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Papua Nueva Guinea – entre el kite y la edad de piedra

Papua New Guinea, a remote, mysterious country, secluded from the modern world! Where Stone Age continues, where unknown, belligerent tribes live which  –  according to some rumours…  –  still exercise headhunting and cannibalism. A common cliché, much too often portrayed in the media and stuck in people’s heads…

In my mission as ‘globetrotting freerider’ it magically draws me to always even more unusual places and I simply love to immerse myself in other worlds and new cultures. With this in mind I packed up my 60kgs and jumped on a plane to an absolutely unique place, that only a few have discovered for themselves and travel agencies seldom offer as a destination: Papua New Guinea.  I wanted to find out whether there are any grounds to the prejudices and clichés and obviously also what the country has to offer in terms of kitesurf-potential.

With PNG I certainly hit the jackpot! What I found literally blew my mind and my journey to this amazing and truly unique place has been without a doubt till now THE very most special trip in my entire career as kitesurf-professional.

Read the story in Spanish in Surf a Vela magazine right here, just scroll down and select whether you want to read it online, print or download! For the German version on 10 pages in “Kiteboarding” click here, 8 pages in English in “Kiteworld Mag” here or for the French version on 8 pages in “The Kiteboarder Mag” here.

Enjoy & have fun guys, I’m always stoked to be hearing from you 🙂
Gabi