{"id":31336,"date":"2016-06-10T16:16:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T16:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/?p=31336"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:36:34","slug":"interview-with-therese-taabbel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/interview-with-therese-taabbel\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Therese Taabbel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERVIEW<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Kitesurf World Cup Publishing Team, who organizes the Kitesurf World Cup in Germany, asked kitesurfpro Therese Taabbel some interesting and short questions about her life, her habits and other stuff everybody wants to know about this power girl from Denmark!<\/strong> <strong>Interesting to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Therese Taabbel\u00a0was around 8 years old when she first flew a kite. Her\u00a0parents always supported her kitesurfing\u00a0<\/strong><b>career and in 2010 she became a part of the Cabrinha team.<\/b><strong>KSWC PUBLISHING\u00a0TEAM: Please tell us three of your daily habits?<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #63b7b6;\">Therese Taabbel:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Wake Up early, do my smoothie for breaky, go kiting or another activity if it&#8217;s not windy<strong>KSWC PUBLISHING\u00a0TEAM: How does a\u00a0perfect day looks like?<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #63b7b6;\">Therese Taabbel:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Morning workout, breakfast, kiting, and BBQ with great friends in sunshine<strong>KSWC PUBLISHING\u00a0TEAM: With whom do you want to change a day?<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #63b7b6;\">Therese Taabbel:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Older me!<strong>KSWC PUBLISHING\u00a0TEAM: Who is your hero and why<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #63b7b6;\">Therese Taabbel:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>My mom, as she is one of the most powerful and inspiring persons I know. She has thought me everything.<strong>KSWC PUBLISHING\u00a0TEAM: What would you be today, if you were not an athlete?<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #63b7b6;\">Therese Taabbel:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Coach and personal trainer for young athletes. Helping other people reaching their goals!<strong>KSWC PUBLISHING\u00a0TEAM: What makes you different from other athletes?<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #63b7b6;\">Therese Taabbel:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>I&#8217;m from Denmark and used to cold weather haha!<strong>KSWC PUBLISHING\u00a0TEAM: What do you do in your training that is key to your success?<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #63b7b6;\">Therese Taabbel:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>I believe that mental training is very important. Being able to visualize your tricks to perfection, train your brain with positive thoughts and dream about your next goal.<strong>KSWC PUBLISHING\u00a0TEAM: Who is going to be champion of the World Cup in Germany?<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #63b7b6;\">Therese Taabbel:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>I&#8217;ll guess we have to wait and see ;-) <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Source of header: Act Agency<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>You might also like<\/h4>\n[custom-facebook-feed]\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/experts\/kswc-publishing-team\/\">KSWC Publishing Team<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you for the Interview, Therese!<\/p>\n<h4>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Publishing Team asked kitesurfpro Therese Taabbel some interesting and short questions about her life, her habits and other stuff &#8211; just check&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":0,"ibs_difficulty":"","_evm_slot_owner":"","_wp_old_slug":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[416],"tags":[607,575,530],"class_list":["post-31336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-sports-en","tag-interview","tag-kitesurfing","tag-news"],"wpml_language":"en","wpml_translation_of":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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