When I was a kid I had a self made recording on VHS of a contest at Seaside Reef where Rob just put on an absolute clinic. Not only was it a way bigger than average day so the waves were amazing, but he just had what looked to my teenaged eyes, the perfect ride, every time. I must have watched that contest 100 times back in the day. That summer he became my favorite surfer to watch and try (failed) to emulate.
@BenDover-vs7ih2 жыл бұрын
Kelly and Rob my favorite surfers of all time. Hope one day I get to meet Rob. Such an awesome dude.
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
Try Seaside Reef parking lot on most days. :)
@fernandomaron872 жыл бұрын
Rob and Lopez for me
@GR-sg2lv2 жыл бұрын
This is film... back when you would paddle out with 36 photos.... haha. another world. Rob is a classic.
@michaelseifert62612 жыл бұрын
Insane; what a beautiful little diddy as to paraphrase Rob. Thank you for that short but in depth look at surfings “soul man.”
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
Stoked you enjoyed!
@Pucksndeep67 ай бұрын
Talk about a humble, nice, decent human being
@sergiomezzino60342 жыл бұрын
Rob Is so cool in and out the water!! He brings smiles in my face without any effort! Legend
@CHUCKBALLER20242 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@stephenwolfram3562 жыл бұрын
That was really cool, thanks Rob.
@dhoover54802 жыл бұрын
Fluid power surfing at its best. Love watching RM on any size wave/any size board. Radical yet smooth - exactly how I try to surf. Sometimes I actually pull it off, not like Rob who does it every ride
@juliakoltzoff68702 жыл бұрын
Imagine being an amazing surfer without throwing airs every second…yes groms…it can happen🤩
@jeffhoffman34292 жыл бұрын
I recognized you from a Jack Johnson show I was at in San Diego. Jack had you come out to play and sing a song. I think you were to shy to sing in front of everyone, but still jammed. Stoked to see you talking about September Sessions in this video too! Thanks for sharing your memories!
@alexreid41312 жыл бұрын
I remember the Surfer issue when Rob and Kelly were guest editors. I gave it to my local hospital. Hopefully some kid got stoked on it and took up surfing. Love ya Rob.
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏻
@alexreid41312 жыл бұрын
@@firewiresurfboards love ya back 🙏
@travisguide45162 жыл бұрын
Always my favorite surfer such a natural freak of gnar
@joemeeker52112 жыл бұрын
Hey Rob, it’s like a gathering of tribes man!
@Elfunko99x2 жыл бұрын
Awesome concept, vid, etc. What a good interview. 👍
I have a lot of those mags... That's the time where they were really questioning Californian surfers on the CT on whether or not their days were over. Little did I know Rob was going to call it. Rob's style is my favorite. Can we please have a Kelly edition for the aggressive surfers who just shred a wave to pieces?!
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
We'll see what we can do. ;)
@Aint1S2 жыл бұрын
@@firewiresurfboards My man! 🤙🏼🤙🏼
@mosin91052 жыл бұрын
Cool interview!
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, we'll do more.
@mosin91052 жыл бұрын
@@firewiresurfboards Lookin’ forward to it!
@veromikes2 жыл бұрын
What a LEGEND.
@Singlefinsurfingforlife2 жыл бұрын
My 7-8th grade science teacher Bill Parker is good friends with his parents Rob use to come into are class a couple times during the school year it was awesome
@SkipperSurfReview2 жыл бұрын
Yew! Ordering one right now!
@gustavobro24842 жыл бұрын
Such a legend✌️❤️🙂
@cryptokiwicam88122 жыл бұрын
Man this guy used to rip. legend
@jacksonhuffman74042 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait to have one of those mash ups under my feet!!
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
They're at surf shops and online stores throughout Europe and Australia. They're landing in the U.S.A. in mid February.
@Malama_Ki2 жыл бұрын
@@firewiresurfboards you gotta do an exposé on King Kelly’s winning Houdini!
@TheSoleDweller2 жыл бұрын
Rob was, is and will ever be the most stylish surfer on the planet. If someone can make perfect love to a wave, that is him !
@redondorocket26802 жыл бұрын
Loose Change..... great surf movie... great music.
@Surfmus2 жыл бұрын
Those 90s shortboards, I was also a victim of them.
@chrishealton38308 ай бұрын
Old comment, but they’re good boards if you’re short and small. And the wave is punchy enough. I have one of my dad’s and ride it sometimes.
@birdssurfshed2 жыл бұрын
Nice one Rob!
@speedkunky772 жыл бұрын
Stay golden young man.
@tubetauk2 жыл бұрын
more story time with rob!!!
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
We're on it.
@rimawihone2 жыл бұрын
Great Vid guys - Rob MEAN!!
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@juliomcdermott46962 жыл бұрын
Humble bloke. Solid. P.M. more honourable than any Prime Ministers.
@kookinkiz53802 жыл бұрын
Cenny coast represent 🤙🏼
@josesnowsneves51322 жыл бұрын
Great video. Tell us a bit more about the board...should it be ridden on our usual "regular surf" dimensions, or should it take a bit more volume? thx
@DanielGonzalez-rw3yt2 жыл бұрын
Legend!!!!
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
😀
@soulriders032 жыл бұрын
I love Machado !!! from japan!!!
@Searemm2 жыл бұрын
Just so you know Rob, your trend did catch on a little. I was nomadic Aussie living and surfing in the Pacific Northwest around that time and everywhere I went there were dudes wearing boardies over their wetsuits.
@jdouble20122 жыл бұрын
Love your style
@mathewjardini3152 жыл бұрын
great content
@mathewjardini3152 жыл бұрын
I didn't know rob was so good on guitar, pretty chill. I wonder if him and kelly jam haha that would be an interesting album
@noahhogle9852 жыл бұрын
YEEEWWWW
@SurfSkateDX2 жыл бұрын
Alucinante , parabéns pelo trabalho 🤘🇧🇷⚡
@KrytpoSurfer2 жыл бұрын
i love september sessions!
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
One of our favorites also.
@smacker3602 жыл бұрын
Loved it when he said his flu was what they called covid in the past. Honest great human with natural talent.
@mulletover38322 жыл бұрын
Rob is the Matthew McConaughey of surfing.
@akronaut63672 жыл бұрын
I get older, they stay the same waves
@C.Hawkshaw2 жыл бұрын
Lion!
@geofftheintern2 жыл бұрын
Wetsuits under the shorts?.......you did start a trend, it's called kite surfing!
@erikmisleh822 жыл бұрын
I wear my trunks over my spring suit
@mustangs2632 жыл бұрын
Why didn't they call a foul on Kelly Slater when you clearly won the World Championship.
@ODL9572 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
Stoked you like it.
@ppg46672 жыл бұрын
What fins is he running in that new setup?
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
In this video he's using his FCS Tri Keel set. This is his favorite fin set up on this board. Dan Mann likes it as a quad, and Kevin Schulz prefers it as a 2+1. When Dan and Rob created the fin cluster and concave setup, they did it specifically to accommodate all three fin setups. They wanted something that gave everyone as many options as possible.
@kristianszeto64242 жыл бұрын
What are the dims on Rob’s Mashup in this video ?
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
5'4 x 19 1/2 x 2 7/16
@kristianszeto64242 жыл бұрын
Just ordered mine, thank you for the quick response! 🤙
@parabola89332 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see Rob it makes me want to move to Encinitas, but then I look at the house prices and think about what a nightmare California has become it's depressing. I grew up in Newport and used to surf down there all the time. I moved four years ago to Texas and we're free here. I hope California can overcome the tyranny that it's under.
@shirleygee44912 жыл бұрын
cool story boomer, stay in Texas and don't come back!
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
Come out. :) We'll block for you at Lowers.
@parabola89332 жыл бұрын
@@firewiresurfboards I might some day and I'll hit you up. Until then I'll be here enjoying my freedom. Enjoy your slavery.
@justincesarski3142 жыл бұрын
true dat
@andrewiida38022 жыл бұрын
Those weren’t Machado fins on that seaside, WTH were they Rob??
@mitchellsailor722 жыл бұрын
They look like RM tri fins very much his design
@andrewiida38022 жыл бұрын
@@mitchellsailor72 dude the seaside is a quad and quad ONLY.
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewiida3802 In this video Rob is riding the Mashup - it's his brand new model designed in collaboration with Dan Mann. Its a mashup of the Seaside and the Dominator, and you size it right between both shapes. Fo example if you ride a 5'7 Seaside and a 6'1 Dominator, you probably ride at 5'10 Mashup. We're sharing a lot more about this new model over the coming weeks.
@firewiresurfboards2 жыл бұрын
@@mitchellsailor72 Yes, that's what he's riding.
@andrewiida38022 жыл бұрын
@@firewiresurfboards ahhh! Thanks for the response! I tried to buy a dominator but the wait was too long so I went with a seaside and it turned into the best decision, I love it. But now I gotta know about this Mashup!
@DM-hw4cr2 жыл бұрын
Rob Zombie?
@deanevans56422 жыл бұрын
FUCK - this is painful watching machado going through his Al Bundy impression. uuggghhhhh!!!!!
@mrmr314 Жыл бұрын
Yeah but Rob's a midget. He's a very good surfer, sure, but he is VERY small and light. There is no mistake that 95% of pros are very slim in weight and stature, and the few bigger guys don't get above 80kg or so (Jordie, JJ & Owen might get up to 85kg max maybe). The best guys (arguably) are all well under 75kg or even under 70kg or 65kg - what a normal 14-16-year-old would weigh. What's the point? These guys can get up and going fast FAR easier than heavier guys. They can paddle into waves far easier because they are not dragging weight. They tend to have more stamina because they aren't dragging weight. They can ride far shorter surfboards ... which are of course looser and the waves allow the shorter boards to perform. They can do airs whereas big guys don't fly through the air very well at all (or their boards separate from their feet more easily). When it gets big, sure, bigger guys come into their own but because everyone is going fast the lighter guys can also do it due to having shitloads of readily suitable and changeable equipment. Their "long" boards are the bigger guy's short boards. You know when you go surfing locally or overseas and your board just doesn't suit the conditions so you can't really surf to your potential? These guys often don't have these problems. The Mashup's widest point is too far up the board (above half way) but it has decent rocker - and the Dominator II's widest point is further back behind half way but it has very little rocker. You need to bring the Mashup's widest point back below half way so you have the rocker too. The Seaside is too tear-droppy, too rounded. Sure in a decent wave you could surf it off the back rails/tail more.