Introducing the Machadocado | Firewire Surfboards

Meet your new favorite summertime shape, designed by Rob Machado inspired by the outline of an avocado mixed with the DNA of a fish and the performance of a shortboard. Experience the joy of catching waves you'd previously not even consider trying to catch on the Machadocado with ease, this is Rob's most versatile squash tail yet. Whether you're an experienced surfer or just beginning, this shape will be your best friend on smaller days.
Designed by the California-based style icon, this board embodies Rob's extensive experience and passion for small wave surfing in California. The Machadocado is slightly wider and thicker than your standard shortboard, providing excellent stability and grovel-ability, while it's thinned out tail provides plenty of control and hold in rounder, more powerful waves. It's volume distribution favors fast wraps and quick speed generation in waves knee-high to overhead. The Thruster fin configuration allows you to ride as a Twin, a Twin with a trailer, or a Thruster, depending on your desired feeling.
Recommended with the Machado 2 + 1 Fin Set for the best experience. This fin template was designed specifically for the Machadocado to enable tight turns and extreme control.
THE STORY BEHIND THE SHAPE
Inspired by the shape of his favorite fruit, Rob Machado outlined the Machadocado with generous width for its length, taking proportional inspiration from an avocado - his favorite fruit for breakfast at home where he makes avocado toast for his family on the weekends. The magic in this fruit-inspired outline is the way that the generous width creates speed while the larger fin template close to the rail enables control, working in alignment with a perfectly thinned out foil.
An idea 14 years in the making, the Machadocado was designed with weak waves in mind for easy speed creation when small waves aren't helping. Drawing from a deep history of performance surfing, Rob designed the thickness distribution from nose to tail in meticulous detail, ensuring the board can hold in the pocket without sacrificing the ability to create speed in flat sections.
With the Machadocado in his van for summer, this shape has thinned out his quiver for the season. Rob says, "less boards in the van means more kids in the van, and my son and his crew have been ruling the beach this summer and I've only had one board with me. The Machadocado is fun everyday."
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[@newhousepictures]

Rob Makes every board look amazing.

[@co8539]

Yep. This board looks like the 8th model to all be basically the same as the former one lol. Boosting those sales baby!!

[@deezy9622]

Yep hence I leant the hard way about robs CI boards not for me.

[@ODL957]

Rob’s style is amazing, the crazy part is that it gets better with age, and that defy every law!!!

[@DeforestLCooper]

That board looks so fun! Great job Muchado! 👌

[@Itsdlu]

They need to make it in green !

[@doug5372]

Ja

[@commercialbreak8290]

I’m gonna wait for next month to buy the new Bananachado (with a ton of rocker !)

[@FabianodeAzevedo-vy8rh]

Nice board, Speed, flow and Rob surfing very well. 🤙

[@creeksidechris3384]

Avos are absolutely amazing, The Properties of them are from HEAVEN!! I BET THESE BOARDS HAVE THEM TOO!!❤ CAPKA

[@shannonyoung3465]

Looks like combo of the Sweet Potato & the Chumlee, but with lower volume & more high performance groveling lil' nuances. Looks pretty sick

[@ShockEpi619]

That’s what I was thinking. A Chumlee with a thinner tail and a hip

[@glennanderson6700]

I'll just brought a chumlee in mint condition for $150😊😊😊

[@shannonyoung3465]

@@glennanderson6700 Holy Shit! SCORE!!!

[@firewiresurfboards]

Good eye. Rob and Dan Mann both spend a lot of their design time focused on fun and versatility in everyday conditions.

[@TravisVarga]

Demo'd this board. It's SICK

[@pewpewpro3309]

What dims?

[@grokuBudz]

Can you make maddd drops?!

[@firewiresurfboards]

Thank you for making the review on your channel. 🥑

[@TravisVarga]

@@pewpewpro3309 Rode the 5'10. Great for small surf, I liked the extra space up near the nose.

[@TravisVarga]

@@grokuBudz undoubtedly

[@hawaiiansouthshore]

A masterpiece from Rob 🙌🙌

[@KennyTang125]

Eating your mashup machadocado with sweet potato and baked potatoes whilst you go fish at seaside on vacay, you have chumlee for bait and don't want to share with your greedy beaver of a friend because you've been dominating the groveler game for so long at Firewire.

[@tyson9419]

Please stop.

[@KennyTang125]

@@tyson9419 how dare you try to boss up

[@giladcohen8994]

Wow! Been waiting looong time for this one. How would you size the cado comparing to the seaside or mashup?

[@ricardolaranjeira4648]

Amazing board seller but even better surfer!

[@windandwavewatersports6134]

does it come with fun looking Seaside waves!? Will be ordering for the South coast of TEXAS soon!

[@grokuBudz]

Is that a wooly husky?! Aww what a babe If you make a fish twin fin like that I'd love to shred one... A little thruster sprinkled on top!! 🧁

[@waves1point0]

Rad!

[@biff022]

This looks like one to size up.

[@somos.tesoros_]

Absolutely love these boards, but is it going to turn orange and pink like all my others?😅🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@paulbaker7675]

Looks a nice outline, but i would like some tail rocker. Machado's shapes always seem to avoid any of that.

[@firewiresurfboards]

Rob offsets the low tail rocker by thinning out the foil in the back inches of the board, and also by introducing a fin cluster that prefers a 2 + 1 fin setup. Rob designed an all-new fin template (his signature 2 + 1) specifically to add response and pivot to the low tail rocker that enables speed and drive. Check our demo schedule online for your chance to try this new fin and shape combination from Rob. Our next one is Saturday July 13th at Salt Creek in Dana Point, Ca.

[@deezy9622]

Yep that’s why I learnt the hard way with robs boards if your not a back foot ripper who gets into waves early or just a bigger guy good luck taking any late/steep drops and or ripping a top turn without some rocker at both ends. I like to watch reviews of avg surfers on his boards as he could literally rip on a plank of wood.

[@gutts1000]

I wonder how would that board compare to the Seaside. Does anyone know?

[@migsy3302]

Can you please make a 6' to 7'0" range like you guys did with the SBOSS ??? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 THANK YOU!!!!!👍🏼

[@jameswitty1107]

as fast as the too fish ?? looks so fun

[@firewiresurfboards]

As fast as the Too Fish but with more pivot and immediate maneuverability. The Too Fish has more directional glide and trim towards the shoulder and favors big movements like long, arcing cutbacks and drawn out high lines. But the Machadocado surfs better in the pocket and off the lip. Both boards are two of the fastest in our quiver.

[@KulchaShokMuzik]

what size is that? looks right up our alley

[@biosfearmag]

Happy dog

[@julianworthy9417]

Where is he surfing I. This is that Cardiff?

[@firewiresurfboards]

Just south of Cardiff.

[@Memo12Delarge]

How does this compare to the mashup model?

[@tezf6883]

Do you no the Machado Cado 5'6 is 2 9/16 thick and the 5'8 is 2 1/2 thick? So the 5'8 is actually thinner then the 5'6, I felt both sizes under arm and the 5'8 feels a little thinner then the 5'6 cado which I like. Has anyone noticed this?

[@JDuke-uw3fk]

Its a fun name, but I would have preferred the Machavocado.

[@ajb7527]

Make your boards in DARK ARTS!

[@johnnyhadji7841]

Hi Firewire , I`m in South Korea wave pool for another 6 weeks , how can I get a board fins and pad here in South Korea? I met and surfed with Rob in Gland . Thanks! Johnny surfyogis

[@seanb9362]

No 6'10? damn...

[@lucashamilton251]

seaside meets almond butter?

[@Taylor314ce]

Looks like a CI Biscuit

[@beachshak1539]

Volcanic please ?

[@coldseamonster]

Rob needs a little thrash metal in his life. 👊🏼

[@taylorr3529]

here I go.... buying another Firewire

[@user-vu1gy4wz6s]

How would you say this compared to the sweet potato?

[@crisdasilva6949]

Avochado

[@Xan1988OG]

He surfs so good he makes the whole "professional surfing" thing and the WCT look like a joke lmao

[@MrWalkercl1]

WSL IS A JOKE!

[@bryan-xx2nk]

he could make a door he bought at Home Depot look good in the water

[@kennyb5537]

another tiny little water skateboard

[@pewpewpro3309]

Is the big volume jump at 6’2 for us taller/heavier guys (6’4, 200lbs)?

[@FluffyAlpaca81]

Hmmm I dunno, I can’t surf like Rob

[@mikeuptegrove]

No 5’5s? Why only even numbers on this board?

[@mitchellmabry912]

jesus christ that beginning part was painful to listen to

[@tyson9419]

Welp I thought Potato-nator was the absolute dumbest name for a board but these pop out dorks have proved me wrong. Congrats posers.

[@tezf6883]

Your not wrong, talking about dunpest names, always thought how could a parent call there kid Tyson 😂