Rob Machado
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1973
- Place of birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
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.
Movies with Rob Machado
- Surf's Up 2007 · ★ 6.5
- Step Into Liquid 2003 · ★ 7.2
- Momentum Generation 2018 · ★ 6.9
- A Brokedown Melody 2004 · ★ 7.4
- Thicker Than Water 2000 · ★ 6.6
- Fading West 2013 · ★ 6.2
- The Drifter 2009 · ★ 5.0
- Bustin' Down the Door 2008 · ★ 6.0
- Shelter 2001 · ★ 5.8
- Proximity 2017 · ★ 4.0
- Castles In The Sky 2010 · ★ 7.3
- Down the Barrel 2007 · ★ 8.0
- The September Sessions 2002 · ★ 8.5
- Hit & Run 2000 · ★ 8.5
- Compassing 2013 · ★ 4.5
- Fire On The Mountain 2019 · ★ 10.0
- Surfing Your Dreams 2013 · ★ 10.0
- Billabong Challenge: The Mystery Left 1995 · ★ 9.0
- Chasing AdVANture 2017 · ★ 9.0
- California Soul 2020
- Stranger Than Fiction 2007
- Raw Irons 1998
- Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis 2023
- Momentum II 1993
- Water Man 2008
- Riding Waves 2008
- Billabong Challenge: Psychedelic Desert Groove 1996
- Billabong Challenge: Nine 9 Lives 1999
- Global 2004
- The Show 1997
- Puerto Underground 4: Alma y Corazón 1998
- Mixed Tape - Bobby: Volume 1 2007
- Slow Dance 2013
- The Kill 1992
- The Kill 2 1994
- Focus 1994
- Campaign 2003
- Drive Thru Japan 2002
- Drive Thru Australia 2009
- Momentum 1992