Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
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VICTORY: 1st PKRA Kitesurf Team World Cup, Flecheiras, Brazil, 4.-8. October 2006
My team – the “North Rebels” – right on top of the winners podium!!! The premiere Kitesurf Teams World Cup, from October 4th through 8th, took place in Flecheiras, Brazil, a small fishing village in Northeastern Brazil, in beautiful Ceara state. The competition format consisted of teams of three riders participating in three separate disciplines […]
2nd in ‘Pipa Na Onda’, the PKRA hosted Brazil Wave Masters
2nd event in 2 weeks. This time a wave competition, hosted by the PKRA, in beautiful Pipa, Paraiba, Brazil. Conditions were tough as the windgods were not really on our side. Nevermind, the comp was great fun and I’m stoked about the 2nd place. Best winds!!! Yours Gabi
PKRA World Cup Joao Pessoa, Brazil, 19-24.09.2006
And yet again, after having already been on the podium at the World Cup in Fuerteventura just a few weeks ago, I am super stoked about yet another successful event. Having been fighting like a lion in extremely light winds at this spot for many days, my results for the final stop of the 2006 […]
PKRA World Cup Joao Pessoa, Brazil
I arrived in paradise brazil about 2 weeks ago, unfortunately TAP (portuguese national carrier) managed to lose my two huuuge monsterbags and I ‘had’ to spend my first week in a beautiful place, wavesurfing … soooo sweet!! The stuff finally arrived and I could make my way to Joao Pessoa, south of Natal for the […]
Visiting Undisputed Dual World Champ (2002) Mark Shinn on Tenerife
Mark Shinn has made kiteboarding history in 2002 when he achieved – for the 1st time ever, still until today ! – the unthinkable by winning both the Professional Kite Riders Association World Title (PKRA) and the Kiteboard Pro World Tour World Title (KPWT), making him the first Undisputed Dual World Champion since the sport’s […]
PKRA Worldcup Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
KITEGABI ON THE PODIUM!!! Yeah, suuuuuuuuper stoked …. I came 3rd in ‘Hangtime’ ! Wow, so sweet … after I was really unlucky in the freestyle – my small competition kite, my brandnew Vegas 5m2 baby, got stolen out of the guarded equipment tent, the night before my heat – I’m super proud to have […]
The new Rebel 07
Dudes, I just came back from an a m a z i n g trip to Tavila island, egypt. Together with the team of kiteboarding.de we went to this little paradise for a photoshoot and some testing. I flew North’s latest ‘sweetie’, the Rebel 07 for the first time and all I can say is […]
2 weeks water-training in El Gouna, Egypt
It’s been more than two years now that I left El Gouna after having spent quite a considerable time here. It feels good to be back, I’m visiting and staying with some really lovely friends of mine and it’s amazing how much the place has changed in just two years!! With my arrival also the […]
Kitegabi wears OAKLEY
I’m suuuper stoked .. wow, a new, truly BIG name, in Kitegabi’s sponsor-portfolio!! Yeah, as the o n l y female kiteboarder, THE coolest brand in eyewear, clothing, and accessories OAKLEY, has taken me up into their team !! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW Check out http://www.oakley.com Keep checking my photo gallery, the first pics with my cool new […]
Blue Danube Vienna Festival 2006
It’s been many, many years since I’ve last been to THE annual mega-happening, the biggest outdoor festival in Europe – 3 million visitors !! – perhaps it’s even been a decade as I’m normally out of the country at that time of the season, the Vienna Blue Danube Festival. This year, for the 23rd time, […]