Kearns, Sean

Sean Kearns is a Canadian former professional snowboarder and skateboarder, snowboard filmmaker, entrepreneur, and producer from North Vancouver who is known for co-creating (with Sean Johnson) the Whiskey snowboard film series in the 1990s. He was born on December 24, 1968 in North Vancouver and moved to Whistler to snowboard in the 1980s. As a professional skateboarder for Quiksilver (1984-1990) and as a professional snowboarder riding for Santa Cruz (1990-1999), Kearns appeared in Thrasher Magazine and had a snowboard named after him called the Santa Cruz Sean Kearns Respect Snowboard. Noted in the book Snowboarding: The Ultimate Guide as being among the creators of the hardcore image associated with the professional snowboarding lifestyle, Kearns leveraged his experience within the snowboarding culture and continued to work in the industry as a filmmaker, director and producer, working on several snowboarding and skateboarding films (including many for Mack Dawg productions) that were sponsored by brands, including Burton, Volcom, and Oakley. In 2004, Kearns founded Infamous Management Inc, a management agency representing professionals in the skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing industry, including J.P. Walker. In 2005 Kearns launched Infamous Entertainment Inc., a production company that specializes in action sport filmmaking. In 2006, Infamous Entertainment Inc secured a studio accreditation from iTunes for the Forum movie "That".

North Vancouver

Snowboard filmmaker
Entrepreneur
Producer

RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.

Catalogued January 2023.

1) Archival material
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Kearns
3) https://www.snowboarder.com/transworld-snowboarding-archive/snowboarding-photos/shut-the-f-k-up/
4) https://www.boardrap.com/whiskey-snowboarder-originator-sean-kearns-offends-everyone-but-he-did-change-snowboard-history/
5) https://peoplepill.com/people/sean-stuart-kearns