CrossFit Hawaii Coaching Team
Many virtues go into being a great coach. It is our obligation to bring out the best in all of our athletes. Helping our members achieve a level of fitness that surpasses their expectations and keeping them safe at the same time is a constant goal.

To sympathize with someone’s struggle is to TRY and understand how they must be feeling, to empathize is to KNOW, FIRST HAND, the struggle. We fight our own battles daily to have sufficient empathy. Our encouragement stems from understanding what it takes to conquer a workout to the best of one’s ability. Whether it’s 10 lbs or 500 lbs, challenge yourself daily and don’t take the easy way out. The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory. Here’s to victory!

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KAKA’AKO
KIMO KOCKELMAN

KIMO KOCKELMAN

 

 Favorite Book: The Notebook
Favorite Quote: Inu A Kena – Drink until satisfied
Favorite Meal: Beer and a Burger

 

DI KOCKELMAN

DI KOCKELMAN

 

Favorite Movie:   Pretty Woman
Favorite Restaurant:   The Food Company in Kailua
Perfect Day:   Kids asleep, cold beer in my hand, anytime anywhere

TODD TAMANAHA

TODD TAMANAHA

 

Favorite Pastime:   Watching sports – “ESPN or Live, all levels, high school, college and professional.”
Bucket List Item:   Travel to Japan, Okinawa and Sports Hall of Fame Sites
Favorite Restaurant:  Hy’s Steakhouse – Rack of Lamb
Favorite Movie:   Sixth Sense
Favorite Book: Da Vinci Code

 

SABRINA NGUYEN

SABRINA NGUYEN

 

Favorite TV Show:  Knight Rider – It is my ringtone
Favorite Book: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Favorite Quote:  “Don’t Fear Failure, but low aim is the crime.  In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” – Bruce Lee
Favorite Holiday: Halloween
Favorite Pastime: Watching Jeopardy with my family
Little Known Fact: Earned black belt in Jeet Kun Do at age of 13

MAX KANESHIRO

MAX KANESHIRO

 

Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie – “It’s a great book about self-dignity and highlights the importance of love, friendship and family.”
Favorite Quote: “If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have 2 mouths and 1 ear.”
Favorite Restaurant:  Ichiriki – Prime rib simmered in yuzu broth

RICK BRUNO

RICK BRUNO

 

Favorite Restaurant:  Sushi  ii – Omakase Style
Favorite Book: The Stranger by Albert Canus
Favorite Quote: “Still water runs Deep”
Bucket List Item: Through Hike the Appalachian Trail

RICKY LEW

RICKY LEW

 

Favorite Movie:   Dark Knight
Favorite TV Show: Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Favorite Restaurant: 100 Sails Buffet – Prince Hotel – Crab, shrimp, prime rib and sushi
Favorite Pastimes: Traveling and Snow Boarding

MICHIKO BRUNO

MICHIKO BRUNO

 

Favorite Author: Kazuo Ishiguro – “His English is plain yet his characters are so real”
Favorite Movie: Momento – “Mind blowing and brilliant”
Perfect Day: Play tennis, have some wine and cheese, walk my dogs and curl up with a hardcover book.

SALANI AINUU

SALANI AINUU

 

Favorite Restaurant: Side Street Inn – bone-in kalbi
Perfect Day: Singing, Laughing while spending time with family

 

VANESSA SIMPKINS

VANESSA SIMPKINS

 

Favorite TV Show: Brady Bunch
Favorite Restaurant: La Mer
Favorite Book: The Power of Emotional Intelligence
Perfect Day: Coffee, Workout, beach with her dogs and then some wine                  
MICHELE TAKAHASHI

MICHELE TAKAHASHI

 

Love / Goats:  Loves Thrusters, Power Cleans and Rowing and struggles with Pull-Ups
Favorite Restaurant: Tokkuri Tei – Sushi
Bucket List Items: Travel to Lake Louise, Canada and Barcelona, Spain

UI CHONG

UI CHONG

 

Favorite Movie:   Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – “lived their lives on their own terms and went out balls out”
Favorite TV Show: Electric Company and Schoolhouse Rock
Favorite Restaurant: Chiang Mai – Drunken, Pad Thai and sticky coconut milk rice with mango
Animal Lover: 8 Dogs, 4 cats

                   

                

           

                       

STEFANIE SWEENEY

STEFANIE SWEENEY

 

Favorite Restaurant: 12the Ave Grill : Ribeye Steak and Whiskey Cocktails
Favorite Pastime: Traveling to new places to experience the people, culture, language and food
What fills your cup? Teaching Elementary School Kids and CrossFit adults

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HAWAII KAI
KIMO KOCKELMAN

KIMO KOCKELMAN

 

 Favorite Book: The Notebook
Favorite Quote: Inu A Kena – Drink until satisfied
Favorite Meal: Beer and a Burger

 

DI KOCKELMAN

DI KOCKELMAN

 

Favorite Movie:   Pretty Woman
Favorite Restaurant:   The Food Company in Kailua
Perfect Day:   Kids asleep, cold beer in my hand, anytime anywhere

AMANDA HELGESEN

AMANDA HELGESEN

 

Little Known Fact: Danced ballet
Favorite Quote: “If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.” – Dr. Seuss
Favorite Restaurant: Chick-fil-A – Breakfast Chicken Biscuit

CHARLES SOUZA

CHARLES SOUZA

 

Favorite Movie: Back to the Future – Reminds us that everything we do today has an effect on our tomorrow.
Perfect Day: Meat on the grill, drinks in the cooler and Spikeball with friends

                                

                                      

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