Damon is the Co-Founder, Personal Trainer, and Swim Instructor of Team Move.  Before founding Team Move, he swam competitively in high school, and then later worked as a certified Swim Instructor and Lifeguard Instructor.  In late 1999, at the age of 19, he was diagnosed with having a malignant tumor, which was found in his calf muscle.  After recovering from surgery and months of therapy, his drive to become competitive at a sport again, soon surfaced.  In 2001, Damon became involved in the triathlon scene, and started competing in triathlons, ocean races, marathons, and other road races.  In 2005 after years of lifeguarding, he decided that he had accomplished everything that he wanted to in the field; and it was time for a change.  He thought that it made sense that with his love of fitness and helping others, he would eventually do something that would combine the two.  He soon became certified as a Personal Trainer, and started what would become known today as Team Move.  Damon is also a contributing writer for Hawaii Sport Magazine, a locally based magazine showcasing the triathlon scene in Hawaii.




Kim Lehano is DEFINITELY not a “gym rat.” She truly believes in fitness and has seen her share of what it can do to better her life, but her expertise lies in another arena and what she brings to Team Move is completely different. With a BA in Communication/Psychology, and a MA in Organizational management, Kim who holds many hats (Director of Marketing & Public Relations, College Professor, magazine editor, freelance creative services consultant) brings to the Team Move table, her creativity and passion for helping to better people’s lives.  Her background in media, marketing, public relations and communications, brings to Team Move the opinions of a “REGULAR JOE or in her case, JANE.” Instead of having a fitness organization made up mostly of elite and competitive athletes, Kim brings to Team Move, knowledge and foresight based on her years of experience in Hawaii’s media.  She knows the realities of life outside of work, and is able to relate to clients who are struggling to keep that work-life balance afloat, and stay healthy and fit at the same time. Kim completed her first sprint triathlon in 2008, and enjoys the outdoors (beach), yoga, kickboxing, walking, and weights as part of her fitness regime.

 

Tony is a former Pro-Triathlete and a very well-known name in the triathlon world, and around the United States for the past three decades.  Tony is one of the Pioneers in the sport of triathlon, and competed in the early years of the sport back in the nineteen eighties.  He has graced the cover of Triathlete Magazine twice, and has trained and raced along side some of the legends of Triathlon including names like Mark Allen, Scott Tinley, and Dave Scott.  Tony is a certified personal trainer and group exercise instructor, amongst other things, Tony is still a competitive racer, but his passion will always be in helping and training people to achieve their goals.



Matt Meko has had a vast array of experience in addition to his yoga practices, including beginning his career as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle for Disney World, Cookie Monster for Sesame Street Live, and Purple Panda on television’sMister Rogers’ Neighborhood.  He was encouraged by mentors Andre’ DeShields, Fred Rogers, and Hawk Jones  to pursue teaching yoga.  Yogis Ana Forrest, Andrew Lappa, and Shiva Rea showed Matt how to develop his own style of mind/body fitness.  Since 2003 under his company Mekosun, Matt has helped thousands of people ages 3-85 rediscover joy and gratitude in their body and life; from prisoners to CEO”s, the physically challenged to elite athletes, through private home lessons to group classes for companies like Amazon.com, Starbucks, and Microsoft.  Before moving to Honolulu, Matt lived in Seattle where he produced the internationally recognized GURU 2008 Calendar which promoted men doing mind/body fitness.  He also volunteered with the Seattle Police Department assisting individuals and families at domestic violence crime scenes.

 

Susan Hammer has been studying yoga for over 15 years and has been teaching yoga for seven years.  Susan has studied varying forms of the yoga tradition with a variety of teachers both nationally and internationally, including in Mysore, India where she obtained a 200-hour Ashtanga Yoga Certificate from the Mandala Yoga Shala as well as the Nosara Institute in Costa Rica where she obtained her 200-hour Interdisciplinary Yoga Certification and 100 hour Pranassage Certification.   She dedicates her practice to her spiritual home Ananda Ashram in New York State.   Her favorite place that she has taught so far has been in Nicaragua during her service in the Peace Corps. Her classes typically include a basic study of vinyasa and hatha yoga techniques.  Susan is currently a full-time elementary school teacher.  In her free time she surfs, kayaks, and goes for many walks with her dog.    On top of her yoga background, she has a BA in Environmental Studies and Social Work, a MA in International Education and a MLIS.