Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
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NEW SPONSOR NEW SPONSOR NEW SPONSOR
O2alive – the power water – and Kitegabi = a POWER TEAM !! I am suuuper stoked announcing a change in my sponsor-portfolio. Yeah, I just signed a new contract with “O2alive”, a totally new product on the market (for now on sale only in Austria and Germany, however, in the months and years to […]
Cape verde update
….when things go too well, bad luck is usually just around the corner… yep, that’s how I feel with my trip to sal. super stoked being back here, then awesome start of the trip with the carnival as well as the pwa windsurf-wave-worldcup, p e r f e c t conditions for the first 2 […]
Virgin-ride @ Ponta Preta, Sal, Cape Verde
After an extremely stressful week in beautiful (currently very grey) Austria, I decided to go back to the island, that already last year served as my spring traininggrounds: Sal, Cape Verde. Yeah, it’s really nice to be back. A lot has changed. Soooooooooo many new constructions … seems like Sal is mutating into the new […]
Back from Brazil
It was very, veeery difficult to say ‘Good Bye’ to Brazil.. Dude, I l o v e this country soooo much! The lovely people, the incredible conditions, the vibes, the sun, the waves… Anyway, I accomplished my missions there – good results @ competitions as well as numerous photoshoots, so lots and lots of new […]
Florianopolis Update & THE best travel agent on earth!!
I’m still here on beautiful ‘Floripa’, like Florianopolis is called! Due to a lack of wind, I’m in standby for the planned photoshoot… Yeah, Floripa – the Hawaii of Brazil – is certainly paradise: lush greens, amazingly scenic landscapes (hills, lagoons, almost 100 beaches !!!), and of course waves waves waves…unfortunately only the wind isn’t […]
Last stop: Florianopolis
It was very hard for me to say ‘Good Bye’ to my beloved Jericoacoara, where I spent the last couple of weeks training… I finished off my time here with a photoshoot with Roberta Pala, Editor of Stance Italia, in order to share with you the great kitegrounds that Jericoacoara has to offer to us […]
Merry X-Mas & a Happy New Year !!!
I’m wishing you a joyful MERRY CHRISTMAS & a HAPPY NEW YEAR !! For me, 2006 was an incredibly exciting and successful season and I would like to thank my sponsors North Kites – Fanatic Boards – ION – Oakley – Dark Dog Energy as well as all of you for your continuous support ! […]
When things don’t quite work out…
Have u ever lost a car? Well, sounds weired, right! Me, for my part, a l m o s t did…. A few days ago, we planned a ‘day-out’ and decided to go up North. Like in many places here in Brazil, if one takes the ‘fast track’ via the beach, there might be rivers […]
Simply too good to leave…
Believe it or not guys: I’m still in Jericoacoara, Brazil !! Huh, and it took me yet again almost another 5 weeks to update you on that .. sooorry!! then again, nothing world-moving has happened lately as it’s the quiet season, winterbreak… also us kitesurfers need a bit of peace & quietness some times… As […]
Love it!! Jericoacoara vibrations pure….
It’s been almost four weeks since my last update … sooooory, guys!! But after those quite stressful first weeks in Brazil – 3 events in 3 weeks – and my beautiful victory at the Team World Cup in Flexeiras – me and my team, the “North Rebels”, won :oP – I allowed myself some valuable […]