It's raining like the sound of trains here in Cleveland today, so while I wait for the postponed end to the Skate Park Prelims and the totally postponed Vert Prelims to go down, here's a link to part one of the latest Epicly Later'd show, featuring  5boro founder Steve Rodriguez. 5boro might be my very favorite skateboard company of all time. I got turned on to them from the very beginning because Peri Morgan -- the team's token chick at the time and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet -- lived in my neighborhood when I was in college and had a sick narrow little spine ramp in her back yard that we skated all the time. Epicly Later'd is worth watching every single episode of, no matter who is being featured, and almost everything on vbs.tv -- the new site from Vice Magazine and creative director Spike Jonez -- is equally cool. But Steve Rodriguez is something extra special, and here's a pull quote from the episode to give you a better idea of what I'm talking about when I say that: "I wanted to make a company that represents what we're about. It's just a totally different structure of a company. Like, I'd say 25 percent of 5boro's job is working with the City of New York to make sure skateboarding is represented well in New York City, dealing with Parks and stuff like that. So it's more than just a company that makes boards." In other words, if you've ever made the pilgrimage to NYC to skate Brooklyn Banks and were stoked it wasn't a bust -- or all jacked up with skate stoppers, or completely gone altogether -- like many of the other greatest spots in the U.S., you have Rodriguez and his skate lobbying efforts to thank for it.