Its designers took cues from Californian skatepark design. In the s, American skaters began to use drained swimming pools and drainage structures, and these shapes were appropriated into the first purpose-built skateparks.
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With more staff than customers, and racks of rental pads, helmets and boards gathering dust, the future of Rom was undetermined, and nearly flattened to become a Tescos supermarket. Until a keen sportsman and astute businessman, John Greenwood Snr, saw the potential in the future of skateboarding and roller skating and left his secure business behind him and put all he had into making a viable sports wholesale business.
Rom Skates Ltd was at the forefront of the UK skateboarding market in supplying boards, trucks and bearings to the south east U. K skateboard scene while keeping the park open for use, and available for the next generation of skaters.
Many were later demolished. Made from seamless, pressurised concrete, the Rom is closely based on Californian skateparks. These were themselves inspired by the urban spaces of Los Angeles, and echoed the contours of the oval and kidney-shaped swimming pools which were common to southern California.
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