Any time Rob Machado surfs on a surfboard, it’s a salve for the eyeballs. A balm for the seeing orbs. A liniment for the peepers. Whatever it is, Rob Machado’s surfing is fantastic to watch. Fluid and graceful and strong all smashed into one little body. Flugracong (FLEW-grah-song), we like to call it. Oh sure, it’s a made-up word, but all words were made up at some point, right? Rob Machado is very flugracong. Especially so when he’s on a surfboard that’s basically made exactly for the way a surfer like Rob surfs. Enter the Firewire Helium Seaside. A flugracong surfboard meets a flugracong surfer.
The last month or so in California saw a ridiculously long stretch of swell. Rob took part, of course. “The last month has been just insane,” he said. “Way too many waves to count. I actually feel like the majority of people who surf are surfed out.”
And surfed out, as you know, is the best possible state for a surfer to be in.
