Rob Machado is a skinny guy, but you wouldn't know it from the buckets he throws. Check out Follow the Leader for footage of his win at the Trestles contest a couple of years ago.

He grew up surfing Seaside Reef in Cardiff, a punchy reefbreak that has spitting barrels on the right swell. I guess charging Seaside and Suckouts has paid off, judging from the shot below...