Mael Carey paddles a Kainalu and is Kamanu Composites' representative on Maui. Mael moved to Maui when he was seven years old from Paris. He graduated from Seabury Hall in 1993 and went on to Connecticut College and Columbia University where he attained an architectural degree. He has been paddling for Hawaiian Canoe Club since 1996. While paddling with Hawaiian Canoe Club he has finished in the top five in the Moloka'i Hoe twice and finished first in the Queen Lili'uokalani Long Distance Canoe Race in Kona. Mael has also trained and competed extensively throughout Tahiti, doing some of Tahiti's most prestigious V-1 races such as the Te Aito and the Bora Bora Ironman.