Rob Machado
Robert Edward Machado (better known simply as Rob Machado) (born October 16, 1973, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian-born American professional surfer from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a community in Encinitas (San Diego County), California. Machado attended San Dieguito High School, and is known for his casual, "laid-back" style both in and out of the water taught. Though he rides a modern tri-fin shortboard, he is still considered a "soul-surfer" largely because of his soft-spoken, 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 best-known goofy-foot surfers in the world today. His style influences include Gerry Lopez, California's 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 since.Rob has won many of pro surfing's most prestigious contests, including Hawaii's Pipeline Masters (Triple Crown of Surfing), and the U.S. Open of Surfing, the largest surfing event held on the U.S. mainland.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of St.Francis as Self
- 2020 · California Soul as
- 2019 · Fire On The Mountain as Self
- 2018 · Momentum Generation as
- 2017 · Proximity as Himself
- 2016 · Fish: The Surfboard Documentary as
- 2013 · Compassing as
- 2013 · Slow Dance as
- 2013 · Surfing Your Dreams as
- 2010 · Castles In The Sky as
- 2009 · Drive Thru Australia as
- 2008 · Bustin' Down the Door as Self
- 2008 · Water Man as Self
- 2008 · Riding Waves as
- 2007 · Down the Barrel as
- 2007 · Surf's Up as Rob (voice)
- 2007 · Stranger Than Fiction as Himself
- 2007 · Mixed Tape - Bobby: Volume 1 as
- 2004 · A Brokedown Melody as
- 2004 · Global as
- 2003 · Campaign as
- 2003 · Step Into Liquid as Himself
- 2002 · The September Sessions as Himself
- 2002 · Drive Thru Japan as
- 2001 · Shelter as Himself
- 2000 · Hit & Run as Himself
- 2000 · Thicker Than Water as Himself
- 1999 · Loose Change as
- 1999 · Billabong Challenge: Nine 9 Lives as
- 1998 · Raw Irons as
- 1998 · Puerto Underground 4: Alma y Corazón as
- 1997 · The Show as
- 1996 · Drifting: Rob Machado Chronicles as
- 1996 · Billabong Challenge: Psychedelic Desert Groove as
- 1995 · Billabong Challenge: The Mystery Left as
- 1994 · Focus as
- 1994 · The Kill 2 as
- 1993 · Momentum 2 as
- 1992 · Momentum as
- Future · A Common Thread as Self
- 1992 · The Kill as