Maui Babysitters

[beallmd]

The park near Lahaina is Launiapoko, it is where I go to surf, an advanced beginners spot for surfing. If your 3 yr old can hold his breath and is comfortable in water, you can take him to Ulua Beach in Wailea. Put him on a boogie board and put on a mask and have him hold his breath and with your help he can actually snorkel and see many fish in shallow safe waters with lots of kids to play with and make sand castles etc. Spent many days there. Go early, as early as possible, to get parking and a good spot, it does get crowded, and the wind comes up. One great family beach. Truth is I really miss those days.

[tmmaui]

Launiopoko Beach Park, near Lahaina is perfect for kids and their parents (see photos at http://www.tmmaui.com/2008Beaches1.html). It's popular with long boarders and SUP'ers. Go early (or late) on weekends for a good parking spot or park on the other side of the highway.

Linda Stott was great at finding babysitters through her extensive networking ability. Unfortunately for us, she and her family have moved to Australia. David and Susie Dorn of Action Sports Maui have taken over the Kids Camps program from Linda and Hugh. They might be another source of babysitters available on Maui since they employ a lot of teenagers and young adults for their summer programs (as does HST).

All of my kids spent a lot of time at Kanaha Beach Park as they grew up with windsurfing parents (some eventually became babysitters at Kanaha). It is a great park for kids from newborns to teenagers. It sorta forces the windsurfing parents with kids-in-tow to spend a lot of time at Kanaha rather than at Sprecks or Ho'okipa (I could think of worse things than having to go to Kanaha). The best spot at Kanaha for kids is the upper, or last, parking lot which has lots of trees, grassy areas, is protected from the wind/blowing sand, and has showers and bathroom facilities.

A couple of other places to ask about babysitting services are the shops like Hi-Tech, Neil Pryde Maui, Kanaha Kai, or Second Wind. At $15-20 per hour, shop employees may even take on babysitting jobs themselves (they'll certainly make more money than say a photographer does).

Good luck and have fun while in Maui.

[factcheck]

A few points must be corrected in this post.

1. The SFBA doesn't represent 90% of windsurfers, about 1% of recreational water users on a good day.
2. Putin actually had a few votes to become president, unlike the SFBA President who had no votes, self appointed!
3. Putin has had more elections than the SFBA in the last 10 years, and at least he has a set of vague rules, unlike the SFBA.
4. Before claiming the SFBA represents anyone it would be wise to check the members views, a look back at recent events (TI - for example, one of many) show that they are about as in touch as GW.
5. This might as well be the Crissy field club of 8, much more accurate.

[rigatoni]

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[Epenrose]

THOMMA

Maybe you should read Peter's question before posting. He asked for babysitters not a random meth head on the beach.

Back to grade 1 reading & interpretation for you.

Children learn by example. See a parent exercising and taking care of themselves tend to do the same, wish I had that a lot earlier.

If cappicela had the same example he could probably jibe by now, possibly.....

[tsokat]

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[MalibuGuru]

I think someone needs a little Aloha!

[pthorner]