Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
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Kitegabi rocks windy Sal, Cape Verde
After a tough but very satisfying period of ‘strength- & endurance training’ in lovely Innsbruck, Austria, I was finally all set to leave my home country for warmer climates again! For my first trip this year I chose a for me still ‘new’ destination – how exciting!! – and booked myself a ticket to Sal, […]
‘Spot Guide Brasil’ published in latest kiteboarding.de
The latest issue uf the German magazine ‘kiteboarding.de’ features my comprehensive spot guide of northern Brasil. Starting off in the southern Ceara with Canoa Quebrada and Parajuru via Fortaleza and its amazing Praia do Futuro to Cumbuco, Taiba, Paracuru, .. and up to Jericoacoara … check it out! Yeah … love Brasil! and surely will […]
Merry X-Mas & a Happy New Year!
I would like to wish all of you a Merry, Merry X-Mas and a Happy New Year! Wishin’ this joyful season keeps Ya smiling all through! Many thanx for your continuous support and please check out www.kitegabi.com for news & updates in 2006. May the best wind, sun, waves, health, lots of friends and smiles […]
Mauritius Spot Guide in the new Kiteboarding.de
The recent issue of the german kitesurfing magazin kiteboarding.de features my latest spot-guide: about my beloved paradise Mauritius! A comprehensive guide of the major spots around the whole island. Check it out in my Publications…send me your feedback!
Back home in good old Austria
Oh yeah, feels good passing through homegrounds! Despite dropping temperatures, they still keep way above 0 and although I am suuuper busy there’s still a bit of time left to enjoy some nice ‘autumny’ days in Austria… Yeah, spending only a few weeks per year back home, equals pure stress during those … meeting with […]
Unlucky trip to Rodriguez island
Daaaaaaaaaaaamn it … I planned a trip to the little perle of Rodriguez, a neighbouring island of Mauritius, intending to do a nice article on it (a spot guide) but the journey ended in a tragedy for myself. The first day of the photoshoot, I crashed and something in my knee snapped. I had great […]
Mauritius Update
Well, folks, Mauritius, for me, truly is ‘paradise found’ … however, I don’t want to go too wild about it, cause there are already way more people here at my favorite spot than I would wish for 😉 yep, especially august brings a lot of italian tourists, mainly windsurfers and ‘le morne’ is one of […]
CULT – THE coolest stuff on the planet of surf !!
I’m suuuper stoked and proud to add a new sponsor to my portfolio: CULT, a label from the Mekka of Surf, Australia, designing not only THE absolutely coolest surfwear of today but also manufacturing super hot accessories such as bags, belts, jewellery, sunglasses and lots more… Yeah, I met the super lovely people from Cult […]
Shandrani Kitesurf 4, Mauritius island
Already the second time in a row, I’m one of the lucky VIP guests at the absolutley beauuutiful Shandrani 5-star resort on Mauritius paradise! Yeah, Cesar Portas, Sky Solbach, Cindy Mosey and me were invited to join the incredible kitesurf community here and their annual highlight the ‘Shandrani Kitesurf’. Yep, the 4th edition of THE […]
13000 km through Europe in my beloved KIA ‘kitegabi mobil’
wow, guys, I’m back. after 7 weeks of cruising through europe, my KIA Carnival took me back home safely. it was an AWESOME trip which I surely will never forget. yes, we’ve seen it all cruising via italiy and switzerland down thee estern coast of france and spain. my personal highlights were: Leucate; Cadaques – […]