resin, rail spike from trestles reconstruction, toner text transfer
This arch-framed relic features a single corroded railroad spike mounted to aged wood, shadowing a ghosted list of surf breaks that shaped generations: Trestles, Cottons, Uppers, Lowers, Middles, Church. The framing echoes a shrine—equal parts sacred and raw. A tribute to every board-dragging surfer who ever hiked the tracks. The spike isn’t just steel—it’s symbolic passage.
Each piece in Nathan Gibbs’ Trestles Series is a nostalgic time capsule of Southern California surf culture, anchored by authentic rusted railroad spikes—once part of the very tracks that led surfers to the iconic Trestles surf breaks.
