Background
Boese was born in Potsdam, East Germany, on July 1, 1977.
Boese was born in Potsdam, East Germany, on July 1, 1977.
In 2000, she attended a windsurf-instructor license course and began working as a windsurf instructor in her summer holidays while studying journalism and communication at the University of Berlin.
In 2009 she was shortlisted by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards. At school, she excelled in a wide range of sports and became a semiprofessional handball player from the age of 9 in 1986 until 1999. She took her A-levels in 1997 and began to develop a passion for windsurfing and mountain biking.
In summer 2002, she met a kitesurfer at her windsurf center and within a matter of months had left Berlin and moved to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands to learn how to kitesurf and become an instructor at the Pro Center Egl.
This was followed with further success. In September 2009, she competed at the Greek PKRA. She is the author of two instructional books and an instructional Digital Video Disc on kitesurfing.
In 2009, she published the guide Kitesurfing in the Waves: The Complete Guide. She has also done modelling work, and has modelled for Vogue, and in September 2007 appeared in the German Playboy magazine, appearing on the cover with Theresa Klein and Jenny Bongardt.
She is sponsored by Best Kiteboarding, Rial, Air Berlin and Maui Magic.
2004 PKRA 2nd place.