Ed Templeton

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Ed Templeton (born July 28, 1972 in Garden Grove, California) is a professional skateboarder who resides in Huntington Beach, California. [1]

Ed started skateboarding in 1985 in his hometown of Huntington Beach, California, with his friend Jason Lee. He turned pro for New Deal Skateboards in 1990. [1] He left New Deal in 1992 to start the short-lived company "TV" with Mike Vallely. [2] In 1993, Ed founded Toy Machine skateboards. [1]

Outside of skateboarding, Ed is an artist and photographer. He began by painting the graphics for his skateboard company, Toy Machine. In 2000, Ed's book of photography Teenage Smokers placed first in the Search For Art competition in Italy, winning $50,000. In the fall of 2001, Ed's artwork was featured in Juxtapoz magazine. [2]

Ed has been a vegan since 1990/91[1]stating "Once you read about the meat and dairy industry and the things they do, it is hard to keep supporting them. I didn't want to partake in the killing of animals or spend my money on the whole system." He is an advocate for animal rights. [3]

Ed Templeton is a featured artist of "Beautiful Losers", which includes the work of various contemporary artists. A lot of the art included in Beautiful Losers provides skateboarding and other urban themes. Templeton and some members of the Toy Machine team skated on ramps (and even a car) setup at the base of the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center in the summer of 2003 for the temporary showcase of Beautiful Losers.

He is currently working on a book, to be titled Deformer (also the title of a 1996 documentary film about Templeton directed by Mike Mills). The book will chronicle his childhood growing up in Orange County, California. [4]

Contents

[edit] Video Credits

  1. Toy Machine - Suffer The Joy - 2006
  2. Toy Machine - Good & Evil - 2004
  3. Toy Machine - Berzerker - 2003
  4. Toy Machine - Sucking the Life - 2003
  5. ON Video Magazine - Summer 2003 - 2003
  6. Emerica - This Is Skateboarding - 2003
  7. 411 VM - Stand Strong - 2001
  8. 411 VM - Issue #30 - 1998
  9. Toy Machine - Jump Off A Building - 1998
  10. Daryl Grogan - Cold Sweat - 1996
  11. Thrasher - Hitting the Streets - 1996
  12. 411 VM - Issue #17 - 1996
  13. Sheep Shoes - Life of Leisure - 1996
  14. Toy Machine - Welcome to Hell - 1996
  15. 411 VM - Best of Volume 2 - 1995
  16. Toy Machine - Heavy Metal - 1995
  17. 411 VM - Issue #05 - 1994
  18. Toy Machine - Live - 1994
  19. Spitfire - Spitfire - 1993
  20. New Deal - 1281 - 1991
  21. New Deal - Useless Wooden Toys - 1990

[edit] Contest history

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Ed Templeton's page on Toymachine
  2. ^ a b Emerica - Ed Templeton
  3. ^ Famous Veggie - Ed Templeton
  4. ^ Transworld Skateboarding, "Catching up with Ed Templeton, June 20, 2005

[edit] See also

[edit] External links