Rob Machado

Robert Edward Machado better known simply as Rob Machado born October 16 1973 Sydney Australia is an Australianborn American professional surfer from CardiffbytheSea a community in Encinitas San Diego County California Machado attended San Dieguito High School and is known for his casual laidback style both in and out of the water taught Though he rides a modern trifin shortboard he is still considered a soulsurfer largely because of his softspoken humble personality and his disinterest in the spotlight along with his fluid surfing style which has earned him the nickname Mr Smoothy He is one of the bestknown goofyfoot surfers in the world today His style influences include Gerry Lopez Californias masters of style duo Oliver Lobdell and Taylor Lobdell who he saw surfing on soft tops at River Jetties in 1990 and has tried to emulate their styles ever sinceRob has won many of pro surfings most prestigious contests including Hawaiis Pipeline Masters Triple Crown of Surfing and the US Open of Surfing the largest surfing event held on the US mainland