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We caught up with Fan club member, Cosmopolitan NL's social editor and super sweetheart Gabrielle.... check out what this wanderlust retro surfer babe has to say...   Where did you grow up and were there any secret hiding places as a kid which inspired you?When I was six, my parents moved from Amsterdam to a tiny village near the coast. I spent most of my summer days at the beach. I would just hop on my bike whenever I could and lots of my friends would just be hanging out at our favourite beach club Timboektoe. When I got older and bought my first car, I drove up there with my surf board in the back to catch some waves....

Pestering parents to be part of the coolest fan-club was a feeling most kids will remember, whether you actually made it official, or invented your own fan club, it was a time when being part of something made you feel you were the coolest kid on the block! Being part of something as kids was all about, making or breaking rules, collecting every single annual, completing sticker books and having fun. Whether it was hiding up in your tree house or hosting slumber parties with your gang discussing the latest low downs, getting excited about receiving your latest scouts or brownie patches or receiving VIP fun packs from fan clubs; it was the status and the socialising we all loved! ...