My trip tp PNG was already published in several languages, check it out on 10 pages in Germany’s Kiteboarding Mag, on 8 pages in France’s Kiteboarder, on 8 pages in UK’s Kiteworld, or in Spanish on 5 pages in Surf a Vela Magazine!

Yep, I’m happy and without sounding stuck up here now, I’m really stoked with my media portfolio that’s truly “pumping”, yew !

I just had another beautiful feature on 10 pages in The Kiteboarder US about my recent trip to Oman in the United Emirates, if you haven’t done so, it’s high time to check it out guys !
…and another feature “Love Tribute to Western Australia” in the Australian SUPWORLD Mag and and and…
yep, it’s going really well, I’m happy

Enjoy & I’ld love to hear from you folks !!!
Carpe Diem
Gabi

The spring issue of  The Kiteboarder Magazine, published in the United States with its headoffice in California, has recently hit newsagents & shops all around the globe.

Published in english and as one of top high profile magazines in the industry, I absolutely dig this magazine and pretty much no matter where I am, I normally can get hold of a copy, which is great.

Even greater is that my trip story about Oman, in the United Arab Emirates, on which I’ve worked together with Alan Norton, a truly awesome photographer and great guy is featured on 10 pages in this most recent issue.

So don’t miss out and get your a** down to the shops and get youself a copy !  Trust me you won’t regret it, there’s loads of interesting stuff to be found, sick action and beautiful photos.

Enjoy & I’m always stoked about your feedback guys
Gabi

I came to experience the energy of this amazing sport for the very first time when a kite-mission with a photographer lead me to Western Australia in 2008;  …and I fell in love with both: the sport and the country. Today W.A. is my adopted home-base, where I live, train and where I start my trips from and I could hardly imagine a day without picking up one of my beloved SUPs to enjoy a session in the waves, a down winder, a meditative cruise up the river or a couple of yoga moves on top of my board.  Western Australia is a truly unique and mind-blowing piece of paradise and its SUP playgrounds are sheer endless.

My most recent article “A Love Tribute to W.A.” is dedicated to my love and passion for SUP as well as the amazing west coast of the land down under.

Check out the most recent issue of “SUP World Australia” for it, which is the “Travel Issue”, with lots and lots of great features, trip stories and infos!

Enjoy & have fun and get yourself a SUP if you haven’t done so
trust me, it will change your life too!
Gabi

Yep, it’s been quite a fair while since I’ve last uploaded articles and trust me, there’s been a huuuge number of features been published since !  Yes, yes, yes, without sounding stuck up, I have to admit, I’m pretty happy with my media-coverage 

I would like to invite you to check out all the new articles, you can read them all online and/or print or save them as pdf, it’s completely up to you guys!   Just go to my media-portfolio and click on the cover that’s interesting you, then read the excerpt and scroll down to the info box to find out more about the publication and the article. At the very bottom of the page, you will find the magazine pages individually and the download-button as an option in case you choose to save or print the article.

There is soooo much new stuff and a diverse collection of all kinds of features in several languages (german, english, french, italian, spanish): from tech-features, such as “How to learn a move faster” in IKSURF in coopertion with my team-mate Tome Court (UK), or “Wave Armour” in Kiteworld featuring pics of Jaime Herraiz, Sky Solbach etc, or a german one with the title “Immer mit der Ruhe” (how to prevent injuries) in Kiteboarding.eu, to interviews such as the one with 11x World Champ Kelly Slater, and of course lots of new travel & trip-stories, such as the one about my trip to “The island of the Gods” in the spanish “Surf a Vela”-mag, plus as I’m also international team-rider for Fanatic SUP & surf, there’s a few SUP-features, such as the one in “Für Mich” as part of my personal column “Wave of Life” !

Yew, I’m stoked, hope you are too and that you enjoy my articles!
I would love to hear your feedback
Have fun guys & sweet reading
Gxx

The very first issue in 2012 is chock-a-block with really good stuff and super interesting artilces. I had the pleasure of contributing with two features:

One is a big interview that I conducted with my North & ION International team mate ‘obstacle master ripper’ Tom Court from the UK suppported by some siiiiiiiiick action photos. He seriously rips, and I have great respect for Toms skills, work and results. Keep it up mate!

And then, there’s also a suuuuuuuuuuuper valuable “tech-feature” about your first tentative steps towards the waves.  My “How to get into Waveriding” is a guide that mainly focuses on all the safety aspects around your first attempts in waves.

Wavekiting for me is my life-force and I would love also  y o u  to feel the amazing energy and stoke that a sweet waveride-session -without a doubt- will give you .  Follow my guide for a safe learning curve and you’ll be ripping in no-time! The feature is supported by some amazing photos, most of them of my North & ION International team mates during the KSP Wave World Tour stops in Mauritius, Peru and Cabo Verde.  There’s pics of Airton Cozzolino the freshly crowned Wave World Champ, Sky Solbach Wave-Ripper, mastermind & shaper behind North’s waveboards, Angela Peral, Jeremie Eloy, myself…

I would like to take this opportunity to say a “huge thanx” to the KSP World Tour, John Bilderback and the other great photographers that helped me in putting the pics for this article together.

Both features (Tom Court and the Wave-article) are linked up with some sweet videos as well. You’ll see the little ‘tv icons’ at the bottom of the respective pages.

Don’t miss it and check out the JanFeb’12 issue of the World’s No.1: IKSURF, the FREE Online Magazine !

And with regards to any questions or feedback, just email me, I always love to hear from you !

Have fun & Carpe Diem
Gxx

Having been travelling the world as a professional kiter for the past ten years, and as a super passionate surfer, I’ve been hooked on the SUP virus ever since my very first go at it in 2007.  Paddleboarding has given me the opportunity to see the world through different eyes and is enabling me to enjoy my life-force  -  the ocean -  in additional ways.  New possibilities and opportunities for new adventures, new thrills, new playgrounds, new stokes are opening up almost every day that I take one of my Fanatic SUP-babies out and I very openly admit:  I’m a SUPaholic which is a beaaaaaaaautiful thing and contrary to most other addictions a very, very healthy one too

I could hardly imagine a day without not picking up one of my beloved SUPs to enjoy a session in the waves, a down winder, a meditative cruise up the river or a couple of yoga moves on top of my board.

..and I’ve just come back from an absolutely beautiful, joy session, I’m feeling GREAT, yew !

High time 4 the ones amongst you who still haven’t given this amazing sport a go yet, to have a shot at it !!!  Trust me guys, you won’t regret it.
I’m always here for you and any questions
Yours Gabi

I’m  s t o k e d and very grateful for yet another fantastic year in this amazing life with all its experiences, lessons, high & lows  (just like the waves in the ocean), awesome wonders and presents that life ‘throws’ at us  -  quite often, when we least expect it!  All we gotta do is being present and mindful of the opportunites as they arise…

Yew, life is beautiful and so incredibly exciting and there’s so many gifts in it waiting,   it’s all up to us to grab them!   So many dreams to be lived and we shouldn’t wait to live them, we only have one life and the very ‘simple’ way of making the most out of it and THE very upmost important ingredient in the equation of ‘being happy’ is:  follow  Y O U R  heart on  Y O U R  very own personal path!

In this spirit I send my very best wishes to all of you:

MERRY X-MAS, where ever you are & a JOY RIDE INTO THE NEW YEAR !!!

Enjoy the holidays, relax, take it easy,
inhale the peace and energy of Mother Nature &
Carpe Diem guys, because “Life is not a rehearsal” 

Thanx to my sponsors North Kiteboarding, ION, Fanatic, and Oakley for their continuous support in living my very personal dream!

With all my love
Yours Gabi

Yeah, I’ve only just returned to my home base in W.A., where two biiiig boxes have already been waiting for quite a while for me;   finally I get the chance to unwrap’em and hopefully play with its contents in the water very, very shortly:

It’s the second shipment of my brandnew 2012 Fanatic ‘toys’:  one SUP and one Surfboard, s t o k e d !!!

As my new SUP for 2012 and ‘successor’ of my beloved “Fly Wave 9’6” from this years Fanatic SUP-range,  I’ve chosen the PRO WAVE 8’10”. Looking at it, I simply CAN’T wait to get in the water with it, yew !!!  It looks absolutely beautiful in its incredibly stylish wooden design. Five fin boxes are giving me the option of riding it either in Quad or Thruster set-up,  sick! Mono concave bottom entry into rolled V and double concave for maximum glide and drive, what more can I say, I’m positive Sebastian Wenzel, the shaper of this ‘baby’ and all the other incredible Fanatic SUP babies has done an amazing job.

As my new surfboard, I’ve chosen the SURF BAMBOO 6’6” FUN EGG, yew, that’s gonna be soooo much fun catching waves on !   Fast and floaty thruster fun from slop to fast surf, a great joy allrounder for all sorts of conditions that will keep me smiling no matter how crappy the conditions. Hehehehe, yep, I reckon it’s a siiiick ‘wave catcher’ !  And just like my Fanatic Surf Bamboo Evo 6’8”, I’m loving its bamboo design. Aussie shaper legend Bruce McKee has certainly done a fantastic job with this one and I’m frothing to take it for a ride !

You should get yourself set-up with a Fanatic SUP and surfboard as well  -   Life is beautiful when you SUP and surf !!!

Soon more, stay tuned,
Carpe Diem & have fun folks
Gxx

I’ve been away from my home base Australia due to several missions for a few months… finally I have returned, sweeeeet .   Though I’m still not ‘home home’ for now;  at the moment I’m at my annual wave-training location over a thousand kms away from home but a little angel has brought me a present:

One of my brandnew 2012 Fanatic SUP-boards – YEEEAH, I’m so excited !!!
It’s the  FLY WAVE, the true “Allrounder” in Fanatics amazingly comprehensive 2012 SUP-board range, check it out right here!

I’ve chosen the Fly Wave as part of my Fanatic board quiver in 2012 for several reasons:
1. It’s a fantastic allround board that I will be taking into surf pretty much of any size plus it’s a great ‘cruizer’ for flat water, downwinders etc etc…
2. I would like to give the opportunity to everybody around me to have a go and to get people into SUP’ing, cause it simply is one of THE VERY VERY BEST fun things 2 do in this world, and the Fly Wave is simply perfect for that   !!!

SUP’ing is such an amazing watersport and I could almost not imagine one day without having a session on my SUP, whether it’s a relaxing cruise on flat water or riding some sweet waves.  That’s precisely  t h e  very best thing about SUP’ing:  the options for fun and a stoke are endless!  SUP’ing will make your day,  a n y d a y, regardless of the conditions, there’s always a sweet SUP-sess to be had, which will make you feel great !

So, to come back to my brandnew “Fanatic-Baby”, the Fly Wave:   Shaped by Fanatic’s master-board-brain Sebastian Wenzel, it’s a board for a lifetime of surfing.  Timeless thruster shape, soft rails up front and sharper edges in the tail give the grip and feel of a smaller board with all the grace and glide of the ancient Hawaiians. Thanks to a flatter nose rocker and more pronounced curve in the tail, you gain easy paddling and turning ability for effortlessly catching rides. A flat deck and volume out wide mean there’s balance and stability galore. What greater way to share the joy of riding waves with family, friends and beginners?
And its design and construction definitely needs to be mentioned as well:  I’ve chosen the Wood Edition, beautifully crafted wood that comes with the deluxe Deck Pad that ensures super comfy paddling;  Yew, the Fly Wave Wood is one of the lightest boards on the market for extra performance and fun and I’m truly L O V I N G  IT  !!!
Check out the photos in my photo gallery on the right hand side!

Out of Fanatic’s paddle range, I have chosen the Paddle Carbon 80, the most versatile paddle of’em all.  The 80% 3K Carbon shaft’s easy on the shoulders in longer sessions, with quick response for racing or darting into set waves. Fanatic’s invested heavily in a genuine, quality CAD-designed paddle program with unique mould and tooling processes, without generic or off-the-shelf parts and shortcuts.

I’ve had several JOY-session on my Fly Wave so far on it and came back to the beach  s t o k e d  soooo many times and so did also all the people who had a go, everyone was lovin’ it too !

The waves here are too far from the beach to take photos of, however, I organized a little ‘lifestyle shoot’ in some amazing locations, photos will be posted shortly, so stay tuned folks and check out Fanatics web in the meantime!

Have fun & start SUP’in folks, trust me, you won’t regret it, always here for any Qs & queries
Gabi

I’ve just returned to Australia after a mission in Asia and am suuuuuuuuuuuuuper stoked already having had a crack on my 2012 Rebel 7m2 kite and Kontact 6’1” waveboard.

All I can say is:  North’s products have yet again improved quite considerably, the performance of the 2012 Rebel, its windrange and handling is the sweetest feeling I’ve felt with kites in my hands since I’ve started this sport, sounds cheesy but it’s true!  Tunable bar pressure, new square wingtip design maximizes the effective tip area, and rock solid stability are just a few of the amazing qualitities;  no doubt the 2012 Rebel remains North’s flagship kite, combining all the ingredients you need to cover a huge wind-range, rip apart any size surf, boost huge airs and ride comfortably in nearly all conditions. Check it out on North’s website!

Same accounts for the 2012 Kontact, my very favourite model of North’s wide waveboard range.  I’ve chosen the 6’1” x 17 ½” x 2 1/16” for lighter winds and the 5’9” x 17” x 1 15/16” for strong winds, there is one more size in the middle, the 5’11” x 17 ¼” x 2”.   The fourth generation Kontact remains a staple of the NKB Surf Range and a powerhouse board in a class all its own. The Kontact is ideal for riders looking to ride bigger and more powerful surf, however due to its control-oriented nature, the Kontact is also a great choice for riders who want a board to handle strong wind and choppy water with ease and comfort. The 2012 model features the same popular rounded pintail but now has a slightly shorter and fuller outline than last years’ model and a moderate single to double concave to improve turning and release. Check it out on the NKB’s website!

Oki folks, gotta go… the wind is up and I would like to test my 2012 Rebel 10m2

For the coming season, I can only recommend to get ur a$$ down to the next shop that sells NKB gear and to get youself the greatest gear on the planet, trust me, u will  L O V E  these toys !

Please feel free 2 email me with any Qs u might have,  a n y t i m e  here 2 help you
Gxx