Leo Romero is a professional skateboarder

Skateboarding

Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...

. Leo is second generation Mexican American

Mexican American

Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...

. Leo first started skating around 1997 with his friends, "the Death Junkies". His early influences included Jamie Thomas

Jamie Thomas

Jamie Thomas , is an American professional skateboarder and skateboard industry magnate from Dothan, Alabama. He is the co-owner of Zero Skateboards and Fallen Footwear.-Skateboarding career:...

 and Andrew Reynolds

Andrew Reynolds

Andrew Reynolds, , is a professional skateboarder and he rides his skateboard with a regular footed stance. Andrew Reynolds' nicknames are Drew, The Boss, and Turtle Boy. He is the owner of Baker Skateboards, and Brigada Eyewear. He is creative director of Altamont Apparel...

, which perhaps explains Leo's tendency to skate large obstacles and handrails. He lived at the Emerica Mansion II with Heath Kirchart, Kevin "Spanky" Long, and Bryan Herman. He recently bought his very own home with well known DJ M3MO(Guillermo Aguilar) in Long Beach, California.

In 2009, Leo left Baker Skateboards

Baker Skateboards

Baker Skateboards is a skateboarding company founded by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds and creative founder Jay Strickland in 2000. Its main products are skateboard decks, clothing, and wheels.- History :...

, switching to Toy Machine

Toy Machine

Toy Machine is a skateboarding company started by Ed Templeton in 1993. The Toy Machine brand is housed under the Tum Yeto distribution company...

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Romero owns a restaurant in Compton, CA.

Leo Romero is currently sponsored by Toy Machine." Toy Machine and Emerica have teamed up to offer a Leo Romero signature shoe line.

Leo is a gun aficionado.

Leo Romero won Thrasher Magazine's annual Skater of the Year award in 2010. Watch his part in Stay Gold. Do it.

Current Sponsors

• Emerica
• Toy Machine
  Toy Machine
  Toy Machine is a skateboarding company started by Ed Templeton in 1993. The Toy Machine brand is housed under the Tum Yeto distribution company...
  
  
• Pharmacy
• RVCA
  RVCA
  RVCA is a clothing company based in Costa Mesa, California. The logotype for RVCA portrays the letter A without a crossbar. This leaves it looking like an arrow pointing up while the letter V is an arrow pointing down. The R and the C stand for Recession Collection...
  
  
• Independent Truck Company
  Independent Truck company
  Independent Truck Company is a skateboard truck manufacturer based in Santa Cruz, California established in 1978, owned by NHS, Inc. The trucks are manufactured by Ermico Enterprises, Inc...
  
  
• Spitfire

Video appearances

• Leo Romero has been featured in several different videos including:
• Emerica's Stay Gold (2010)
• This is Skateboarding (2003)
• Foundation's That's Life (2004)
• Foundation European Tour
• Transworld's First Love (2005)
• in the "friends" sections of Forecast (2005)
• Reason To Believe
• Shares a part with Tommy Gurrola in the April 411 (2006)
• "Baker has a Deathwish" (2008)
• Active Ride Shop's "Day in the Life"(2010)

• Toy Machine
  Toy Machine
  Toy Machine is a skateboarding company started by Ed Templeton in 1993. The Toy Machine brand is housed under the Tum Yeto distribution company...
  
  Brainwash. (2010)

External links

• Leo S.P.O.T profile