SNR-2006-07-30-#31 - Rob Machado Wins The US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA.

Rob Machado makes it 3 with his win over Roy Powers and 100,000 plus fans at the US Open of Surfingâ??s Bank of the West Beach Games presented by Oâ??Neil in Huntington Beach, CA. With only 2.63 points separating the two (13.83-11.20) Rob avenges his last minute defeat at the hands of AI in last years US Open to win in 2006. The Mobster abandoned his typical strategy of sitting way south down at Machadoâ??s Peak and instead nabbed a couple backhanders by the pier to take down Hawaiian Roy Powers. The crowd goes crazy and escorts a smiling Rob to the stage. This is not the last we have seen of Rob. He is heading to Europe to compete in a 5 star QS event then will head back to the US for the Boost Mobile Pro at Trestles where he recently won a wildcard. Do you smell a 2007 CT comeback from the Mobster? Only Rob knows.