Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
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Stimorol Engadinwind Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland, 7-9 August 2004
This was my first time in the beautiful region of Engadin, situated on 1800 metres altitude high up in the amazing Swiss Alps, the 7 1/2 hours drive from Vienna, passed super fast – … well, what else would one expect, driving a luxury vehicle like my KIA Carnival Van! – and were definitely worth […]
Driving my KIA to Lake Silvaplana
Just come back from the World Cup in Fuerteventura, already ‘on the road again’. Yep, riding my KIA tomorrow to Switzerland to participate in the Engadinwind 2004. The previous two years, the event had to be cancelled due to a lack of wind….let’s hold fingers crossed for this year! For more info check out www.engadinwind.com
PKRA Welt Cup Fuerteventura, Spain, 28. July
Sorry guys…still didn’t get around to translate the Fuerte-News in both languages. If you know German, check out the German version. For the others, here a very brief summary of the results: Men Freestyle:1. Martin Vari2. Aaron Hadlow3. Etienne Lhote Women Freestyle:1. Kristin Boese2. Ingrid Koellbichler3. Petra Goeschl7. me – Gabi Steindl – not too […]
Shandrani Mauritius Kitesurf II
Unfortunately the weekend passed without the so anticipated wind – we tried it all: wind dance, wind songs, prayers etc … for us – Jaime, Will, Martin, Jeff and me – ‘competition-geezers’ it was just the ‘usual competition dilemma; for the organizers and sponsors who put so much work into the event, it was a […]
Shandrani Mauritius Kitesurf Event 2004, 12-18 July
The Shandrani and Beachcomber Hotels introduced the first kitesurf contest on the beautiful island of Mauritius in 2002. The Shandrani Kitesurf Weekend encouraged initiation to kitesurfing, exhibitions by local riders and most of all, sharing the fun with the public.This year again, the 5-star Shandrani Hotel is hosting SHANDRANI KITESURF EVENT 2004, from the 12th […]
PKRA World Cup Fehmarn, Germany, 4-9 July 2004
For the second year the PKRA and her riders came down to the island of Fehmarn – the ‘Hawaii of Germany’ as people call it here – north of Hamburg in the Bismark Sea. The location of the event, however, changed from last year’s to the Wulfener Hals, a huge camping ground in the southeast […]
kitegabi.com proudly presents Greg Reemers – web designer & dear friend
The world is such a small place …I met Greg last year during my ‘first travel from one competition to the next’ – I was on the road from the PKRA World Cup in Austria to Belgium for the Northsea Open in Knokke and further to the South of France for a KPWT event in […]
PKRA World Cup Cabarete, Dom.Rep, 15-20 June 2004
Cabarete counts every year as one of ‘THE’ major events in the PKRA tour calendar. This year sponsored by ‘Best Kiteboarding’, already at the registration it became obvious that the event would be huuuge and spectacular with more than 50 men and almost 30 women! That’s so great about this event that really ALL top […]
PKRA World Cup Surfers Paradise, Knokke, Belgium, 15-22 May 2004
This Year it was the first time that Belgium was chosen to be hosting a PKRA World Cup Event. Many of us riders, however, already knew Knokke, due to the annual ‘Northsea Open’, an independent kitesurf competition, organised by the local Yacht Club and open to everyone. I have also participated in that event last […]
PKRA Spark7 Kitesurf Worldcup Lake Neusiedl, Podersdorf, Austria, 4-9 May 2004
The first stop of the PKRA Worldcup Tour is always particularily exciting. What has everyone been up to all winter…what are the latest moves and trends. There were many new faces (especially in the girls!!) and the ‘older’ ones looked fitter than ever! What have the ‘superstars’ of the kiteindustry been up to during all […]