopping cars after gas rationing went into effect during World War II. In 1951, Williams used his knowledge to design and manufacture the first commercial electric golf cart—a three-wheeled vehicle with tiller steering that ran on electrically charged batteries.

The early golf carts had names like the “Golfmobile” and “Golf Buggy.” They were simple and safe to operate and, much like cars, had evolving body styles and designs. By the mid-1950s, their growing popularity had given rise to competing companies, including E-Z-GO and later Club Car, two brands that remain industry leaders today.

The first gas-powered cart appeared in 1957. By the mid-1970s, when carts with four tires and a steering wheel were the norm, it surpassed the electric cart in industry sales. Gas carts were cheaper to operate and performed better over hilly terrain—more powerful going uphill, with better brake-control going down. Refueling a gas cart took a few minutes; recharging an electric one took an entire evening.

But gas carts were noisy and polluting. And as fuel prices rose and federal regulations put increasing restrictions on emissions, their popularity waned. Seeing the future, golf cart manufacturers began applying advances in battery and computer technology to the electric golf cart, providing it with the competitive advantages it once lacked—and more.

Today, electric and gas golf carts are used for more varied applications than almost any other form of modern transportation. They are a fixture on golf courses everywhere and an icon of modern life, widely used in schools, airports, stadiums, warehouses and on farms and city streets. There are even entire communities—“golf cart communities”—where modified golf carts, called “Neighborhood Electric Vehicles,” are the primary mode of transportation.

The golf cart has greatly benefitted golf. For starters, it speeds up play and has helped expand the game’s popularity, allowing seniors and those with disabilities to get out on the course. Golf carts have also improved course design. On traditional walking courses, tees and greens were built in close proximity by necessity. But thanks to the golf cart’s mobility, architects now

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design layouts across expansive pieces of land with dramatic changes in elevation and terrain that would otherwise be difficult and time-consuming to walk.

Still another benefit is the revenue golf carts generate. Wailea, for example, has a fleet of 240 electric carts—80 apiece for its Gold, Emerald and Blue courses.

“That’s a lot of carts,” says Barry Helle, the long-time manager at Wailea Blue. “And on some days it’s not enough.”

Finally, thanks to technology, electric carts are improving golf course safety. On-board computers and GPS units with touch screens allow courses to communicate with golfers and direct them around the course, showing them the layout of each hole and the distance to the green on every shot.

More importantly, they allow courses to control a cart’s speed and keep it away from potential hazards. “We can actually set up zones where we don’t want the golf carts to go,” Hathaway says, citing their safety benefits. “The carts will automatically slow down and give you a message that you are in a no-go zone and need to return to the cart path. If it’s been raining and it’s cart-paths only, we can simply turn on a button and it will keep the carts on the path.”

A fully loaded resort golf cart costs around $6,500. That’s pricey, but other than walking, there has never been an alternative way to get around a golf course until the recent introduction of products like the GolfBoard.

Designed to allow golfers to “surf the earth,” the GolfBoard looks like an oversized electric skateboard. It’s powered by lithium batteries and has a sophisticated four-wheel drive that enables golfers to navigate steep terrain. It’s controlled by a hand-held remote and comes with a GPS unit and handlebar bag mount. In 2014, it won Best New Product at the 2014 PGA Merchandise Show.

Hawai‘i’s surfing legend, Maui resident Laird Hamilton, helped field-test the GolfBoard, which is being marketed as a game-changing alternative to traditional gas and electric carts. Now the company front man, he’s highly effective at articulating its many advantages. To wit: It speeds up play and provides real exercise. After you ride a board, you’ll feel like you’ve walked 18 holes. You’re just using different muscles … There’s a lot of safety built in. It’s designed for the worst guy, not the best guy … It’s environmentally friendly. No noise or exhaust and less wear and tear on turf grass … It fully recharges in an hour and costs half the price of a golf cart.

Hamilton believes the GolfBoard will revolutionize the sport. “What snowboarding did for skiing, what stand-up paddling did for surfing, the GolfBoard will do for golf,” he says.

According to Hathaway, Wailea is interested in the GolfBoard because of its potential appeal to a younger demographic and fitness-conscious middle-aged golfers.

But as to the possibility that it might one day replace the electric cart, he says absolutely not. There will always be a need for the four-wheeled golf cart so that seniors and others, those with bad knees and hips, can get out and enjoy the game.

“There will always be golf carts as long as there are golf courses,” he says. “And they will continue to evolve, just like automobiles.”

Custom carts offer a range of add-ons: rims and hubcaps, leather seats and dashboard, solar roofs that charge the cart while on the course, and complete stereo sound systems. Should you want one that’s “street legal,” seats six and has seat belts, headlights and rearview mirror, it can cost upwards of $20,000.

The electric golf cart has a toy-like quality that’s hard to resist. For whatever reason, around the world and at Wailea, there are those who will always prefer their golf à la carte.❀

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THE WAILEA LIFESTYLE

Life on a Sunny Shore EVERY SUN-KISSED COAST has a signature, a defining element, a lifestyle. On the south coast of Maui, the 1,500-acre Wailea Resort commands a scalloped shoreline of white-sand beaches where the weather averages 82 degrees. A coastal path hugs the shore. Runners, walkers, swimmers and sunset-gazers have a world of possibilities: social engagement, recreation and the countless amenities of the surrounding community. It’s a community of hotels, villas, condos, vacation rentals and town homes, of people who value a lifestyle of luxury, wellness and convenience. Within minutes of any Wailea residence or room, there are shops, spas, restaurants and the full range of social, cultural and recreational amenities.

Three 18-hole championship golf courses, the Emerald, Gold and Blue, are magnets for golfers. For tennis buffs, the Wailea Tennis Club attracts worldrenowned pros and events to its 11 courts. And for ocean lovers, swimming, snorkeling, shore-diving, kayaking and stand-up paddling are among the splashy watersports year-round.

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In an expansive playground like Wailea, there is ample room for recreation, activities, shopping and creative pursuits.

Bridal parties and honeymooners are no strangers to the romantic ambience of South Maui. While multigenerational families find comfort in the villas and homes, single travelers are equally at home on their Wailea getaway. And it’s not just the luxury and amenities. The resort is peaceful and thoughtfully designed, highlighting the best features of the South Shore.

Wailea’s health-giving environment offers guests and residents a year-round passport to well-being. The north-south Coastal Walk follows five white-sand beaches for a mile-and-a-half (three miles round trip) of aerobic, life-enhancing pleasure. Familiar faces greet each other on the path from sunrise to sunset, while kayakers, paddlers, swimmers and snorkelers take to their backyard ocean. In the winter, humpback whales are seen and welcomed like old friends.

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culinary establishments of Wailea Resort, where some of Hawai‘i’s finest chefs and restaurants earn awards and accolades from around the world. They feature brilliant menus, fresh local ingredients and an international clientele. Markets and delis brim with fresh produce and prepared dishes ready for spontaneous gatherings on the beach.

Indoors and outdoors, private pools and workout rooms are a personalized path to wellness. And Wailea’s resort spas, ranging from grand to intimate, are acclaimed the world over, with programs in tai chi, yoga, aerobics, nutrition and the full range of massage and treatment options.

Whether it’s a 5,000-square-foot residence with a million-dollar view or a 900-square-foot condo with the same extraordinary vista, Wailea is awash in visual and environmental beauty. There are 360-degree views and thoughtful service. And this powerful mix of environment, amenities and programs is a good way to live.❀

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Where Great Shopping Is a Major Pursuit And boutiques and restaurants are an art form While Wailea’s resorts, beaches and restaurants are center stage in South Maui, shopping is an equally compelling pursuit—a major recreational force. In a collective salute to the retail world, several Wailea shopping centers add to the entertainment and recreation.

There are shops, galleries, restaurants, a gourmet coffee house and an ice cream shop at The Shops at Wailea, where the Island Gourmet Market at the northern end of the complex is an added convenience. At The Shops at Wailea, fresh local produce, gift items, a deli, wines and all manner of comestibles are an essential ingredient of the Wailea lifestyle.

More than 70 shops, restaurants and galleries have long identified The Shops at Wailea as South Maui’s premier shopping destination. Located between Grand Wailea and Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, it’s one seamless sweep of global high-fashion giants, casual family-owned businesses and island-oriented retailers with all the practical sundries you’ll need for the beach, picnic or villa. You can dine, shop for art, pamper yourself with a new wardrobe or tuck into a freshly baked waffle cone.

Diners have at their fingertips choices of pasta, ice cream, steaks, designer coffee and long, generous and spirited happy hours. With the sun filtering through palm trees in the atrium area, benches invite lingering over a hot cup of coffee. Or you can indulge in one of life’s simple joys, people-watching. (Continued on page 82)

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(Continued from page 80) With shopping, dining, art, crafts and the spirit of leisure in a single destination, this is one of Maui’s premium pleasures.

3750 Wailea Alanui, 808.891.6770, TheShopsAtWailea.com, @ShopsAtWailea on Twitter.

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Slightly mauka from the shoreline and on the flanks of Maui’s great mountain, Wailea Gateway Center offers unique peeks of the ocean, the West Maui Mountains and the massiveness of Haleakalā. Both a convenience and a luxury, it’s a pivot point for Wailea and a gateway to points beyond.

Carefully selected boutiques and artisanal shops proffer rare wines and gourmet items, a boon for entertainment-minded homeowners and guests. Those in search of epicurean finds and special treasures will find the center’s shops and services tailor-made for the resort lifestyle.

The two-story Gateway offers many good things: clothing, coffee and pastries, a day spa, designer chocolates, beachwear and sailing adventures on the high seas. For dining, the choices are diverse: pizza and sandwiches, Greek and Mediterranean fare and Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine. Take-out foods are the ultimate convenience for those on the move, while Monkeypod Kitchen’s farm-to-table offerings are among the dining highlights of the island. For those seeking a new home in a superb resort community, stop in at one of the real estate professionals’ offices at the center for your convenience.

Wailea Gateway Place, at the intersection of Pi‘ilani Highway and Wailea Ike Drive.

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The Wailea Town Center offers a range of services and hidden treasures at the center of Wailea. Here you’ll find a full-service bank, a flower boutique, medical facilities, and a gourmet wine shop to fill your cellar or for special sunset gatherings. There’s even a gym to prepare you for Wailea’s renowned recreational activities. For a special dining experience, Matteo’s Osteria is bound to please.

Wailea Town Center, north on Ike Place off Ike Drive just above Wailea Alanui.❀

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Along with custom-blended scrubs, lotions, oils and body butters, the spa boutique includes fashions by local designers.

This is a one-stop-shop for tasty treats and foodie gifts, from gourmet madeon-Maui food products to a wide variety of unique souvenirs, including specialty kitchen items and signature Kea Lani jams, teas and condiments.

From prepared foods to go, to deluxe pastries, chocolates and wines, it’s an epicurean oasis.

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Prepared takeaway foods include pastries, paninis, pizza, gelato and locally crafted beverages, all in a 24-hour convenience store with style.

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Recently voted Hawai‘i’s top spa by Travel + Leisure magazine for the second year, the state-of-the-art, 9,000-square-foot spa includes a retail boutique with Jane Iredale mineralbased cosmetics, Strange Invisible Perfumes, Smith & Cult, OPI nail polish, Shu Uemura Art of Hair and the luxury skincare of Kerstin Florian.

NuFace and Light Stim devices are standouts in cosmetic technology, and there’s a selection of locally made jewelry, activewear and loungewear.

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Fine jewelry, high-end fashion and beach-to-evening style make a strong sartorial statement here, with iconic labels—Missoni, Lanvin, Pucci included.

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Chic, comfortable and exclusive printed tees, rash guards by James Perse and designer beachwear with flair are among the boutique’s finds. Shoes, accessories and apparel are included in this well-thought-out selection for men, women and kids.

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ARTFUL LIVING Maui talent is thriving Artists from around the island gather in the lobby and atrium areas of The Four Seasons Resort Maui, The Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Grand Wailea, Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort and Fairmont Kea Lani for seasonal and weekly art fairs. At these events, Maui artists and craftsmen set up their displays and booths in easily accessible areas for a firsthand look at the island’s offerings. For schedules and more information, call the resorts’ concierges.

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Water toys, hats, sun shirts, waterproof cameras and tanning lotions are included in the large selection of sunfriendly supplies.

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Spa Grande’s skincare products, therapeutic massage oils, elixirs and activewear fill yoga, fitness and beauty needs.

Maui’s own ‘Ala Lani and Island Essence lines are among the spa products.

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The estate, vintage, rare and highfashion finds include diamond, platinum and 18k-gold jewelry, as well as one-of-a-kind pieces by Norman Silverman Diamonds, Inc. KI‘I GALLERY

Among the brillliant treasures of this long-standing, respected Maui gallery are handmade jewelry, handblown art glass and luminous, multicolored South Seas pearls.

NA HOKU

Exotic and elegant Na Hoku jewelry is inspired by the beauty and traditions of the Islands. Many of the intricately crafted pieces are enriched with Tahitian, Akoya or freshwater pearls.

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An extensive selection of Dale Chihuly art glass and drawings joins the original

paintings, sculptures, jewelry and fine art items of this gallery, including works by the premier artists of Maui.

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Imaginative toys, books, puzzles and beachwear are among the finds for children. You’ll find hats, sun shirts and a life-size mermaid tail to swim in.

QUIKSILVER

The Roxy and Quiksilver lines include the latest in swimwear, board shorts, sunglasses and backpacks for catching the waves or exploring Maui. Check out the selection of GoPro cameras and accessories for your island adventure.

TRADEWINDS BOUTIQUE

The big names in resortwear—Lilly Pulitzer, Karen Kane, XCVI—are offered with on-trend jewelry that includes Kendra Scott and Marcia Moran.

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Like having your own country club on Maui If you like tennis, you’ll love the Wailea Tennis Club — all the amenities and services of a private country club at the heart of Hawaii’s number one resort, Wailea

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Join us for the Wailea Tennis Fantasy Camp in November, starring tennis’ world renowned legends, current tour players and coaches such as Lindsay Davenport, Tom Gullikson, Tracy Austin, Steve Johnson, and others.

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It’s a breeze to put your best foot forward with this resort-savvy selection of handbags, accessories and men’s and women’s footwear.

A one-stop shop for fun lovers, the shop offers snacks and sundries, beach and sports apparel, accessories, souvenirs and distinctive gifts.

WAILEA GIFT SHOP

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Gift items from Hawai‘i can be found among the logowear, souvenirs, sundries and resort accessories, such as beach bags, polo shirts and bathrobes.

Maui’s Island Essence mango-coconut body wash and Elemis lime-ginger scrub are among the finds at this fragrant spa shop. Treatment lines and beauty products uphold the East-West theme.

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The spotlight is on men with Tommy Bahama, Travis Mathew, Johnnie-O and other spirited menswear lines. From swimwear to graphic tees, hats, sunglasses and aloha shirts for the lū‘au, the active man with style will feel right at home here.

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Wailea Blue Clubhouse PRO SHOP CLUBHOUSE

100 Wailea Ike Drive 808.879.2530 Wailea Blue’s new, contemporary pro shop is stocked with top-of-the-line golf apparel, equipment and accessories. Included among the respected labels are GG Blue, Linksoul and Nike.

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Lots starting at $1,450,000 Enclave of 9 premium half acre home sites with spectacular ocean and outer island views located at the highest elevations within the Wailea Resort. The Ridge at Wailea offers sweeping vistas- and ideal locale to create your legacy Hawaiian retreat.

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The Shops at Wailea ~ 3750 Wailes Alanui Dr., Ste B16 | Wailea, Maui, HI 96753 ~ Office: 808.879.1991 | Email: Brad@WaileaRealty.com

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SHOPPING

Wailea Golf Club PRO SHOP, GOLD AND EMERALD CLUBHOUSE

100 Wailea Golf Club Drive 808.875.7450 Wailea’s award-winning pro shop, one of the largest in Hawai‘i, carries both golf and après-golf attire and accessories. Included are Under Armour, Polo, Travis Mathew, Adidas, Nike, Tommy Bahama, Helen Kaminski, Erik Javitz and more.

SHOPPING IN WAILEA From haute couture to exclusive gifts, you'll find it at these retail centers.

The Shops at Wailea 3750 Wailea Alanui See page 80 for information.

Wailea Gateway Center At the intersection of Pi‘ilani Highway and Wailea Ike Drive See page 84 for information.

Wailea Tennis Club 131 Wailea Ike Place 808.879.1958 In addition to logo apparel and accessories, the shop offers re-gripping and racquet-stringing services.

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Wailea Village Center 100 Wailea Ike Drive

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Visit Elephant Walk to find your personal piece of paradise.

Visit our shops on Maui Elephant Walk: The Shops at Wailea 808.891.8684 Front Street, Lahaina 808.661.6129 Soul Lei Whalers Village 808.661.6663

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FUN IN THE SUN

The Joys of Wailea’s Beach Life

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You couldn’t ask for more than 120 miles of coastline and 30 miles of beaches. With enviable weather and features like those, Maui claims a commanding position in the universe of fun.

On the south shore of Maui, Wailea’s five crescent beaches are a dream come true for sun lovers. With a coastal trail and sunset spectaculars, beachgoers are treated to a menu of daily pleasures, all at their fingertips.

For many, a day at the beach entails more than just getting there. Inveterate beachgoers observe preparatory rituals in filling their beach kits: Will it be The New York Times, The New Yorker, the Maui News or the newest bestseller? With sunglasses, a cap or wide-brimmed hat, snacks, cooler, towels and the all-important sunscreen at the ready, Wailea’s beachgoers can conquer the world.

Snorkelers and divers tote their own specialized equipment. Fins are a must for bodysurfers and snorkelers, and masks and snorkels occupy their own special place in the beachgoing menu. Anti-fog drops for the snorkeling mask are indispensable unless you can find a fresh, tender naupaka kahakai leaf. (That naupaka growing abundantly on Hawai‘i’s shorelines? It’s one of nature’s gifts.) Crush a young leaf, rub it on the inside of your mask, and the leaf’s natural moisture prevents fogging.

The five white naupaka petals are mysteriously arranged as if half the flower is missing, but its counterpart, naupaka kuahiwi, grows in the mountains with identical blooms. When held together, they merge as one. According to Hawaiian lore, the flowers represent the forbidden love of a Hawaiian princess, named Naupaka, and the commoner who claimed her heart. Forced to part by Hawaiian protocol, one of the star-crossed lovers went to the mountains, the other to the ocean. To this day, the naupaka bushes flourishing at the shorelines call to mind this poignant Hawaiian legend.

Looking for seashells, scanning the horizon for whales and dolphins, and basking in the views of Kaho‘olawe and the West Maui Mountains add their own luster to the beach life. “If we lose the beauty of our shoreline,” said the slogan for an environmental movement of the 1980s, “we lose what it means to live in Hawai‘i.”❀

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How to make the most of a day at the beach

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ALOHA MOMENT

‘Oni kalalea ke ku a ka la‘au loa.

A tall tree stands above the others.

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