Date of Birth: October 16, 1973

Best Known For: Standing on a surfboard and riding moving pieces of water

Local Spot: Seaside Reef

My Crew: CG, Swift, Garner aka "Black Cloud"

Board of Choice: Love'm all. You got to. Every day I wake up, I think about riding a different board. My latest fav is this new Bisquit/Robber thing. We haven't named it yet but it’s really cute. 5'3.5" Fast... and cuts like a knife

Dream Wave: Somewhere in Indonesia. Long, hollow fast left. Shallow...

My Top Five:

1.) Bringing two beautiful children into this world   2.) "Voodoo Child," by J. Hendrix   3.) Gerry Lopez   4.) The Tree pose   5.) Pipe Masters 2000

Playing pong with Kelly and Manatee hunting in Florida. For more, go to www.thedriftermovie.com. Video: Taylor Steele

Now showing at Portland and Hollywood. Video: Taylor Steele

Another full house at the LA premiere. Photos: Michael Lallande

Machado and Steele tell (almost) all on their new film. 

Two full houses and a whole lot of fun. Photos: Jeremiah Klein/Surfline

Rob Machado and Taylor Steele's three-week domestic tour of The Drifter began last night at La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, the place where it all began. "I remember premiering Momentum here back in the day," said Steele.

 

With two full houses, tons of hoots and laughs and a special live jam session during the 18-minute bonus segment, things are just getting started. "It went great," said Machado. "The jam session during the 9 p.m. just sort of happened. I think we're going to be doing more of that moving forward."

Here are a few images from last night, courtesy of Surfline's Jeremiah Klein.

Click here for the review on Surfline.