\u2018Living the pro-dream\u2019 is certainly a huge privilege and me personally, I would not change it for the world !\u00a0 However, in order to stay on top and retain the interest of sponsors is a tough, very competitive mission. I\u2019ve been privileged keeping in the pro-business for\u00a0more than\u00a07 years now and have mutated over the years from a \u2018simple kitesurfer\u2019 into a \u2018One-Woman-Show\u2019:\u00a0 professional athlete, coach, manager, sponsor hunter, marketing & PR, webmaster, journalist, accountant, travelagent … and much more!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Almost on a daily basis I get the same \u2018Ohhhhs and Ahhhs\u2019 as well as questions when I\u2019m asked after my profession, the most common and typical reaction is \u201cMhhhmmm, professional kitesurfer … do you also work?\u201d or \u201cAwesome, the whole year travelling, you\u2019re on a life-long holiday and paid for it, yeah?\u201d<\/p>\n
I was curious and interviewed several of my North kiteboarding team-mates on that topic. I have asked them two simple questions \u201cWhat\u2019s the best and the worst in your job as professional kiteboarder?\u201d. Check out what my team-mates had to say in this cool feature, part of my personal column “Kite & the Planet” published in the German\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0 Enlish version out soon too!\u00a0 I will keep you updated \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 –\u00a0\u00a0 Kiteboarding.de.<\/p>\n
Enjoy !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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