Leo Romero
| Leo Romero | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Leo Romero November 28, 1986 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Professional skateboarder |
Leo Romero (born November 28, 1986) is a professional skateboarder whose early skateboarding influences included Jamie Thomas and Andrew Reynolds.
Romero was born in Fontana, California, United States (U.S.) and is the son of Mexican American immigrant parents. Romero first started skating around 1997 with his friendship crew "The Death Junkies". Romero revealed in a 2009 interview that he "was ditching school and skating with" friends during his adolescence, while in a 2010 interview he explained that when he was growing up he knew what he wanted and did not let other people bother him.
Romero has credited his sponsor the Pharmacy skateboard shop ("The craziest family I've ever had ...") with facilitating his departure from his hometown for the purpose of commencing a skateboarding career. Conversely, Romero's father has believed that "he [Romero's father]’s the reason why I made it so far"—that "he’s the one who gave me all the inspiration behind my career" but Romero believes that his father is mistaken. Romero has ridden the same skateboard deck shape for nearly a decade and the original board shape was provided by the Pharmacy shop.
Romero appeared in the Foundation videos Madness & Mayhem (2002) and That's Life (2004).
As an Emerica team rider, Romero lived at the "Emerica Mansion II" with professional skateboarders Heath Kirchart, Kevin "Spanky" Long, and Bryan Herman. In May 2013, the Romero signature shoe model "The Troubadour" was released, and Romero explained that the shoe design was based on footwear that could be for both skateboarding and fashion.
Romero became a professional team rider for Baker Skateboards, a company that was founded and is owned by one of his childhood skateboarding influences Reynolds—in a 2010 interview Romero explained that his motivation for joining the team was based on his perception that Baker was "cool". Romero appeared in the Baker video production Baker Has A Deathwish (2008) that is a collaboration with "sister" brand Deathwish (as of May 2013, both companies are distributed by Bakerboys Distribution).
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