Gabriele Steindl : Professional Kiteboarder and traveler

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Name Gabi Steindl

Nationality Austrian

Profession professional kiteboarder

Sponsors O2alive Power Water, North Kiteboarding, ION Essentials, Oakley

Home @ …well, kind-a-my North boardbag for the past 6 years - Yeah, still looking for the ‘perfect place’ to settle down eventually. My parents and brother live in Vienna, however, my time back ‘home’ is rather limited, clearly: the ocean being WAY too far!!

Education & professional development please check my  Curriculum Vitae for all details !

Likes getting up at sunrise, surfing before breakfast

Dislikes envy

Height 178 cm

Eyes blue

Hair blond … in fact almost white

Interests other than kitesurfing
Surfing, SUP (Stand Up Paddle), yoga, swimming, mountainbiking, snowboarding, scuba diving (PADI Advanced, CMAS* Bronze), horsebackriding (Austrian National Junior Champion >Showjumping 1992&1993), YMCA certified Aerobic instructor, martial arts …
other than sports: writing, photography and of course travel!

Favourite spot …wherever the wind blows, the swell hits, good friends around

Favourite equipment North Vegas 08 7m2, 25m lines and my Rocketfish 5’9’’ waveboard

Motto in life ´Life’s not a rehearsal… Happy those people, who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price, to see them coming true´

Also check out my CURRICULUM VITAE (the more serious version of the above) as well as a SHORT INTERVIEW about my life as a pro and focus on wave-riding today.  Have fun !