Piiholo
Ranch Maui offers Zipline Adventures and Horseback
Rides. Maui’s longest Zipline and Horseback Riding on
Maui. Visit Piiholo Ranch Store in Makawao, Maui.
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Peter Baldwin Peter D. Baldwin (born in 1937), like his father Manduke, attended Cornell University where, in addition to his studies, he competed and won the intercollegiate polo championships in 1959. After graduation, Peter returned to Haleakala Ranch and worked in the Haleakala Dairy division, which he acquired in the early 80s and became president of in 1979. ??Almost all his life, Peter has been a real cowboy and truly knows how to handle cattle. An active rodeo competitor in his younger days, Peter calf-roped on the mainland circuit and also in Hawaii. During later years, he played polo in tournaments across the United States, and in New Zealand and Australia. One of his most noteworthy achievements was in 1987, when Maui’s team won the Pacific Coast Open, the America’s Cup and the U.S. Handicap; that year, Peter was voted “Amateur Player of the Year” by the United States Polo Association.??Friends tell many humorous stories about Peter but Freddie Rice recalls one of the craziest: “Some rodeo steers got loose one night in Hilo – Peter was roping a horned steer that got away and was running into a crowded tent at the Hilo Fair about 9 o’clock at night. He slid all over the concrete floor trying to stop his horse and the steer (in the middle of a crowd) and with the steer on the end of the rope, turned and pulled it back out of the tent right through the crowd, and nobody got hurt or even bumped by it. Everybody in the tent just stood there frozen, most not realizing what they had just seen.” |
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Chris Baldwin - Cattle Manager A six generation Baldwin cowboy, Chris Baldwin, is the youngest son of Peter Baldwin and the cattle manager at Piiholo Ranch, a position responsible for maintaining cattle, helping with the horseback operation and land resource management. |
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Tamalyn Baldwin – Head Wrangler Tamalyn Baldwin is head wrangler for Piiholo Ranch and married to Chris Baldwin, cattle manager. She is responsible for the upkeep and overall health of the horses and manages a team of wranglers that individually take guests for rides. Tamalyn applies her extensive training in natural horsemanship to the style of riding at the ranch, and ensures that her wranglers apply this philosophy out on the range. She regularly attends all disciplines of horsemanship clinics, some of her favorite teachers are Buck Brannaman and Curt Pate, and offers her knowledge to guests in a private ride. Tamalyn states, “True horsemanship is when the horse understands through feel what he’s expected to do.” One of Tamalyn’s hobbies is braiding and hitching horsehair, something she learned while living in Colorado. Horsehair braiding is a long process – she first cleans the hair, ties up each strand, and then braids them all together. Tamalyn can braid in a variety of ways, from flat and round styles to four-strand and 12-strand creations. It takes one hour to hitch one inch of horsehair. Along with braiding horsehair, Tamalyn has a very strong, cowgirl ability: she can crack a bull whip louder than a shotgun blast! Originally from Huntington Beach and Riverside, California, Tamalyn grew up showing western pleasure and reining horses, an interest that developed when her mom took her riding as a little girl. She started working for a horse trainer when she was 11 years old for $20 dollars a month! He would also give her lessons twice a week in exchange for help grooming the horses and cleaning the stalls. She comments, “I learned a lot and my horsemanship rests on this early foundation.” Tamalyn grew up skiing and snowboarding, and when old enough to drive she moved to Big Bear and worked in the snowboard park at Bear Mountain for 3 seasons. She then moved to Vail, Colorado, snowboarding during the winter and working at cattle ranches during the summer. Every fall she worked for outfitters at hunting camps, where she would pack in the hunters and pack out the animals. “It felt like the old west, being way up in the mountains and it hasn’t changed much working with the mules and horses,” says Tamalyn. She moved to a guest ranch in Steamboat Springs, known as the Home Ranch, and led guests on horseback for 4 years. In 1997, Tamalyn lived in Mexico and rode in a rodeo carrying the American flag. Seeking work as a wrangler year-round, Tamalyn moved to Kauai and wrangled for Princeville Ranch for one year, but afterwards decided to return to cattle ranching, something she truly enjoys. After relocating to Maui, she met Chris and Peter, and they developed the concept for Piiholo Ranch. Regarding the ranch and the family, Tamalyn comments, “I think the family business is a good thing since we get along great and work as a team. The ranch will excel due to everyone’s strong points.” |
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Jeff Baldwin - Operations Manager A six generation Baldwin cowboy, Jeff Baldwin, is the oldest son of Peter Baldwin and the operations manager at Piiholo Zipline, a position responsible for the entire Zipline operation and land resource management. |
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Duke Baldwin - Natural Resource Manager As resource manager for the ranch, Duke has been integral in setting up and maintaining the sanctuary for the endangered Hawaiian nene birds. He’s had hands-on involvement in every phase of the project from site preparation, fence building, pond construction, and native plantings, to making spot checks on the birds to ensure they are thriving. Duke’s overall vision for Piiholo Ranch is to protect what native plants exist, develop an eradication and control program for invasive plants, and re-populate fenced areas with native species such as the beautiful koa trees that were once abundant in this area. He states, “We are putting back into the land what generations have taken out!” For the past twenty years Duke has been a helicopter pilot, logging more than 12,000 flight hours. He has flown for the police department, fire department, conservationists, and visitors, and earned the Medal of Honor from the Maui Police Department for his heroism when saving the lives of three police officers during a helicopter accident in 1998. As chief pilot for Windward Aviation for eleven years, he provided airlift for firefighters and search and rescue missions, saving 25-30 people who were stranded or lost hiking in the streams and mountains of Hawaii. “I have experienced some intense, difficult and dangerous rescues, but it was an extremely rewarding career, full of long and hard days,” says Duke. He also flew Alex Air for three years, was a flight instructor for Japanese visitors at Maui Flight Training Center, flew for Air Cavalry in Los Angeles, and was a contract pilot for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in Maui and Guam. Duke’s interest in native plants and forests was stimulated by many hours of flying top research biologists into and out of some of the most remote and exotic forest areas that exist in Hawaii. His piloting would include aerial surveys of the forests, flying researchers to conduct ground surveys of plants and birds, and sling loading materials for fencing projects. All of this has given him an incredible perspective of the rainforest ecosystem of Hawaii that very few people have had the opportunity to experience. This has naturally added an important dimension to his transition as resource manager at Piiholo Ranch. “I’ve joined the family team at Piiholo Ranch for my children,” he states. “If we don’t act now, there will be nothing left of the native ecosystem for future generations. I want to preserve and protect what makes this place unique. While we are a small part of the larger picture, my job is very rewarding and I feel we are growing something to be left behind as a legacy. I think people enjoy the tradition of Piiholo Ranch, and I believe we set a good example for other ranchers and landowners.” |
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Janet Baldwin - Sales and Marketing, Special Events Coordinator, Public Relations and Human Resources Janet Baldwin has lived in the Hawaiian islands for over 25 years. Originally from California, she started traveling at a early age. Janet is a Licensed cosmetologist in New York, California, and Hawaii. She traveled all over the states teaching and managing hair salons before settling down in Maui where she married Jeff Baldwin. They have two girls,Julia and Michelle. Along with her husband, they started and managed Haleakala ATV tours for eight years before starting the Piiholo Ranch Zipline. She oversees many aspect of the zipline company and is the manager of sales and marketing, along with organizing special events that take place on the Ranch. She also heads the human resource department at Piiholo Ranch Zipline. |
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