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The secret to nose riding? Let the wave do the work.

Episode 4 of Beginner’s Guide To Longboarding with Taylor Jensen: The Nose Ride is now playing on our YouTube channel.

In this episode, Taylor breaks down what it takes to get to the nose and stay there. From reading the wave and setting your board in the pocket, to foot placement, inside rail pressure, hanging five and ten, and finding that feeling where the wave starts doing the work for you.

Tap the link in bio to watch the full episode, then head to your local surf shop to throw one of Taylor’s designs under your arm.

“𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜.” – Taylor Jensen

Episode 4 of Beginner’s Guide To Longboarding with Taylor Jensen: The Nose Ride is now playing on our YouTube channel.

In this episode, Taylor breaks down what it takes to get to the nose and stay there. From reading the wave and setting your board in the pocket, to foot placement, inside rail pressure, hanging five and ten, and finding that feeling where the wave starts doing the work for you.

Taylor also catches up with Dan Mann to talk through the board design side of nose riding, including nose concave, rocker, rails, fin placement and the little details that help the tail lock into the wave and create lift up front.

Tap the link in bio to watch the full episode, then head to your local surf shop to throw one of our longboard designs under your arm.

From New Jersey to global art icon. Todd DiCiurcio Rob Machado

American artist who lives and works in South New Jersey after two decades in Brooklyn, friend of Rob Machado, and the creator behind the work on the 2026 Seaside Gallery. This special collaboration synthesizes Todd’s painting, ‘Hunt Your Way In Cut Offs; Prey For Nature,’ and in his own words, “...evokes a sense of adventure and freedom, inviting surfers to ride not just the waves, but also the expression that enhances their experience on the bubble.”

With an accomplished background in multiple mediums, Todd’s art addresses the exo-distortions inherent in the patterns of displacement and excess strewn across American society. ‘Hunt Your Way In Cut Offs; Prey For Nature’ is part of a larger body of work that exhibited in NYC 2026, offering profound psychological commentary on connectivity in an increasingly disconnected world, called ‘Telepathy Exit.’ This is a reminder of the power of unspoken communication and the potential for art to bridge gaps between minds, hearts, and waves.

Learn more about the 2026 Seaside Gallery collaboration through our link in bio, and for a store list for availability.

Summer just got a lot more vibrant. 🎨 🖌️ Rob Machado Todd DiCiurcio

Introducing the 2026 Seaside Gallery by Rob Machado & Todd DiCiurcio, a special collaboration around the Pipe Master & California style icon’s best-selling groveler built in a full carbon construction. This is the board our friends always “borrow” to keep, and brings together the DNA of a fish with the performance of a shortboard. Rob says, “the Seaside is a board that will always live in my quiver, and Todd’s art on it makes it come to life that much more.” Todd shared on the collaboration, “synthesizing my painting ‘Hunt Your Way In Cut Offs; Prey For Nature’ through the Seaside Gallery evokes a sense of adventure and freedom, inviting surfers to ride not just the waves, but also the expression that enhances their experience on the bubble.”

An evolution of the Go Fish, the Seaside is built to excel in small, weak waves – the Seaside is more about ripping while the Go Fish is more about cruising. Built to be ridden as a quad, specifically with Rob’s Machado Seaside Quad Fin Set, now available in a Gallery Edition colorway.

Tap into our link in bio to learn more about the collaboration and for a store list for availability.

Surfing is one of the purest forms of art. 🎨 🖌️  Rob Machado Todd DiCiurcio

Available everywhere on 08.20.26.

“𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙥.” — Rob Machado

A little more foam, a little more glide, and a whole lot more reason to paddle out when the surf is less than perfect – that’s the XTRA CADO.

This shape is generously volumed hiding foam in the center of the shape thanks to the domed deck, but has pulled down, thin rails for performance when you need it. The bottom has double concave with vee running down the middle that makes the shape really user-friendly and easy to ride. It rolls side to side but still has lift, and his favorite part of the shape is the tail – a wide squash tail that foils out to be this super thin rail back through the tail, very similar to the Machadocado and some of his other shapes.

See Rob take his stock 6’8” XTRA CADO for a glide around Seaside Reef in our latest video, XTRA CADO, Hold The Paddle.

Now playing at out link in bio. 🥑

Give those arms a break. 🥑 Rob Machado

Designed with plenty of foam to get you up and gliding, the XTRA CADO was made for when the waves aren’t giving you much to work with.

As Rob says, “𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙥. 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮.”

Watch and see what we mean in 𝙓𝙏𝙍𝘼 𝘾𝘼𝘿𝙊, 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 - a session with Rob at Seaside Reef on the XTRA CADO, now playing on our YouTube channel via the link in bio.

Head to your local surf shop to throw an XTRA CADO under your arm, and find out for yourself.

XTRA CADO, hold the paddle. 🥑

Watch 𝙓𝙏𝙍𝘼 𝘾𝘼𝘿𝙊, 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 now playing on our YouTube channel, where Rob takes his stock 6’8” XTRA CADO for a morning spin at Seaside Reef in Cardiff, California, showing exactly what this board was designed for: unlocking fun, even on the small days.

“𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙥” – Rob Machado

Watch the full raw session now playing via our link in bio, then head to your local surf shop to throw an XTRA CADO under your arm.