When he was still a teenager, renowned French author Marcel Proust had a friend called Antoinette who offered him to a chance to be in her book entitled "An Album To Record Thoughts, Feelings, etc.". It consisted mainly of each interviewee revealing his or her aspirations and tastes, a style of questioning that originated in England and became popular throughout Europe at the time. The original manuscript of Proust's answers, published in 1890 and called "Marcel Proust par lui-même" ("Marcel Proust in his own words"), was re-discovered in 1924, two years after his death. This manuscript became an important piece of history due to Proust's fame as a writer and the effort and passion he put into his answers to Antoinette's questionnaire.

Sean Genovese's gears are always grinding and the ideas that materialize from his frontal cortex are what I like to call Christmas gifts to snowboarding. For example, his company Dinosaurs Will Die (along with Jeff Keenan), an idea that travelled down from his head to his legs from many years of riding for bull-caca brands. Then there's the Think Thank movies (alongside Jesse Burtner) which rinsed the stink of conformity that permeated bigger productions. So let's take a little glimpse into Sean's psyche and see how the mind behind Think Thank thinks with a Proust Questionnaire.

Your favorite virtue:
Honesty.

Your favorite quality in a man / woman:
Honesty.

What you appreciate the most in your friends:
Honesty.

Your main fault:
Those black-out nights.

Your favorite occupation:
Carnie.

Your idea of happiness:

Being caught up with everything, and having the time to let my mind wander.

Mind-boggling rail antics. Photo by Mike Yoshida

Your idea of misery:
Doing things because I HAVE to.

If not yourself, who would you be:
-

Where would you like to live:
In a world that wasn’t fueled by greed for money.

Your favorite color:
Any shade.

Your favorite writer:
Read a good book by Ted Simon… “Jupiter Travels”.

Your favorite musicians:
Wes Makepeace, Social Distortion, Mike Ness, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits.

Your favorite heroes in real life:
Family.

Sean grows out of tree tops and absorbs the sun with his board through photosynthesis. Photo Mike Yoshida

What you hate the most:
Where do I begin?

The natural talent you’d like to be gifted with:
Self-control.

How you wish to die:
In my sleep when I’m old.

What is your present state of mind:
Scrambled.

For what fault do you have the most toleration:
Youth. Basically, making bad decisions because you have to learn somehow.

Your favorite motto:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".