Tapas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtapas]) are a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine. In Spain, patrons of tapas can order many different tapas and combine them to make a full meal.
The serving of tapas is designed to encourage conversation because people are not so focused upon eating an entire meal that is set before them…
So, being a Spaniard that is fond of tapas, a longboarder, and a filmmaker, I decided to cook up some appetizers to what will be a series of videos of Spanish Longboardism.
What’s nice about the Spanish surf culture, and specifically the longboard culture, is that it is as diverse as our Spanish regions. Even though it is a very new culture that is still evolving, it is wonderful to observe how in each corner of our Iberian Coast, the love for waveriding sprouts and grows.
It is that diversity that makes Spain’s longboarding scene so interesting. The mix of music, culinary traditions, cultural differences amongst regions and the so-varied types of beaches and waves, make our country a perfect melting pot of Wavepeople.
For instance, the Mediterranean surfer, cursed by seemingly unending flat spells, turned to history to satiate their thirst for surf. Vintage surfing culture, books, films, unending conversations, debates. The Baskes amalgamated their traditions and the charisma of the region (country) into their surfing. Adventurous, fearless, and bound to their roots. In the south, conversations in the lineup and the outgoing character of the Andaluzians sprinkles their surf of laughter and good times. The Asturians are the Celts of the Bunch, stubborn but gentle. The Galizians have a dangerously deadly coastline, that forces their surf to be daring, and to look for solitude.
Each region has its own interpretation of surfing and of the union of tradition and the more modern influence of surfing. My dream is to shine a light onto what I feel is our surf culture now. That’s the reason for The Wavepeople.
