BARRY SPANIER
When Barry arrived on Maui in December 1978, he had $52.00 to his name and a dream. He and his friend and partner, Geoffrey Bourne, hung up their shingle at 111 Hana Highway, and Spanier & Bourne Sailmakers (MauiSails) was realized. The company was created to make sails for yachts, but evolved as the new sport called windsurfing found Maui to be one of the best places in the world to practice it. Their business grew, and before long they had fifteen employees and were working around the clock.
So impressed with their work, Neil Pryde International Sailmakers joined forces with MauiSails from 1982-1998 and Barry assumed the role of a Product Designer, developing patented plastic part systems, and making ten time PWA World Champion Bjorn Dunkerbeck custom made competition sails. He participated in sponsored efforts to establish new Sailing World Speed Records by Pascal Maka (1982), Fred Haywood (1983, 1984, 1985), Patti Whitcomb (1985), and Brigitte Gimenez (1989). MauiSails achieved the U.S. S.B.A. Small Business Person of the Year for Maui County 1993, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for 1994. Barry had extensive global travel, participating in the building of the Neil Pryde branded products machine, creating a world-wide network of valued associates.
After five years, Barry left Gaastra in 2004, to resurrect the trademark MauiSails, and along with Phil McGain and Rick Whidden, formed a company called Synergy Sports. As Head Sail Designer for MauiSails, Barry is responsible for design, product development, copy writing, and general operations.
Today MauiSails is a world leader in windsurfing sail innovations with the latest technology in design and function, with a variety of race, wave and freestyle sails to chose from, along with the state of the art booms and masts. To find out the latest in windsurfing, or to have a read of Barry's Corner, go to www.mauisails.com.
Lifehut
For the last ten years Barry has been working with Robert Masters of Master Communication, and Richard M. Sword PhD, to create www.lifehut.com, a free source of audio visual psychology for stress relief and personal improvement.
The Lifehut website has been created for people to experience their relaxation media on-line, anywhere, anytime. There is no fee or registration requirement to experience this media for your own personal use.
Lifehut is a Hawaiian company based on the island of Maui. Their focus is to help people cope with the negative mental effects which often accompany the experience of a traumatic situation. Regardless of whether the stress is brought on as a result of a natural disaster, war, or by other means, their aim is to provide international aid organizations, mental health practitioners, corporations and the general public, with relaxing audio and video media for people in stressful situations.
Go to www.lifehut.com for further information.
The Lifehut website has been created for people to experience their relaxation media on-line, anywhere, anytime. There is no fee or registration requirement to experience this media for your own personal use.
Lifehut is a Hawaiian company based on the island of Maui. Their focus is to help people cope with the negative mental effects which often accompany the experience of a traumatic situation. Regardless of whether the stress is brought on as a result of a natural disaster, war, or by other means, their aim is to provide international aid organizations, mental health practitioners, corporations and the general public, with relaxing audio and video media for people in stressful situations.
Go to www.lifehut.com for further information.