Choose Your Own Adventure CA Painted Surfboard longboard Nathan Gibbs’ urban surfscape 'Freedom

Nathan Gibbs’ urban surfscape 'Freedom from the Favelas' ignites with bold reds

or classic trousers

Silhouetted surfers

and whites

Choose Your Own Adventure CA Painted Surfboard longboard Nathan Gibbs’ urban surfscape 'FreedomThese painted surfboards are collaborations with other shapers. They come as traditional foam and glass boards or beautiful hand built custom ancient Hawaiian designs called Alaias. The alias are built with different woods. Redwood, cedar, old growth Sequoia and Paulownia are some of the wood types commonly used. Then I choose a theme, usually based off of a location such as California, Hawaii, or specific locales like Malibu, LA, or the mountains.