Gabi Steindl

Austrian Gabi Steindl (29) has a very unusual background for a "kite-pro-chick", as she calls it. With a "bachelor of arts" university degree (Glasgow, Scotland) in her pocket she had originally decided to set foot on the stage of international business. After working three years in London and two years in Hong Kong she finally ended up as global marketing & sales manager of the prestigious international adventure travel & extreme sports magazine "Action Asia". Gabi was only 25 then. But these successful years and an impressive career came to an end when a love at first sight changed her life forever: kiteboarding! It was the birth of a new person, a kiteboarding "windgirl" nicknamed "Kitegabi".