Karan Smith
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Swap that snow shovel for a surfboard in San Diego

2/2/2015

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California surfer Rob Machado shares the best Mexican food, music venue and, of course, surfing spots in his home town. Photo courtesy of RobMachado.com
Often I interview successful types who make me feel a bit like a slacker that the most I get done beyond my work day is the dishes. Take California surfer Rob Machado. Besides a dozen World Championship Tour victories and an induction into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame, he's involved in so much more: film making, surf board shaping and charity work focusing on children and the environment. Here, in this Insider for The Globe and Mail, he plays tour guide, sharing five places he'd send a traveller on his home turf of San Diego. And doesn't surfing sound like a nice change from snow about now?
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Riding a wave on San Diego's Pacific Beach near Crystal Pier. Photo courtesy of Brett Shoaf. (This isn't Rob: For more amazing surf photos check out his photo gallery).
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