Simpel Lines EU - EP2: France and Spain

By France the van started to feel like home. The Atlantic is right there, finally. The crew push south from La Gravière to Galicia, reading swell charts from the front seat, finding a little wedge tucked in the cliffs, cooking on the camp stove roadside.

Spain delivers in that perfect road trip style. The waves aren't perfect, but they're real and fun enough to mean something. There's a baguette with cheese in there somewhere too, which is just enough.

"Even when you're not totally scoring, you can always make something out of nothing. And I guess it's always coming back to being grateful about those little things."
Mckenzie Bowden, EP2

What is Simpel Lines?

Simpel Lines EU is an honest capture of one of those classic summer road trips. A big van, a good crew, and the open road. Three crew members, four countries, whatever the ocean gave back.

Mckenzie Bowden helps knit together the journey from the UK through Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal. No script, no guaranteed swell. Just the road, the people, and what happened.

This is the first in what we hope will be an ongoing series of road trips, surf edits, and real travel content from the crew here at Simpel.

More is coming.