Rob Machado Seaside & Beyond Surfboard First Impression Review
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Here’s my first impression of Rob Machado’s Seaside and Beyond by Firewire. I've included some footage from a session on it in some small Venice waves. Just a heads up this is not a surf shop level review, just first impressions from a below average to average surfer trying to get better! For the full story, check out this video where I pick up and unbox the board in the parking lot of the Firewire warehouse: • Rob Machado Seaside & ...
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Tech: LFT
Dims: 7'0" X 21 3/8" X 2 11/16" - 45.3 L
Fin System: Futures
Me: 5'11" 185lbs Surfing since 2016
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Appreciate the review. Your humbleness is endearing and refreshing, too. Thanks 🙏🤙🏄
Thank you very much and thanks for watching!
Great review. We can't have enough of this kinda thing from the viewpoint of other mortals.
Agreed, you can’t have enough info when making a purchase like this so I wanted to do something I would want to see in addition to all the awesome reviews out there. Thanks for watching!
Nice, good to see some reviews from people like me that started surfing later in life. I've been surfing 3 years now. I was thinking before you even said it that you need to work on moving your feet on that board. Keep up the good work! 🤙🤙
It was painful editing and watching this footage knowing I've already made some corrections haha. Thanks for watching!
Got a 6'8" a few months back and immediately became my favorite board.
Nice! What kinda waves are you riding it in mostly?
@@BenConley I was riding it in all kinds of co dictionary, but mostly overhead and hollow!
Thank you for the great review from an average older surfer. Exactly what I was looking for. The original Seaside was too short for me since I'm older and surf pretty weak waves in my area. Maybe this will work out better.
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching. I respond in a lot more detail to your comment on my 2-28-22 podcast episode, link in bio!
My 5 11 helium 2 seaside just came in. Can’t wait for this dry spell of waves to be over and get the thing in the water🤙🏼
Ooo nice, I have the 5'8" and I'm kicking myself because I think i could have gone for the 5'9" or even 5'10". Foam is def your friend as you get older. What's your height/ weight if you don't mind me asking? I'm 5'11" 180 pounds on a good day.
@@BenConley 6 1 220 pounds with a wetsuit on
👋 hey nice video, is nice to see reviews from someone is not a pro surfer and how feel the board, I bought one in timbertek 6’10" but I need to wait 20 weeks it’s out stock everywhere so i try looking for a surfskate smoothstar and YOW and is really hard to get YOW is out stock and smoothstar stop selling cuz problems in Thailand I’ll keep waiting, thanks for the videos 🤙
Same exact thing happened to me, I waited close to 3 months. That's crazy it's already out of stock everywhere because when I picked mine up a few weeks back a shipment had just landed. For me it was worth the wait. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Hi, did you receive your board? How the timbertek feels? I'm want a Seaside AND beyond but I'm afraid of the durability of the lft so timbertek might be the best way to go?
@@Leroidesfarfadets hello, no unfortunately I didn’t receive yet, still waiting, I ordered through CleanLineSurf, when I got it I’ll let you know 🤙
Great review … relate to short boards if I don’t surf for 2 days you lose paddle power and becomes frustrating. Hopefully I can snag a 7’ but hard to get hold of at moment
So crazy how that works, really gotta be out there everyday to have a chance on shorter boards at least for me. Thanks for watching!
Well done, keep it up!
Thank you!
I have a 7’2 Timbertek SSAB and love it… it’s fun in the small mushy stuff and goes great in the overhead powerful stuff. I’ve been riding it exclusively for weeks.I also have a 6’1 Glazer which I need to get back on 😂
Rad! What is your height/weight/ experience level? I just took it out in some 3-5 ft waves at County Line and it went really well on the 'bigger' sets. I'm stoked to take it out in 5-8ft waves (that's about as big as I go haha). Thanks for sharing!
Ben nice review 👌🏽 had exactly the same thoughts as you . I have a timbertek 7ft 2 weight 88kg 6ft 2 . The duckdive bit took a few on the head to workout but no problem now . Am similar ability and time on the water as you also coming from smaller board history. Love this board it really works with you and Irons out my mistakes well 😊. Have fun on her 👌🏽
@@BenConley Sorry for late reply 😊 I’m 5’8, 100kg (bit overweight but mostly muscle lol). Was once good enough to win a comp in double overhead plus surf… surf once or twice a week sw oz/margs area….
Great review.
Thank you
That's exactly what I was looking for. A honest review... Would love to know, after almost a year what are your thoughts now with that board. Do you surf regularly with that board? Did you add the traction pad?
Cheers
(oh and by the way, keep going on the podcasts)
Thanks for watching (and listening to the podcast!) I respond in more detail to your comment on my 2-21-22 podcast episode, link in bio!
Nice one mate. Gday from Melbourne.
🤙 🇦🇺
I just got mine 6’8 board few days ago With the same reasons
Must say it feels so fucking good in the water, naturally connected to the wave
Cheers 🤙
Thanks for your comment, I respond in more detail on the 1-31-22 episode of my podcast. Link bio!
Great review
Thank you! 🙏
Amazing thanks for the review. Can I ask how you film yourself? Such great footage
Had a friend come out and film me for this. Wish I could have him out there all the time but hopefully can have him film some more sessions in the future. Besides something like a Soloshot camera I don’t think there is another way:/. Thanks for watching!
@@BenConley haha that’s amazing. Buy him a dinner or two. Time for me to find a romantic partner and marry her so I can ask if she can film for me.
Cheers! Great content. Watched your surfskate videos before I found your surf content too. From smoothstar to FireWire.
great! thinking of buying na mid length as well. maybe chili mid strength template
Thanks for your comment, I respond in more detail on the 1-31-22 episode of my podcast. Link bio!
Great review! I also have the ss 5’8. Love it. Goto every day board. Thinking of this one now but 6’8. How you feeling about the 7 now?
I had the 5’8 SS too but it didn’t work for me. I recently got my first longboard (9’1) Gem so I’ve been on that and a 5’6 Sweet Potato. Really like that combo. I haven’t been on the mid length that much these days but it was the gateway drug to the longboard which I am loving. Think the Dan Mann line suits me more than the Machado boards. If it gets big and good I’d probably be back on the SSB but it never really does where I am. Thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed this
Thanks for watching, glad you like it. I respond in more detail to your comment on my 2-14-22 podcast episode, link in bio!
I am in the North Sea of England it’s 6 degrees Celsius. Please do a POV video. Yeah it’s in my mouth. Thanks for replying love the pod!
@@ETYSURF Omg wow. Here I am in LA thinking it's cold when it dips below 60 F haha. Thanks for sharing!
You have great style!
Thank you very much!
The Seaside and the Seaside & Beyond are both very responsive but you have to have your back foot right over the fins. That's where a tail patch helps. When you feel your foot centered on the arch bar and right up against the tail kick it gives you the confidence that your foot is right where it needs to be to do a hard turn. The knifey rail back on the tail holds surprisingly well too.
Good stuff yeah I’m still on the fence about the pad. I know it will help me get there faster, I just don’t like the feel of pads so I’m doing it the hard way haha. So far so good 3 months later. Thanks for watching!
How’s the surfing progression going? Did your surf skate experience translate over to maneuvers (4 years of surf skating!) bought a smoothstar to practice
Love this question, thanks for watching. I respond in (much) more detail to your questions on my 2-28-22 podcast episode, link in bio!
I bought one today the 7 footer, i have the seaside as well would you recommend the beyond for smaller waves than the seaside as the seaside is comfy head height +, i think this can go in anything and the seaside better onshore rubbish
I'm riding my SSB in everything at the moment, still dialing it in but so far I'm feeling like the SSB will be better in bigger waves than the Seaside at least for me. It's also better in the small stuff for me haha. In perfect waves with no one out I would choose the Seaside for sure haha. Thanks for watching!
@@BenConley same I'm heading towards the SSB for everything
@@BenConley the more you ride the SS&B I think the more you like it at first I thought what have I done but for the evarage mush most of us ride for a bigger guy it's perfect
Yeewwww! I got the 7’4”. And although it is long I LOVE the way it just turns itself. Feels like I’m moving a mountain when I’m doing a cutback. At first I was too far up and I couldn’t turn it. Once u figure out how to move your feet and relax the board comes alive
Sick! If you don't mind me asking, what are your personal dims (size/ weight?) Part of me is wondering if I should have gone up to the 7'4" but still stoked with the 7'0". Barely fits in my hatchback so I lucked out there haha
@@BenConley I am about 6ft tall. 155 lbs.
@@BenConley I am happy with the 74 cause of the extra length it can catch even smaller waves. I’m sure both boards turn about the same, I noticed it’s back foot or nothing with this board which is awesome because it gets rid of bad habits we developed short boarding
@@Moorcheh Hey Martin/ Ben, I'm about to buy a 7'4" ...but not sure if I should get the 7'0"? I'm a beginner towards low end intermediate surfing beach break in NJ. I have a 6'9" Global Surf Ind. Superfish 4 w/ 44.5 L and things are going ok. Thinking i need a few more liters so was headed toward the SSAB 7'4". I'm 5'7 and 164lbs. What do you guys think? Am I wasting my money here or is this the board that gets me in quicker and allows me more time to work on turns and flow?
@@richscoza4362 7'4" done.
im 5’5 145lbs.been surfing lil over a year as beginner on 8ft foamie.is this a good board to progress?i was planing the 7’0
I’m still learning myself so it’s really hard to say. If we were closer in size I might be able to offer better advice. Plus I went up in volume/size to this board versus dropping down so it’s a completely different experience. The only thing I can say is take a look at volume. It really depends on your athletic ability and how fast you’re progressing but I don’t think you want to make a huge jump in volume when you’re starting out. For example an 8’0 Wavestorm has 80+ liters of volume and the 7’0 Seaside and Beyond is 45 liters. That’s a massive change. Another thing I’ll say is the SSB isn’t particularly wide. It’s actually pretty narrow so if you’re coming down from something big and wide, this will feel like night and day and it could be frustrating. If you’re super keen and are getting good fast then maybe it’ll be easier to transition to something like the Seaside and Beyond but again it’s really hard for me to say. Sorry I can’t be more helpful!
dont usually reply to comments , but i just bought the 6'8 today , im a beginner too. I reckon the 6'8 will allow you to duck dive , where as the 7 will keep you stuck. at 145 lbs you should be ok. The bloke at the surf shop reckons if i got the 7 , i would regret it as it would be too boaty. im 5'11 and 160 lbs
just took my 6'8 to urbnsurf , the wave pool in melb, you'll LOVE the 6'8. gets you onto waves, then turns super sweet
Thanks for the rêvée br
Glad it helps, thanks for watching!
How does this compare to the Addvance? I have one of those and it’s a nice catch everything wave hog.
You know I hadn’t heard of the ADDvance until you mentioned it but after looking up dims/ shape the ADDvance is much wider and thicker. The Seaside and Beyond is pretty pulled in at the back and the 7’0 only has 45L of volume where the 7’0 ADDvance looks like it has about 60L. Think the SSB is going to have a lot more performance capabilities but your board prob catches more waves. Thanks for watching!
@@BenConleyI had a advance and sold it. Those things are friggin tanks to move.
@@charleshawk6668 Yeah those look pretty meaty!
The machado Sunday just came out, what do you think?
Looks like a stretched out glazer! Seaside and beyond my favorite board hands down, soooo much fun... The Sunday looks the same
Omg the day I put this video up I saw a video of Machado riding the Sunday and I was like wtf is that?? Haha, it looks super fun, I've always wanted to try a single fin so that looks like a dope board to mess around with fin setups. I also really like the Helium 2.0 construction. Here's a good review on the Sunday by Thomye Surfs czcams.com/video/G91M3opYXwQ/video.html&ab_channel=ThomyeSurfs
More like a evolution of the creeper..even more so with tut single fin.
Below average kooky type of surfer! That's most of us.
Haha thanks for watching!
Your surf skating is better than your surfing. You are bending your knees more on the skate which is allowing you to turn better. On a surfboard I think you need to widen your stance bit, not too much. And yes indeed move your feet around on your board. Have fun doing cheater fives. Keep on growing!
Thank you for the feedback, very helpful!
You think too much. The less you think the better you'll surf.
I'll think about that. Thanks for watching!
@@BenConley Back before modern graphics cards they use to say the graphics engine was too slow because it was running in software. When graphics cards started to appear to run the same algorithms in hardware, games became way better or possible. Basically the game software doesn't have to worry about the 3d graphics when the adapter does the work.
Your brain is similar, the modulla oblongata is your graphics card but it controls your whole body. Trouble is if you, the grey matter on top, stop it from doing it's job and try taking over, it all goes to shit.
Thanks for replying Ben.👍
@@Hotwire_RCTrix We are not machines. I think therefore I am. I agree that we perform best when ‘not thinking’ aka being in ‘the Zone’. But in order to do that we need to build muscle memory which requires thinking (a lot). Sharing thoughts and seeking to improve is the whole point of this video.
@@BenConley
Cheers Ben
Did you see they’re doing a “re” release of the seaside and beyond and the Sunday?
? I did not! Same exact board?
@@BenConley The Sunday will only come as a twin, no more single, not sure what the seaside and beyond will be.
I emailed FireWire, but they only replied back about the Sunday, they’re tight lipped about the S&B. Supposed to be revealed August 1
@@BenConleyjust got a email from FireWire. The seaside and beyond will “a new tech, flex and same design”