A healthy combination of the global comp circuit and making the most of the time in between on the streets has exhausted his crammed calendar.
With new sponsors and opportunities regularly knocking on his door, this young lad hasn't changed his mindset, keeping his cool, calm, focused head on his shoulders while skating and progressing rapidly every day.
The thing I love about Rome is that it's all for the love of skateboarding, and his drive to push the limits of what he can do on the board, is purely for himself.
“I'M NOT SURE WHERE I'D CALL HOME AT THE MOMENT.”
ME LLYER
What's happening, Rome? Where are you right now?
I'm in LA right now, staying at Kevin Shealy's house. I've been in The States for about two weeks.
What's your day-to-day in LA consist of?
I've been meeting up with Andres [Garcia] and Hermann [Stene] every day and skating around LA. We also drove down to San Diego one day and skated with Toby Ryan and a few other lads from SD.
You seem to be in a different corner of the world every week. What has your year looked like so far?
Yeah, it's been a busy start to the year so far [laughs]. I went to Malaysia for 10 days in January to finish filming for the Vans video. Then, I was on a Vans Sydney trip in February, which started at Belco Bowl Jam. A week after the Vans trip, I was in Dubai for
