All you need are rails, fins are drag. Watch this video and you'll freak. Serious talent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfLuIZVxPT0&list=UU17pqt6CVGe7ylMigIvHTlA&index=1

Cool video.  I watched a few of the others.  He does paddle into some waves on a skimboard which is very cool.  He can also surf really well. 

I love to paddle in skim. It is insane how free it feels. And once you can set your rail right you can get a ton of speed.

ya... but he doesnt paddle into any in this video....all tow in

He's one hell of a wave rider!

Classic.

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that and the skimboard style are the drawbacks but if i got towed into a wave like that on a skimboard i'd eat shit so i'm still impressed

unreal. so sick

Soooooo pitted!!!!!!!!
That was sick.... looks so UNnatural... all I ever got out of a skim board was a busted shin..

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so which came first, the Alaia or the skimboard? Did I grow up skimming on alaia's? Of course we only had the round versions. This reminds me of Balsa Bill and the surfboard vs. longboard name confusion with the younger generation. It does look fun.

Domke is redic paddle, tow, skim surf. Guy is on another level

Skimboards are harder to paddle in on over an alaia for sure.

I'm impressed, but imagine what he could do if he put some fins on that board. For one he wouldnt be swinging his arms to keep his stability. He could also follow thru on his cutbacks. Im not a hater, just jealous he can get pitted like that at Mexi-pipe on such sub-standard equpiment.

Fin companies hate this guy.  Who needs fins?    Ok, let me get this outta the way first.  Kudos to this cat.  I've seen some of his vids and he's supremely talented, no doubt.  Fearless?  Check.  The 360 shuvit in a cavernous pit?  Yeah.  Probably more talent in one foot than all of 2nd light combined.

That being said, it ain't that pretty.  Just sayin'.  The waves are awesome, sure.  And he knows how to get in the pocket and park himself on basically an indo board.  Yet he's constantly bogging and rolling the windows up.  He's a freak talent who charges and is pushing boundaries but limiting himself with his equipment, imo.  I'd like to see him on a finless mini simmons in that surf doing his thing.  Something with a proper bottom.  He wouldn't be able to pop shuvit but he could slide and spin his way down to El Salvador.  Check out his Chopes vid.  That's a sickie too. 

 

Mental! Brad was out here on the north shore for a month this year. He got so many good Backdoor and Pipe barrels on his surf board. This kid rips!


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25 years from now people will look back and see he changed the game

the thing is that he rides surfboards too, he put a video out a few months ago with both. i think he is well aware that surfing exists and either prefers skimboarding or knows where his skills are...seeing him on something in between would probably be insane

Yes he could probably charge paddking on a <5 foot surfboard.

The skimboard he was paddling in on looked a bit bigger that his tow skim.  

That's crazy stuff and the guy is clearly talented but it looks sketchy big time. Zero style on that thing. I'm sure on his surfboard he has loads of it but on that skimboard...not in my opinion.

Ground breaking? Not really...Derek Hynd has been surfing J-Bay finless for decades.

^ Yes he has.  Like butta..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4RzMWlugk

Domke with fins

Goto vimeo search domke double vision

 

Hands down the coolest surf video I've seen. I couldn't even fathom that riding those waves on that thing would be possible.

And here we see him with fins....guy is a ripper for sure.http://www.easternsurf.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1843:brad-domkes-puerto-platter&Itemid=121

and then he,,, stALLS!! what bahls~

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Tough and Rad! Most guys I see nowadays on regular equipment Bog and flail there hands. I dont see anything but sickness when I watch. 5/5 Hate on. That being said...

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Sorry that link is messed up.  Back when this post started there was some question about how he surfed with a "regular" board and the recent article in ESM seems to answer that question.

He made Surline's greatest wipeouts with a cremation at at Cyclops.  Crazy clean and mean:

http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/greatest-wipeouts/skimboarder-brad-domke-crashes-hard-at-cyclops_122157

A split second before detonation:

 

charging yes.... with the assistance of horse power.... STYLE = worst on the planet... sorry bruh flail on with your bad self

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