ESPN: Being Ed Templeton

by Staff, June 12, 2009

ESPN has produced this comprehensive video feature that looks into the life and times of one of the skate world’s most talented personalities who has embodied not only the skate-side of things but also maintained a great career in the arts. Trading in a skateboard for a camera, Templeton has become a respected artist for both his photographic skills as well as his painting skills. Take a thorough ride into Ed Templeton’s life through the accompanying article over at ESPN.

8 Responses

  1. Posted by: vik on June 14, 2009 at 6:24 am

    video didn’t even work, that sucks, i was trying to follow up on how temp is doing.

  2. Posted by: stripclubdave on June 13, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    Thanks to hypebeast for posting this. It is awesome.

  3. Posted by: JDP on June 12, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    damn, i haven’t followed ed templeton since the 90’s… he got fat.

    saw his art throughout the years though. his style has been consistent.

  4. Posted by: uhhisabuster on June 12, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    great great piece , for on OG to the skate industry.. Eds art has is abrtract but funny

  5. Posted by: baoweeeeeezy on June 12, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    garden grove,where you at!

  6. Posted by: brett on June 12, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    What a rad piece. I never knew all about Ed’s tough upbringing – but you can definitely see how it forced him to be a man early and allowed him to accomplish so much.

    They never do enough action sports features on ESPN, so glad to see such a deserving guy like Ed be featured. I also love the songs they chose, Minus the Bear’s “When We When We Escape” and Castaneda’s “You Can Do It” – I wonder if Ed picked them himself…they definitely fit perfectly. I wouldn’t be surprised if Ed started another career in music soon…I mean seriously, he’s good at everything else he tries.

  7. Posted by: roooob on June 12, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    temp rules

  8. Posted by: 666 on June 12, 2009 at 1:42 pm

    ed is sick.
    never forget his welcome to hell part.