Machadocado at Surf Ranch with Rob Machado
Rob Machado's first pool party with his Machadocado. 🎉 🥑
Scroll below for a day with Rob Machado at Surf Ranch in Lemoore, CA on his all-new versatile hybrid shape, the Machadocado in Helium Technology. In this session Rob rode the Grey Swirl colorway, available in limited quantities.
Inspired by the outline of an avocado, Rob designed this shape with the DNA of a fish combined with the performance of a shortboard. Experience the joy of catching waves you’d previously not even consider trying to paddle for on the Machadocado, allowing for fast wraps and quick speed creation in waves knee-high to overhead.
 
Rob Machado makes use of the tight space, fitting the width of his Machadocado in the guts of a CT 2 wave at Surf Ranch. The top barrel section of the CT 2 wave is known to provide 10-15 second barrels, but only for those who can navigate it.
Surf Ranch is known to cause jitters, with many surfers opting to 'safety-surf' the top sections, but Rob goes full throttle on each pitching lip.
 
Rob Machado's not on a mission to bring floaters back to their prior prestige in the 90s when this maneuver was considered high performance, but he still enjoys the drop from lip to flats in Lemoore.
Rob has been tubed enough times to play around in the barrel and throw 'peace' signs at friends he passes on the shoulder.
The end shoulder at Surf Ranch is the least photographed section of the wave, but Rob sees potential where others don't and doesn't let a drop of water go to waste.
Even style icons get psyched enough to throw hand jives.
Nighttime speed blur at Surf Ranch makes Rob's surfing look just as fast as it is in real life.
Rob prefers surfing during the day, but he won't shy away from perfect lefts at any time of night.
Looking back on a fun night, Rob Machado surveys the still water in the basin 100 miles from the coast.
When a wave runs in the basin, it's almost more enticing to watch when nobody's on it, unless it's Rob Machado surfing.
