American surfing legend whose dreamy, flowing style and calm approach in powerful surf produced an aesthetic that influenced generations of surfers and made him one of the sport's most iconic stylists.
Rob Machado is an American surfer renowned for the most effortlessly stylish and fluid surfing of his era, a San Diego native whose languid, flowing approach to waves was the antithesis of the aggressive, power-surfing trend of the 1990s. Despite never winning a world title, his influence on surfing aesthetics and approach was enormous, and his surfing remains as admired today as when he competed.
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1971
👶 Born in San Diego, USA