Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
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My first real KiteSURFboard
I’m so excited!!! Ricardo Pinzon, an awesome shaper from Malaga, Spain, made a new ‘baby’ for me!!! Ricardo, an incredible surfer himself, has been in the surfing-industry for many, many years and his brand ‘Limit Waves’ has established itself as a well recognized brand through Spain and allthrough Europe. My baby is a 5’5 real […]
injured & sweet poniente …
well, no good news….I thought my knees were back to normal – after a break of 10 days and taking it easy for another 3 back on the water – mh, guess I was wrong… when the wind changed 3 days ago from levante – the first time in 3 weeks !! – to smooth […]
…and levante is still blowing
Yeeees, still in tarifa .. still rockin’ the super strong levante :)) unfortunately I hurt my knee quite badly 10 days ago during a legendary session at a secret spot together with jaime herraiz and gianni aragno and had to take a break. however, found an excellent physio in algeciras, (neighbouring town to tarifa) ‘Mathys […]
NEW VIDEO ONLINE !!
filmed in the north of brasil, produced in december / january this year, it’s finally online – you’ll find it as ‘Kitegabi in Brazil’ amongst other videos in my ‘Multimedia Section’ – check it out!! I made this video as a ‘Thank You’ to my sponsors, a real ‘feel good kite video’, enjoy !
Tarifa Update – wind wind wind…
Woooooooooooow, tarifa is i n c r e d i b l e guys!! all week levante (suuuper strong wind from the east), for the ones who have been here before, they know what I’m talking about 😉 Yesterday was the strongest day so far…the water was WHITE and I mean W H I T […]
BetandWin Kitesurf Open, Tarifa, Spanien, 11-15 May
First time that ‘BetandWin’, an online gambling platform, already engaging in many different sports, sponsors a kitesurfing event. An invitational event, only for the top-riders, in Europe’s kite-capital Tarifa and of course, ‘Kitegabi’is part of it ;)) I wish every event would be organised like this one: perfect spot, lovely people, great team, fantastic set-up […]
Road-trip with my KIA to Tarifa
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaah, right after the PKRA Austria, I packed my beloved KIA and went on a road trip…3000 km through Europe, from Austria to Tarifa Spain for the ‘Bet and Win Kitesurfing Open’ and invitational event in Europes kite-capital! Wow, how exciting…driving through Europe in my luxury kitegabi-mobile but I have to admit I underestimated the […]
PKRA Worldcup Podersdorf, Lake Neusiedl, Austria
Wooow, after almost a whole week of waiting for the wind, the veery last day, it suddenly was there…. We had an early skippers meeting (7am) and a 13 hours day but got some results and that’s sweet. Yeah, how funny was that…after a week of chillin’ in the Austrian spring, the night before the […]
1st in the ‘Long Distance Race’ @ the PKRA Worldcup on Coche Island, Venezuela, 12-19 April 2005
First stop of the PKRA World Cup and I am stoked about claiming the victory in the ‘Long Distance Race’ from Margarita Island to Coche and thus climbing the top of the podium in this diszipline. Yeah, that was great fun to be speeding the 12 kilometer downwind from Margarita island to the neighbouring island […]
Polar Ice Cup, Venezuelan National Championships, 24 – 26 March 2005
The Venezuelan Nationals in 2002 were my first competition ever. Then, I competed with the guys due to the lack of female riders and came 2nd and respectively 3rd in the two disciplines freestyle and hangtime! Being back in Venezuela, where it all started, I of course, had to participate in the Nationals again. The […]