Golden Hour Athletics brings functional fitness, weightlifting and endurance training to Ormond Beach. We’re building a place where first-timers and experienced athletes can train together, with coaching that meets them where they are.
Effort matters more than ego. Progress matters more than perfection. The Community Is Your Strength.
Six founding partners, joined by a growing team of experienced coaches.
Hailey Nolin
Co-Founder / Coach
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Hailey is an athlete, certified nutritionist, and coach with 7+ years of experience helping people perform and feel their best. Her approach blends performance, nutrition, and real-life sustainability, because she's lived it herself. Hailey's favorite lift is the squat snatch, and off the clock you'll find her reading, surfing, running, traveling, or adventuring outside with her dogs.
Qualifications
National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach
PNL2 Master Health Coach
CrossFit L1
NCCPT-CPT
CrossFit Kids
Heather Geyer
Co-Founder / Coach
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Heather has been an athlete her entire life and has been helping people reach their goals since 2014. She has trained in the functional fitness space since 2013 and has coached and worked out at gyms across the country and around the world. Her favorite lifts are deadlifts and cleans, and her favorite workouts are the long, grueling ones. In her off time you'll find her traveling or hanging out with GHA's Rest and Recovery Specialist, her pup Quanah.
Qualifications
CrossFit L3
Brooks Davis
Co-Founder / Coach
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Brooks grew up a competitor, playing soccer for years all the way through club ball at Florida State. When that chapter ended, he found a new outlet for the same drive at a local gym, and he's been at it since 2020. His go-to benchmark is Jackie and his favorite movement is double unders. Brooks knows what it takes to push hard, and he's the kind of coach who'll put in the work right next to you.
Qualifications
CrossFit L1
Dean Mosley
Co-Founder / Coach
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Dean started functional fitness and performance training over 7 years ago, and he gravitates toward the technical, high-skill side of the sport. His favorite movements are the snatch, bar muscle-up, and handstand walks.
Qualifications
CrossFit L1
Taylor Curlee
Co-Founder / Coach
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Taylor joined a gym four years ago and it changed her life. Working out had never been something she enjoyed or could stick with, but the people and the community changed all of that. The support and shared commitment turned fitness into something she wants to do, and the people she's met have become family. Her favorite movements are power cleans and box jump overs.
Qualifications
CrossFit L1
Karl Davis
Co-Founder / Coach
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Karl spent most of his life as a professional moto trials rider, competing around the world, and these days he travels the world as a professional stunt rider. An avid mountain biker, when Karl's not in the gym you'll find him out on the trails. He's been training since 2019, loves a squat snatch and anything gymnastics, and is a master of the short, sprinty workouts.
Kirstan Menello
Coach
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An athlete her entire life, Kirstan’s diverse background spans competitive weightlifting, dance, and collegiate rowing. For nearly a decade, she’s helped athletes reach their strength goals. She is currently the Head Weightlifting Coach and a physical education teacher at Spruce Creek High School and holds a USAW National Coach certification. In 2023, she founded the Olympic weightlifting team, Volusia Barbell. The program has more than 10 athletes ranked in the Top 10 nationwide. Kirstan strives to bring a gritty, old-school, and competitive style to the platform. Outside of the gym she’s at the beach or going on adventures with her dogs, Lilo and Zeta!
Qualifications
USAW National Coach
Leann Simony
Coach
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Leann has over 10 years of fitness experience. She is a HYROX Performance Coach with a passion for pushing her own limits and those of others. After discovering the sport, she found the perfect blend of strength, endurance, and grit, completing six races before earning her coaching certification. When she’s not coaching or training, Leann works full-time as a hairstylist. She’s passionate about helping others build confidence, challenge themselves, and realize they’re capable of more than they ever imagined—both inside and outside the gym.
Qualifications
HYROX Performance Coach
WHAT WE STAND FOR
COMMUNITY FIRST
We believe the strongest results come from training together. Golden Hour is a place where friendships are built, support is constant, and everyone belongs.
EFFORT OVER EGO
Progress comes from consistency, humility, and hard work. We celebrate effort, not just outcomes, and support each other every step of the way.
PURSUE PROGRESS
Whether it's your first workout or your next personal record, growth looks different for everyone. Our goal is to help every athlete improve in a way that's sustainable and meaningful.
LONGEVITY MATTERS
Fitness should support a full, healthy life. We train with purpose, prioritize good movement, and focus on building skills and strength that last.
PROUD AFFILIATIONS
Golden Hour Athletics is an official HYROX Training Club. Our Endurance classes deliver structured, race-ready conditioning — coached sessions combining running and functional stations that prepare you for the HYROX floor, or simply for a stronger everyday life.
We're an approved Step Up For Students EMA Marketplace Provider. Homeschooling families can put their scholarship funds toward GHA Juniors PE — three coached daytime classes a week, enrolled straight through your Step Up account.
We're a proud member of the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce. This gym is built by locals, for locals — and being part of the community that surrounds it matters to us.
READY TO BE PART OF IT?
Memberships are open — preorder today and lock in your spot before we open in October 2026.