The history of 5Boro is the history of me as a skateboarder, skateboarding in NYC. Now that the company has been around for 12 years, the whole idea has been developing since I first skated in the great city of New York 25 years ago. In the spring of 1984 came, the BMX craze was dying and kids started skateboarding. Everywhere I went I would see kids skating. I started to go into the city on weekends and was more interested in exploring the city. I would skate downtown and uptown, farther and farther every weekend, and I used to get so lost I would just keep going till I saw something I recognized. We would go up to the Bronx and skate the hills people would tell us about. Go into Brooklyn for these weird contests where kids wore costumes. So many cultures, so much to skate. Each borough offered something new. Even after all these years, I find new things to skate almost every time I go out thanks to the neverending construction and reconstruction of buildings, streets and plazas all around the city.
Thanks to all who support 5boro. You make it all possible.
Steve Rodriguez | 
