STARRING: ALBERTO SPREAFICO
PHOTOGRAPHY: ERIC COPPOLA
Location: Adriatic sea
ITALY IS WORLDWIDE FAMOUS FOR FOOD, ART AND FOR UNIQUE CITIES. ONCE THING’S FOR SURE, IT’S NOT FAMOUS FOR SURFING. ITALIAN SURFING CULTURE HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE ACTIVE IN THE LAST DECADE. STILL TODAY MANY PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THAT SURFING THE ITALIAN COASTLINES IS SOMETHING POSSIBLE. THE SURF CULTURE IN ITALY HAS BEEN IMPORTED FROM THE STATES AND FROM THE MOST POPULAR EUROPEAN SURFING AREAS LIKE FRANCE, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
SUFING IS NOT POPULAR IN ITALY, EVEN LESS IN THE NORTH-EASTERN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY, WHERE THE ADRIATIC SEA RERELY GETS THAT POWER TO CREATE A SWELL STRONG ENOUGH TO SURF. WHEN IT DOES, THE LOCAL SURFING COMMUNITY IS THERE. WHEN THE SURF FORECAST GIVES THE GREEN LIGHT, SURFERS WILL PACK THEIR GEAR THE NIGHT BEFORE AND LEAVE EARLY IN THE MORNING. THEY HIT THE ROAD ON THE COASTLINE LOOKING FOR THE BETTER SPOTS TO JUMP IN THE WATER. THEY’LL PROBABLY SURF ONE SINGLE SESSION, BUT IT’S ENOUGH TO GET THAT BIG SMILE ON THEIR FACES.
SURFING IS TRUELY WORLDWIDE. DOESN’T MATTER HOW BIG THE SURF IS. IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT’S ONE OF THOSE MISERABLE AND RAINY DAYS. GETTING IN THAT NEOPRENE WETSUIT AND PADDLING OUT IS ALWAYS WORTH IT!