Firewire x Rob Machado Surfboards. Cruising Cardiff by the Sea, California in the most recognizable van on the coast, Rob Machado is a former World Tour competitor with eleven victories who today has a shaping bay behind his house on a hill overlooking Cardiff Reef. Much of his design time is dedicated to crafting fast and fun shapes with uncommon ability to hold tight lines in quick turns, like the Seaside, newly released in December 18′. His most popular shape to date has been the Go Fish – a new twist on an old concept – the traditional twin keel fish outline updated with an entirely new bottom concave he calls Board Eat Board.