Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
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Back to El Yaque, Margarita Island, Venezuela
Margarita island was the place where I spent my first couple of months kiting – practising for my first World Cup competition – two years ago (winter 2002/03). I was excited coming back to see what has changed and to meet old friends again. The locals all know me as a pretty crazy chick, who […]
Snowkiting Thalgau
yippiiiiiiiiiiiieeee…my first snowkite experience was good fun !! right after coming back from Brazil, I was honoured having been asked to be a local judge at the Austria National Championships in snowkiting in Thalgau. The event was perfectly organized…’snow beach volleyball’, chill out tent, lots of goood hot drinks such as ‘gluehwein’ etc, nice people….the […]
Memories when everything started….
Yesterday evening I was desperately searching for an important document in my brother’s flat in Vienna … I didn’t find the document but what I found was just too funny 🙂 I had to show you too … hihihiiii, I found pics from my first kite-lesson in beautiful Bali, Indonesia… check’em out … that’s me […]
Back home in Austria…
I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil I miss Brazil … well being back is not that bad after all … it’s good […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!
I’m still in Brazil but will have to leave in less than one week … I’ll miss this place, for sure. Lots and lots of pics will be uploaded to my photo gallery as soon as I’m back home in Austria with some proper internt connection, promise. For now: ALL THE BEST AND LOTS OF […]
MERRY X-MAS !!
Merry X-Mas from Brasil, guys !! yep, still here … actually would have had my flight back to Austria today but decided to change my ticket to the first week in january…. Yeah, after I missed out on those 4 weeks in November due to my injury, I just couldn’t leave Brasil just yet…just had […]
Kitegabi featured on upcoming STANCE-DVD !!
I’m stoked to have been chosen one of the five female riders that will be featured on Stance’s newest DVD (available with the Spring’05 issue of the magazine!). Yeeeah, recovered from my shoulder injury and finally back ‘rockin the wind and the waves’ of Brasil, I had the pleasure to be part of the ‘Superproduction […]
At last, a sign of life .. BRAZIL UPDATE !!
Guys, apologies for the delayed news but unfortunately the last two months were pretty tough…everything just came so differently than I was hoping for…ok then, well, I hopped onto the plane in Austria mid October to get away from the cold .. my destination: sunny, warm Brazil for the PKRA Worldcup final. The first two […]
Road-trip to Italy in my KIA Carnival Van
With a break in between competitions, I decided to pack up my freakin’ cool KIA and to check out what spots my neighbours in Italy have to offer. The story to this trip is a rather long one and I just finished the German version…it will still take some time until I’m done with the […]
Kiting Austria’s beautiful lakes
Now that I have a little break in my busy competition schedule, I decided to do something that I haven’t done in many years…. hanging out in my beautiful home country Austria. Thanks to my motor sponsor KIA and my supercool Carnival Van, I followed the invitation of Hardy Brandstoetter, one of Austria’s ‘Godfathers’ of […]