Who better to help Blind Surfer Pete find a new board to ride than the master himself, Rob Machado. As it turns out, Rob’s ...

Rob’s hair, not quite the full flowing power-mane that it is today, was showing signs of what the future would hold. The Drifter embodies what it meant to be unhinge d, in Rob's case, from the ...

Alright, look. When a style icon and surfing demigod like Rob Machado posts his new favorite shoe, I pay attention. I loved his boardshorts collab with ...

A happier Rob Machado set out on the ’00 WCT, and the Lama’s lessons immediately made an impact. He won two events on the European leg and had a shot at the title until an early loss at Trestles.

Rob Machado needs no introduction. At one point, the lanky surfer from Cardiff-by-the-Sea was the goofyfooted, afro-touting foil to Kelly Slater on the ASP World Tour. When he veered away from ...

Even Rob Machado had to stifle a laugh at the weather. “Doesn’t feel cold. Does it feel like winter?” he remarked while gazing at the sunshine around his home in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. Though ...

Rob Machado's new movie, The Drifter, hit the big screen at Encinitas' La Paloma Theatre for its inaugural showing (in Rob's backyard nonetheless).

“It’s still a bit of a hybrid, but it’s the closest thing I’ve ever shaped to a high-performance shortboard,” Rob Machado said of his latest creation. Indeed, through Firewire and his ...

University of Hawaii catcher Austin Machado is the nephew of star surfer Rob Machado.

From afar, Rob’s life could easily seem like it was all good times and cool breeze. The reality is that the transition from life on tour was far from easy. “To be honest, when the reality set ...

Blind Surfer Pete was in search of a new board and Rob Machado loaned him his personal custom 7’ Sunday. Rob asked for a full ...