SPRITZING: A European Surf Tour
In the fall of 2023, nine friends travelled from California to Europe’s Basque Country. What ensued in the following weeks could only be summarized by one object—the marquee beverage of the region—the Aperol Spritz. There were sunny days and rain, high times and lows, but through it all there were many, many spritzes.
It’s not easy to get nine of your friends to agree to travel together in your mid twenties. It was no small feat for us, and we wanted to make sure we had more than just memories to look back on. The good times were documented in various media, and two different projects took form: a video by Ethan Schaffer and a magazine by Kanin Lewbell. Ethan took clips filmed by a number of different spritzers and worked his editing magic. You did not have to be there to enjoy it. The magazine puts exquisite photography by Kanin and Ethan together with writing from myself, Ethan, and Nick Ramirez. The bulk of the words are mine, and you may recognize much of it from different pieces that appeared in the DougJournals 1 & 2, but I made sure to add some original stuff in there as well. Ethan and Nick’s pieces round the zine off by bringing the flavor, adding originality next to my storytelling. I think you’ll find it compelling.
Below are links to both of these projects, all for free of course. Enjoy.
Cheers,
LG