Jessica Winkler

Jessica is a certified kiteboarding instructor and has over 500 hours on the water. She was also part of a successful team that introduced kitesurfing in Brazil and is the first to bring it to Nicaragua. “If there is one thing I have learned it life, it's not to take yourself too seriously and to feel blessed everyday when you wake up.” Jessica is sponsored by O'neill Eyewear, Fuel, GoPro, Jet Pilot, ProTec, You Scared? and Heart & Huntington. Visit her website: www.jessicawinkler.com or Blog or hook up with her on Twitter or Google+.

Articles by Jessica Winkler

 

How to Increase your Sponsorship Deals

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Jessica Winkler - Epic Kites - PKRA Playa del Carmen

Increasing your sponsorship deals is an important part of being a professional kitesurfer, or any pro athlete. Since many kiters are aspiring to be pro kitesurfers, and based on the response to an article I wrote last year “How to Get Sponsored”, I thought I would do a follow up article on becoming a sponsored rider. … [Read more...]

Top 10 Hottest Kitesurfing Products for 2012

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Surf Expo 2011

For those lucky enough to attend the 2011 Surf Expo, we are sure you are as excited as we are about the awesome range of new kitesurfing products lined up for 2012. For everyone else who couldn’t make it, we thought we would share our top 10 favourite products spotted at the Expo for 2012. Slingshot Joint Binding The … [Read more...]

Most Influential Girl Kitesurfer 2011 Launch

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Kitesurf Girl

Are you a kitesurf girl? Do you stand out in a crowd? Are you more comfortable in the air than on the ground? Nominate yourself or a friend who you think is doing great things in kitesurfing, or who is positively influencing others in your kiteboarding circles, for inMotion Kitesurfing’s “Most Influential Girl … [Read more...]

How to Get Sponsored

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Get Sponsored by Fuel Clothing

If your dream job involves making a living from the sport you love, then getting a sponsorship is going to play a crucial role as you embark on your journey to a career in sports. While my own road to sponsorship centres around kitesurfing, these tips are not just for kitesurfers, and can be applied to virtually any … [Read more...]

Kitesurfing Love Affair with Jessica Winkler

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Jessica Winkler - Kite Beach

We recently caught up with sponsored kitesurfer and extreme sport entrepreneur, Jessica Winkler. Jessica is an accomplished kitesurfing instructor and is best known for pioneering a kitesurfing business on her own in a third world country. We asked her to share with us her take on kitesurfing and the vital role the … [Read more...]