Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
Blog posts listing
In da house of ITLKB, Australia
Yeah, I’m back in Australia from New Zealand! This time, though, not in Western Australia, nope I’m on the East coast, more precisely: Townsville, tropical North Queensland, where I’m currently bridging the two weeks that I’m having in between my highly successful road-trip with Ian Trafford in New Zealand that I’ve just come off and […]
New features in My Portfolio!
Finally I fcould dedicate some time to bring my Publictions-Portfolio back up-2-date with the latest published features, both written b y myself for several international magazines as well as features a b o u t myself and my career written by leading international journalists for papers all across the globe, sweet ! Thus folks, there’s LOTS-A-GOOD […]
Last ride in the Tasman Sea
Had a great joy ride yesterday at Muriwai Beach, the main kitebeach in the Auckland area on NZ’s wild, wild West coast which also marked most probably the very last ride for this trip in New Zealand. I will be flying out on Saturday and as you can imagine, have looooads to organize and do […]
Superman basejump by wire over Auckland
Every dream comes to an end, right…. So is also my incredible once-in-a-lifetime adventure through New Zealand going into its very final stage. Yep, schnief, a few days ago I returned my mobile home of the last 2 and a half months (my sick campervan, check it out !!). Wow, what a brilliant time we had […]
Snowboarding South Pacific
What des a kite-pro do, when it suddenly starts snowing in New Zealand, no wind nor swell…. weeeeeell, here in New Zealand that’s easy 2 answer: go snowboading 🙂 SICK, what an experience, having spent all my kid- and teenage years being totally obsessed with snowboarding, ever since I’m living my pro-kite-career, have not had […]
Sweet newspaper feature
Yeah, I’ve only been around the Taranaki region for a bit more than one week and already have made it into the biggest local newspaper, the TARANAKI DAILY NEWS, sweet, me stoked 🙂 The feature is called ‘Free as a bird’ and was written by Helen Harvey, one of the newspapers top-journalists. The action photo was […]
Hitting the Surf Highway, Taranaki, New Zealand !
Because Taranaki’s spherical coast collects 180 degrees of all possible swells, it offers New Zealand’s most consistent surf. For this reason, the 105 kilometre long Highway 45 that hugs this coast is also known as the Surf Highway. Here you can be almost certain that the surf will be pumping somewhere between New Plymouth and […]
Spoooooky Cape Reinga
Cape Reinga (Te Reinga or Te Rerenga Wairua in Māori) is the northwesternmost tip of the Aupouri Peninsula, at the northern end of the North Island of New Zealand. Having already been at the most southern point of this amazing country I certainly also wanted to inhale fresh Ocean air at the most northern tip. […]
Swimming with dolphins
I l o v e dolphins, yes I truly do and try to stick around them as frequently as I can 🙂 Although I feel privilged that I’ve had the pleasure of meeting my friends the dolphins naturally in the water many times in the past during kite and surf sessions (yep, have been playing […]
Come bungy jump with me in New Zealand !!!
Bungy Jumping has been invented in New Zealand and is huuuuge here, thus a clear ‘must do’ for all visitors 🙂 I threw myself already a couple of times off some cranes and bridges about 10 years ago, when bungy jumping conquered Europe, I have to admit, though, each time I was shi$%ting myself as […]