From the moment Gabriella first stood on skis aged 3 – wearing a canary yellow all-in-one snowsuit – she was hooked. The thrill of skiing, trying to keep up with her big brother and stepping up to receive her first ski school prize utterly captivated her.
Gabriella spent much of her youth living in Austria and Switzerland, striving to perfect the art of the hip-swinging, 1980s 'Euro-style' skiing, before discovering parabolic skis and relearning how to ski while she spent two winter seasons in Aspen, Colorado.
Now in her early 30s and undeterred by repeated knee injuries, a broken thumb, three concussions, countless black toenails and frequent Jägerbomb-induced hangovers, Gabriella is as enthusiastic as ever about hitting the slopes.
She has skied in more than 90 resorts across the world, co-wrote the Footprint Skiing Europe guidebook in 2008 and contributes articles about skiing and other adventure travel pursuits to a range of newspapers and magazines including The Telegraph, Metro, Spectator Business, Condé Nast Traveller and Ski & Board magazine.