We Drove Across Italy Chasing Waves... Then Everything Went Wrong | Chasing Italy
Published June 26th, 2026
What started as a simple surf trip quickly became one of the biggest adventures we've ever had. We drove over 2,000 km across Europe in our lifted VW Touareg chasing waves along the Italian coast. Along the way we broke down in Monaco, discovered incredible people, surfed perfect waves in Levanto, explored the beauty—and reality—of Cinque Terre, wake surfed, and experienced Italy far beyond the typical tourist destinations.
What started as a simple surf trip quickly became one of the biggest adventures we've ever had.
We drove over 2,000 km across Europe in our lifted VW Touareg chasing waves along the Italian coast. Along the way we broke down in Monaco, discovered incredible people, surfed perfect waves in Levanto, explored the beauty—and reality—of Cinque Terre, wake surfed, and experienced Italy far beyond the typical tourist destinations.
This is the complete Chasing Italy episode, bringing together the entire journey into one episode.
If you love surfing, road trips, overlanding, off-road vehicles and authentic travel, you're in the right place.
Locations featured:
• Monaco
• Genoa
• Levanto
• Cinque Terre
• Lake Garda
• Liguria
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