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HAPPY NEW YEAR & MANY THANX 4 PARTICIPATING IN MY RAFFLE !

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HAPPY NEW YEAR & MANY THANX 4 PARTICIPATING IN MY RAFFLE !

With this last sunset of the year 2008, I would very much like to THANK ALL THE PARTICIPANTS in ‘Kitegabis ONLINE RAFFLE’ as well as to wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR, may 2009 bring you loads of sick action, joy, fun, health & love and of course wind, wind, wind & swell !!! The […]

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MERRY X-Mas !!

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MERRY X-Mas !!

To all of you:  MERRY X-MAS & carpe diem !!  Dare to ride waves of passion and live your dreams … and you’ll gonna see, it’s ALL possible in life, anything you wish for, just go 4 it, don’t give up and you will see wonders coming true 🙂 In this spirit, have a wonderful X-Mas, […]

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FINALLY wind !!!

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FINALLY wind !!!

Yeeeeeah, good things come to those who wait, right? ..indeed, after my first days in W.A. had been totally windless, f i n a l l y  the wind came up and me and three mates decided to make the ‘virgin ride’ with my brandnew North equipment 2009 a truly memorable one 🙂  So off […]

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Meelup Beach Festival, W.A.

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Meelup Beach Festival, W.A.

Sweet, already during my first week in W.A. I enjoyed something very typical, beautifully Australian unfortunately not so common in Europe: a beach festival on breathtaking Meelup Beach, Western Australia. Meelup is an aboriginal word and stands for “Place of the Moon rising” as here on Meelup Beach at certain times of the year one can […]

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ONLINE RAFFLE – WIN SWEET PRIZES !

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ONLINE RAFFLE – WIN SWEET PRIZES !

Welcome 2 my brandnew website and please join into my ONLINE RAFFLE 2 win yourself some sweet prizes of North, ION, Oakley, and 02alive –  It’s super easy and anyone can enter  ! Good luck, Gabi

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Getting ready 2 rumble !!

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Getting ready 2 rumble !!

In anticipation for some sick action and the wind to come up –  hopefully soon !!! –  I’m setting up my brandnew North waveboards ‘Kontact’ series: the Dreu Beavis pro model 5’10 and the Sky Solbach pro 6’1. The 2009 range of waveboards are shaped by Marty Littlewood from Margaret River, a true ‘legend’ in […]

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stand up paddle ‘souvenir’

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stand up paddle ‘souvenir’

…mhhh, what can I say, although it’s the 12th and not friday the 13th, luck was not really on my side today.  The swell has picked up in the morning and as there was no wind  –  in fact it was glassy, simply perfect for surfing or in my case: SUP’in  –  I went out […]

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Off to Western Australia

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Off to Western Australia

Departing on a flight that leaves at 6:00 am does not necessarily help to get enough ‘pre-departure-rest’, nevermind… too excited to go to bed anyway, plus there’s always that ‘final squeezing stuff into bags’ and finishing off stuff, saying bye to friends & family etc… Thus, I have not slept at all when my mum […]

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WIN SICK PRIZES  –  KITEGABI’s  ONLINE RAFFLE !

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WIN SICK PRIZES – KITEGABI’s ONLINE RAFFLE !

To celebrate the launch of my brand new website,  I am inviting all of you to participate in ‘KITEGABI’s ONLINE RAFFLE‘! Win sweet prizes from North kiteboarding, ION, 02alive, and Oakley !! It’s super easy and anyone can enter.  The rules are as follows: A couple of days ago I had a small studio shoot […]

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Bye 2 Vienna – Goo’Day Downunder !

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Bye 2 Vienna – Goo’Day Downunder !

I bid my farewell to Vienna yesterday with a visit to the world-renowned ‘Wiener Christkindlmarkt’. The weeks before Christmas, Christmas markets pop up on many corners and streets in the old part of my hometown Vienna. The ‘Wiener Christkindlmarkt’ right in front of the gorgeous city hall, though, is certainly the most famous one and […]

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