Steffi Wahl |
Northern
(High)LightsSteffi started windsurfing at
the age of 11 together with her father, an enthousiastic windsurfer. Living at Bad
Waldsee, in the south of germany, where Snowboarding is rather the thing than windsurfing,
they nevertheless travelled to the sea in their spare time. After her first competition
(Super 8 at Lake Garda, Italy) she came off really well and started to compete
in the German Windsurf Cup and 1998 in several worldcups. After her A-levels in 1997 she
decided to move to Kiel, Northern Germany, a city located at the Baltic Sea. There she
studies business management and now is able to windsurf at the Baltic Sea, Klitmøller or
whereever, whenever it gets windy. She loves big waves, strong winds, windsurfing with her
friends whatever the conditions may look like and her hometown Kiel. Whenever she got
enough money and time, she tries to escape from the cold winter in Germany to Capetown /
Southafrica and the Canary Islands to be able to windsurf the whole year round. date of birth: 01.06.1978nationality: German profession: student sponsors: Mistral, North Sails, Rip Curl, Fitness Company windsurfing since: 1998, I learned on the small lake "Badsee" in Southern Germany
favorite discipline: wave, freestyle favorite move:
air jibe, flip 360, waveriding favorite windsurfing spot: best music: Shelter - Here we go again last book you have read: Lance Armstrong best film: High Fidelity best food: Italian pasta best drink: strawberry margherita love: Kiel (my hometown), Henning (my boyfriend)
What causes you fear? how fast time is running What makes you laugh? anything... making nonsense with my friends, trying frontloops... Windsurfing better than sex? Similar, but differently...
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photos: Sjaak van der Linden © windgirls 2004 |