Ed Templeton
Ed Templeton (born July 28, 1972 in Garden Grove, California) is a professional American skateboarder and artist from Huntington Beach , California .
Templeton began skateboarding in 1985 and soon became famous with his friend Jason Lee . His sponsored career began in 1988 with companies such as Circle A and Schmitt Stix . In 1990 Schmitt Stix became New Deal Skateboards . Ed Templeton was able to win four street contests in a row and made it onto the cover of the two skateboarding magazines TransWorld Skateboarding and Thrasher .
Templeton left the New Deal company and together with Mike Vallely founded his own skateboard company "TV" (Television), which, however, was not a good star. The two parted ways shortly afterwards, and Ed founded the company Toy Machine under Vision Streetwear in 1993, but shortly afterwards moved it to Tum Yeto . It was around this time that Templeton began to be more interested in art, photography, and graphic design , and soon after was creating advertisements and graphics for Toy Machine.
His work and accompanying exhibitions (with Aaron Rose at the Alleged Gallery in New York ) have received controversy in the skateboarding world. In it he deals critically and satirically with modern American culture. His first book of photographic work, Teen Smokers , won an art competition in Italy in 2000. This was followed by the Golden Age of Neglect , in which he combined photographs and graphics. He has also designed numerous magazine covers.
He became a vegan in the mid-1990s and gradually began campaigning for animal rights. He continued to win competitions sporadically. In 1996 he joined the newly founded shoe company Sheep, which designed his first own pro-skater shoe model without using leather or other animal products. The company didn't stay in the market for long, and Ed joined Emerica , for whom he has designed three pro shoe styles to date.
Ed Templeton is considered one of the most creative skateboarders of his day, having contributed a number of One Footed Ollie , Ollie Impossible , and Railslide variations. His skills are documented in the Toy Machine video Welcome to Hell (1996).
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| SURNAME | Templeton, Ed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American skateboarder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garden Grove , California , USA |