Rodrigo Machado

Rodrigo Machado is  a surfer who for 23 years has been deepening and perfecting the Art of Hacking Surf, facilitating physical and technical exercises that impact the most significant number of surfers who want to improve their performance. In Brazil, he was the coach of  the professional surfer Peterson Rosa and worked with the base categories of the Peterson Rosa Surf School. During his time there, the school revealed talents like Jihad Khodr and Peterson Crisanto. On the north coast of Spain, Basque Country, he has been working for 12 years as Surf Coach of the basic categories of the Pukas Surf School, and also performs surfers’ physical training at Hurley Surf Club.

Rodrigo graduated in Sports Science and Physical Activity from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR) and currently master’s degree in High-Performance Sports from the Spanish Olympic Committee. Today he is traveling around the world doing Surf Coaching Retreats and workshops to spread the Power Surf Method.