Watch this dude surf through NYC with an amazing Silver Surfer costume

He modified an electric skateboard to become Marvel's Silver Surfer.
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Brian Koerber
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Watch this dude surf through NYC with an amazing Silver Surfer costume
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It's hard to grab the attention oh a hardened New Yorker, but every now and then someone will do something so ridiculous that it will make even a seasoned city dweller stop to take a picture.

With a lot of makeup help from artist Alexys Fleming, Jesse Wellens from PrankvsPrank transformed himself Marvel's Silver Surfer, complete with a modified electric skateboard for easy traveling around the city.

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New Yorkers quickly fell in love with the original idea, and so did the rest of the internet because the video has over 1 million views in just one day.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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