Brian Sumner

Brian Sumner is a British skateboarder, Christian pastor and traveling evangelist, originally from Liverpool, England. Sumner came to America at age 15, to pursue a career as a professional skateboarder. He currently resides in Huntington Beach, CA. He received notoriety in Britain for winning contests with his stair/handrail skating. After finishing school and 6 months of art college in Liverpool, Brian made his way to the US around the age of 16 to further his skateboard career.

Brian turned professional at the age of 19 and has skateboarded for some of the biggest companies including Birdhouse, Airwalk, Adio, Independent, TSA, Volcom, Analog, Rocket Wheels, Fender Guitars, Truth Soul Armor, Reliance Skateboards and Airspeed shoes.

Brian made his US debut in the skate video The End. Brian has been in other films including One Step Beyond by Adio shoes, on many 411's and on Baker videos. Brian spent many summers travelling the US on Tony Hawks Gigantic skate park tour which aired throughout America on television, and helped present skateboarding to a new generation of skateboarders.

In 2001, Brian wrote, produced, directed, filmed and edited an instructional skateboard video called "The Tao of Skateboarding." It starred skaters from Paul Rodriguez, Ed Templeton, Bam Margera, Andrew Reynolds, Jim Greco, Kevin Long, Jeremy Rogers and more. He became known for his dyed black hair and fitted clothes, as he took flip tricks to rails and stairs while skating to fast music. In 2003 Brian was a stunt double for Adam Brody in the film Grind and also made a cameo appearance as himself. In 2004 he appeared in Sleepover where he jumped over a fountain at UCLA with a rubber mask on. At this time he also worked in music videos for Reggie and the full effect, Saves the Day and OPM. Working with Adio, the Brian shoe with his staple Union Jack graphic sold thousands of pairs around the world. He also had endorsement deals for video games, tech decks, wheels, boards, pants, stickers and trading cards.

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