Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
Blog posts listing
Visiting Surf-Capital Biarritz
Sweet…I have been wanting to check out Biarritz for aaaaages, YEAH, like everything in life that you really want and simply continue pursuing (?????), I can also tick off this wish from my list of things-2-do-in-this-life ? Yep, I’m currently in Seignosse and although I attempted surfing on a longboard this morning, I decided to […]
Sl8er live @ Quiksilver Pro France !
Wooooooooooooooow, S I C K … a couple of days ago I had a chance to pass by the WCT Quiksilver Pro France and watched the World top surfers shredding the waves of Seignosse into pieces. Yeah, insane action by Bobby Martinez, Taj Burrows, Mick Fanning, many others … and of course hero and legend, […]
Off to France…
Sorry guys, no blog in a week…grrrr, bad bad Gabi !? However, I have a decent excuse, here it is: Last week, after a serious autumn-attack on Vienna (grey, greeeey, drizzly, cold, depressing days) I decided very spontaneously to join a good friend of mine, Johnny Nesslinger, President of the Austrian Surfing Association – check […]
‘Myth Kitepro’-feature published in glossy WAVE Magazine
Stoked, the glossy Russian ‘WAVE’ magazine just published my feature ‘Myth Kitepro’, as the title already suggests it examines ‘pro-life’. Most people assume kitesurf professionals get paid to simply go kiteing, spend their days off the water lazing around in the sun, and travel the world with all expenses covered. Mh, well, partly true for very few […]
6 page W.A. feature in Stance !!
Niiiice, and yet another beautiful feature about my roadie along the Western Coast of Australia together with ingenious photographer Ian Trafford from New Zealand! Yeah, in the brandnew issue of Stance France check out the story of a sick trip, insane photos, and all the crazy stuff happening along the road. Pure joy, a once-in-a-lifetime-trip … my time in […]
11 page feature about my trip to Western Australia
Sweet, the article about my trip-of-a-lifetime to Western Australia is hitting the newsstands in Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Austria today!! The brandnew Kiteboarding.de features sick shots and a funny read on 11 pages as part of my personal column ‘Kite & the Planet’, make sure you don’t miss it! Yeah, that trip was an insane adventure indeed. Together […]
Love yoga – energy 4 body & mind
Mhhhh, niiiiice, 2day was such a sweet day, I simply feel g r e a t 🙂 Despite the way-too-many hours behind the computer I still managed to get out and refill my energy tanks by a beautiful evening yoga class @ beer’s health club & dancing studio, THE coolest fitness studio in DA WORLD 🙂 It […]
Sweet, my favorite wave shot published in Kiteboarding.de !
I’m stoked, perhaps my favorite of all favorite wave shots can be found on the opening page of the current issue of Kiteboarding.de magazine, nice 🙂 ! I remember this session oh so well and certainly always will as it was pretty much the ‘final’ and actually ‘biggest’ session of all in 5 absolutely perfect months in […]
New blog category: SOULWAVE !!
Yesyesyes guys, I’ stoked to announce that I have added a new category to my blog listing. Under the title ‘Soulwave’ I would like to share with you pretty much ‘what’s going on in my head’, my philosohpies on life, the energy that Mother Nature provides us with, the ‘Mana of the Ocean’, the amazing ‘miracles’ that […]
North team rules !!
My team-mates were ripping at the World Cup in St.Peter Ording, proving the level of North riders to be right there way up the top and even better all that in pretty much all disciplines. The final results at the event in Germany comprise multiple ‘freshly crowned‘ World Champs in the discipline ‘Race’ with Charles […]