NYC Legends: Billy Rohan

NYC Heroes: Billy Rohan and Open Road

"’Just do you, that’s what Harold told me, ‘Just do you.’"
From school programs to safe skate spots; I’ve heard TONS of stuff about Billy Rohan.   The work he’s done with the local community to create real sustainable skateboarding programs for kids in Lower Manhattan is not only commendable but revolutionary in thinking.

Anybody who is willing to put the effort and passion into giving back to the community, the way Billy Rohan has to the kids of New York City, deserves to be honored as the local hero that he is. 

Certainly NY1 has taken notice, having made Billy the NYer of The Week.
“A year ago, Rohan started building skate boarding parks with the help of Open Road of New York and the New York City Parks Department. One of the parks is next door to East Side Community High School on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The principal took notice and asked Rohan to start teaching.”

Billy is also the Skate Program Director for Open Road, a non-profit organization founded in 1990 that works with the city to build safe creative parks and playgrounds in areas through out New York City.  Some of the parks utilize modular ramps that can be moved in and out of public spaces, while other projects include permanent fixtures, such as Team Payne’s Skate Art.

Take a skate tour of New York with the rippin Ninja, known as Builly Rohan in this Epicly Later’d spot. Rated: Not suitable for children who shouldn’t hear the f word.