Ed Templeton's work has always been inspiring in my work in illustration. Growing up skateboarding and, now, having that dream of being a "professional" have gone out the window, I still look up to his art work and his gross, sometimes satanic drawings. So this post is for you Ed Templeton. "It's a celebration, bitches" - E3PO
Ed is such a talented artist/photographer/skater/businessman, etc that if he wasn't such a great, deserving person, I would be super envious...but his success couldn't have happened to a better guy. Did you see the ESPN feature they had on him? it's remarkable hearing his story. In case you missed it, I have the full video at : http://www.displacedbrett.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/ed-templeton/
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.
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