I like when he said “I knight thee a photographer”, because he’s right, the only way to be anything is to try it, consistently, until it is a thing that you do, and then a thing that you are. Whatever the case, thanks Ed, for being you.
If you do a thing you are that thing. End of story. I love Ed so much. And I love skateboarding for this fact. If you ride a skateboard you’re a skateboarder. Skateboarding teaches so many good lessons.
@@pennyhemens478 what I mean is all my life I’ve doodled and sketched and painted and taken photographs on my Polaroid but I never thought of myself as an artist for doing those things, because I’m not very good at drawing or painting and I don’t know shit about photography and just take pictures of stuff I think is cool. Seeing Ed’s art and hearing him talk about it really did make me look at my paintings and portrait and landscape drawings and Polaroids as art and he made me reconsider why I have never considered myself an artist.
One of my favorite things about skating is the general diy attitude. On top of building our own skate parks, so many skaters design their own deck/wheel/truck graphics and shoes and a lot even start their own companies. I know it’s comparing apples and oranges but you don’t see pro NBA/NFL players starting their own basketball/football companies
So rad! I’m 43 and still remember getting an Ed Templeton deck for Christmas when I was in like 6 or 7th grade. It’s all I wanted. I remember getting hyped seeing him in New Deal ads in Thrasher doing one-footers. I was like stoked, his style is so rad. Christmas came and opened all my gifts, no Templeton deck. I was bummed, until a little sliver of a deck was peeking out behind the tree. I was so stoked. I couldn’t believe it. My mom worked so hard to get that for me from Fairman’s. I’ll never forget it. There’s a picture somewhere of me holding it. Time to find it! Thank you Ed! Thank you Thrasher!
Such a legend, you don’t need anyone to tell you how to do it, just do it. That’s the skateboarder’s mentality, and why I’m always going to be a skateboarder, wether I skate or not. Much love.
This dude has always inspired me to skate and do art Sick in everything he does and so gnarly So many classic skate photos from my youth are his Never knew that he skated before he started doing art Steel shutters are rad Bet you can't hear shit thru them either
Ed is a childhood hero - as a pro skater in the 90s he represented someone totally outside the box, a free thinker, original, and deliberately uncool role model.
I started skating in 1999 middle school has I recall,those toy machine videos with Ed an Elissa were part of my childhood memories🥲thank you Ed for the good times 🤙
EdTalks 🤘It seems to me that if I tried to label Ed or his art it would just be so cliché, he’s one of a kind and it’s great to see him display himself and his art this way. Thanks Ed for sharing your life with us!
Legend! I remember seeing him show up and skate the small Huntington Beach skatepark at dusk in the mid 90s and everyone would stop and watch him feeble and impossible everything in sight. New book sounds incredible and his paintings look sooo good!!
I’ve been following Eds career since Useless Wooden Toys ,,, Inspired would be an understatement. The skating , The artwork , Music choice , The Photography , That impossible over the motorcycle , Welcome to Hell F@cked my mind up ! but most importantly ‘ Knowing Ed is out there doing His thing is akin to how I feel after Listening to Leonard Cohen or reading Chicken Soup for the Soul or watching a Coen Bros movie… content , free , and inspired to keep creating , trying new things , looking at things differently , enjoying the process and hating the process and loving it again . Love Ed Templeton ❤
As a teenager who wants to skate and create art I can say that these videos are so inspiring and they make me dream so big about my future. Sometimes I'm still worried and tell myself "what if it doesn't work out? how are you going to live from that?" etc but at the same time I don't see myself doing anything else for now so I try my best staying motivated and optimistic for the future and these kind of videos are really helpful so thank you, we definitely need more of them!!
It was inspiring and ushered in the street skating era. The day a real stret skater won the street contest in munster, Germany in 1990. I was so happy coz the street contests in 80s were often full of ramp skaters. Legends though a lot of them were, it was a big sign that real street skater were going to conquer the world. Thanks Ed
I grew up so close to him. On Brookhurst and Adams. Only a few years difference in age. He's always been the epitome of everything I thought was cool, to this day, that hasn't changed. We both just got old.
Ed is a really interesting guy. From his skateboarding to his artwork I’ve always liked him growing up. I’m from the same era so used to watch his stuff back in the day. His art and photos are awesome. I have some of his books too. Very inspiring. I will show all this stuff to my daughter in the hope it inspires her too. Bumped into him on Huntington pier years ago and I was shooting my Leica and we clocked eyes but I didn’t have the balls to say hello (I’m from the Uk). Wish I did now ha…
I'm a self taught artist aswell and it can be discouraging and intimidating but I truly believe we can teach ourselves anything that we put our mind to it just may not be considered good but the more you practice the better you will get.
your are a legendary artist and skateboarder. thank you for everything you do and everything you have done. we love you ed. you have inspired alot of artists and people around the world.
One of my all time favs, Ed is such a legend. Also he is very self-critical of all his own art but its all rad hes so talented, even the New Deal stuff was sick. We need him on the Nine Club!
Ed's art has always been rad. It's been weird, simplistic, realistic, abstract, and everything in between. I hope that I can grab a copy of that book. :) And I'll never forget the deafening roar when he Impossible-tailgrabbed over a dumpster at an Indianapolis demo like 20 years ago. It was iconic.
cool that he referenced the backside boneless when looking at a board. grosso did the same in love letters, ever since i saw that (i was a kid at the time) i’ve always thought about that while looking at boards
This was great. Really enjoyed it. "You don't need a school or someone to tell you that you're a photographer. You are a photographer right now, just do it". Good message Ed. Kudos to you. 🛹
I met Ed on that 2018 tour in Berlin and it was a humble experience meeting him. Sadly the memory is tarnished though as one of the Toy Machine riders threw out a free board and it smashed my camera... Was super bummed after that.
Ed arts and crafts is the best designs of a textures, logos, colors and graphic artwork probably might be different than the other painting and photos!
Awesome! 5 years ago got into bonsai I didn't know shit about a tree let alone keep it alive. Figured let me try it out . Put my artistic approach to work and now growing trees everywhere! And like ed said I now knight myself bonsai master. haha Thanks Ed! Whatevers out there if u have that passion and stick with it and enjoy what u do who needs a title . Just do it.Great words
I like when he said “I knight thee a photographer”, because he’s right, the only way to be anything is to try it, consistently, until it is a thing that you do, and then a thing that you are. Whatever the case, thanks Ed, for being you.
I back this 💯
That’s real bro
If you do a thing you are that thing. End of story. I love Ed so much. And I love skateboarding for this fact. If you ride a skateboard you’re a skateboarder. Skateboarding teaches so many good lessons.
A face palm moment for me, for sure.
You don't need anyone's "permission" to create, just do it (nike)
This is so fucking good. Wish it was 2 hours long haha
Fuck yes
Been hoping we'd see Ed on this series. Always great.
ahh the chief is here :)
Ed is such an inspiration. He taught me that anyone can be an artist, all we have to do is make the art.
wow what a compliment
@@pennyhemens478 what I mean is all my life I’ve doodled and sketched and painted and taken photographs on my Polaroid but I never thought of myself as an artist for doing those things, because I’m not very good at drawing or painting and I don’t know shit about photography and just take pictures of stuff I think is cool. Seeing Ed’s art and hearing him talk about it really did make me look at my paintings and portrait and landscape drawings and Polaroids as art and he made me reconsider why I have never considered myself an artist.
@@CollinGill7 yea man. What you consistently do IS YOU!
inspiring me to get back in to it, to just create the art is the biggest step
Legendary. From his skating to his art and his continuing impact.
One of the best.
Ed is truly and outsider artist. You can’t get more outsider than a skater (albeit an 80s-90s skater) who is a self taught artist. A true original.
I dig how Ed is wired & goes about doing his own thing (art, documenting, photography). A treat, thanks Thrasher for putting it out
One of my favorite things about skating is the general diy attitude. On top of building our own skate parks, so many skaters design their own deck/wheel/truck graphics and shoes and a lot even start their own companies. I know it’s comparing apples and oranges but you don’t see pro NBA/NFL players starting their own basketball/football companies
@@CollinGill7 I feel you on that !
So rad! I’m 43 and still remember getting an Ed Templeton deck for Christmas when I was in like 6 or 7th grade. It’s all I wanted. I remember getting hyped seeing him in New Deal ads in Thrasher doing one-footers. I was like stoked, his style is so rad. Christmas came and opened all my gifts, no Templeton deck. I was bummed, until a little sliver of a deck was peeking out behind the tree. I was so stoked. I couldn’t believe it. My mom worked so hard to get that for me from Fairman’s. I’ll never forget it. There’s a picture somewhere of me holding it. Time to find it! Thank you Ed! Thank you Thrasher!
Nice memory..reminds me of the scene in ‘A Christmas Story’ where he discover the BB gun
God bless
This is my favorite video put out this year. Ed is an amazing soul. Love getting a glimpse into his creative journey.
Cant wait to buy his book!
Need Ed on the 9 club
Very inspirational we love you ED!
After all these years, Deanna is still making Ed smoothies! love it. #411dayinthelife
I was thinking the same thing lol
I love the 7:38 Bullman graphic, it actually radiates that Toy Machin-esque feel and the one at 8:26 is also very beautiful!
would love to get a toy machine board unfortunately they're relatively rare here in Brazil
Such a legend, you don’t need anyone to tell you how to do it, just do it. That’s the skateboarder’s mentality, and why I’m always going to be a skateboarder, wether I skate or not. Much love.
This dude has always inspired me to skate and do art
Sick in everything he does and so gnarly
So many classic skate photos from my youth are his
Never knew that he skated before he started doing art
Steel shutters are rad
Bet you can't hear shit thru them either
that last brian anderson board he held was a very important board in my life.
Stop reaching bro
Nice 👏🏻💙
Got damn no chill on these comments lmao
Do you take any inspiration from Ed in your own artwork?
That raised by wolves book looks so good! It's crazy expensive though.
Ed is a childhood hero - as a pro skater in the 90s he represented someone totally outside the box, a free thinker, original, and deliberately uncool role model.
Always happy to see Ed.
Came back to watch this a year later. So good. Just so damn good.
I would love to have some of his art. One of my favorite skaters and artists. TM is so iconic.
Ed Templeton is one of skateboarding’s holy grails. Thank you for all you have done and continue to do Ed!
I started skating in 1999 middle school has I recall,those toy machine videos with Ed an Elissa were part of my childhood memories🥲thank you Ed for the good times 🤙
Such a great dude/legend always worth supporting. Never stop Ed thx!
EdTalks 🤘It seems to me that if I tried to label Ed or his art it would just be so cliché, he’s one of a kind and it’s great to see him display himself and his art this way. Thanks Ed for sharing your life with us!
You know I’m seriously so amazed that I have a lot of things in common with the artist. Both Ed and his wife are Such a inspiration
Legend! I remember seeing him show up and skate the small Huntington Beach skatepark at dusk in the mid 90s and everyone would stop and watch him feeble and impossible everything in sight. New book sounds incredible and his paintings look sooo good!!
A true legend, always enjoyed the Toy videos and seeing his parts, very creative on and off the board
A constant inspiration. I would gladly watch a check-in with Ed & Deanna every 6 months to see what they're working on!
I’ve been following Eds career since Useless Wooden Toys ,,, Inspired would be an understatement. The skating , The artwork , Music choice , The Photography , That impossible over the motorcycle , Welcome to Hell F@cked my mind up ! but most importantly ‘ Knowing Ed is out there doing His thing is akin to how I feel after Listening to Leonard Cohen or reading Chicken Soup for the Soul or watching a Coen Bros movie… content , free , and inspired to keep creating , trying new things , looking at things differently , enjoying the process and hating the process and loving it again .
Love Ed Templeton ❤
You’re good cause you practice everyday bro, great way to live. Keep it up
As a teenager who wants to skate and create art I can say that these videos are so inspiring and they make me dream so big about my future. Sometimes I'm still worried and tell myself "what if it doesn't work out? how are you going to live from that?" etc but at the same time I don't see myself doing anything else for now so I try my best staying motivated and optimistic for the future and these kind of videos are really helpful so thank you, we definitely need more of them!!
gracias Ed! im so grateful ive met you and could hang out, youre a great human being. Hope to see you soon
I love this series. I can't get enough of them.
It was inspiring and ushered in the street skating era. The day a real stret skater won the street contest in munster, Germany in 1990. I was so happy coz the street contests in 80s were often full of ramp skaters. Legends though a lot of them were, it was a big sign that real street skater were going to conquer the world. Thanks Ed
I love Ed. Ran in to him twice, once in Sweden and once in Barcelona. Great artist, skater and human.
Such a cool guy. Talk about forging your own path in life.
sooooooo fucking dope...Ed is a legit legend/inspiration to artists like myself..keep killing it
Love these videos of the artists behind the companies
I grew up so close to him. On Brookhurst and Adams. Only a few years difference in age. He's always been the epitome of everything I thought was cool, to this day, that hasn't changed. We both just got old.
Ed is the best. Hands down. There’s no one in the industry who has contributed as much as he has, and done so with such style and grace.
He's definetely kind person
I got some relax feelings while watchin this
Ed Templeton is one of my favourite skaters. I'm glad we have someone like him in our culture.
so awesome, thank you Thrasher and Ed for years of inspiration.
Ed is a really interesting guy. From his skateboarding to his artwork I’ve always liked him growing up. I’m from the same era so used to watch his stuff back in the day. His art and photos are awesome. I have some of his books too. Very inspiring. I will show all this stuff to my daughter in the hope it inspires her too. Bumped into him on Huntington pier years ago and I was shooting my Leica and we clocked eyes but I didn’t have the balls to say hello (I’m from the Uk). Wish I did now ha…
These are great! It's awesome seeing all the handrails and gaps get destroyed, but these types of videos are so much more engaging to me.
Beyond excited for his photo book. Ed is one of a kind.
I'm a self taught artist aswell and it can be discouraging and intimidating but I truly believe we can teach ourselves anything that we put our mind to it just may not be considered good but the more you practice the better you will get.
The end shot of the motorized shutters was a whole damn vibe. I need to put motorized shutters on all of my social media.
Ed Templeton rocks!! Loved the insight into his art progression
One of my fav skaters back in the 90s. I watched his Welcome To Hell segment on VHS over and over when I was a kid.
All skaters just want to be artists. It’s adorable AND motivating at the same time. ❤️
@@Barthornomew
Exactly. *gently pats on head*
your are a legendary artist and skateboarder. thank you for everything you do and everything you have done. we love you ed. you have inspired alot of artists and people around the world.
Nice to see you Ed. Love toy machine graphics. Always a great line up of skaters.
Que duro es Ed!!! Es un artista deverdad!!
One of my all time favs, Ed is such a legend. Also he is very self-critical of all his own art but its all rad hes so talented, even the New Deal stuff was sick. We need him on the Nine Club!
Ed's art has always been rad. It's been weird, simplistic, realistic, abstract, and everything in between. I hope that I can grab a copy of that book. :) And I'll never forget the deafening roar when he Impossible-tailgrabbed over a dumpster at an Indianapolis demo like 20 years ago. It was iconic.
cool that he referenced the backside boneless when looking at a board. grosso did the same in love letters, ever since i saw that (i was a kid at the time) i’ve always thought about that while looking at boards
Ed is one of the greatest artists in my opinion. I still draw stuff thinking about his iconic Toy Machine style. This episode was needed.
I love this series so much
I have always loved Toy Machine and the ads and graphics. Love you to Ed Templeton
So rad, I could watch a full length piece on Ed for sure.
we love you ed Templeton. your an amazing artist and person.
Stoked to see Thrasher put this out
This was great. Really enjoyed it. "You don't need a school or someone to tell you that you're a photographer. You are a photographer right now, just do it". Good message Ed. Kudos to you. 🛹
Some of the best art in skateboarding ever! Longest fingers in the game 🙌🏻☝🏻
I met Ed on that 2018 tour in Berlin and it was a humble experience meeting him. Sadly the memory is tarnished though as one of the Toy Machine riders threw out a free board and it smashed my camera... Was super bummed after that.
Ed is such a legend 🙌
One of my favorite artists , I have a Bury the Hatchet deck and it's a masterpiece 👌
I’ve always enjoyed Ed’s art. He has a very unique style
Thank you for providing this video and thank you Ed for doing Ed things!
A great watch. Thank you.
Absolute Legend. I remember looking at the skate catalog and thinking that those Toy Machine graphics are really cool and different.
Dope video. Can't wait for Ed's photography book.
This vid definitely just inspired me to get up & go finish this drawing I started over a month ago.
Been stoked on Ed for 30 years. So sick.
much love and respect to you and your channel. I hope that all is well for you and your family and friends.
Such a good watch! thank you!
Raised by wolves was one of my biggest influences. Jim Goldberg was my photo professor at CCAC. Amazing that you singled that book out.
His voice is so soothing
Love this series!!
Thanks for this video, art and skateboarding go hand and hand. I love it dude
Ed arts and crafts is the best designs of a textures, logos, colors and graphic artwork probably might be different than the other painting and photos!
The closing 60 seconds... beautiful.
So good
One of my all time favorite photographers
Cool, look forward to seeing that book!
Such a cool creative mind. Skaters are true innovators.
I cant wait for his book to come out as a skater from that time period its going to be amazing
Love this. What an inspiration!
love it and love the vibe, something I aspire to one day
wow this is a real treat ,ed Templeton is such a huge inspiration to me thnx thrasher!!!! any chance on a Andy Howell episode????
I was so inspired by him when I first got on a sk8. Even got into Impossibles and One-foot-tail-grab because of him.
Love Ed! Looking forward to the book :)
I agree with the point of just do it. Old fan and love the inspection 🙂
Awesome! Ed is an inspiration
I wish I can spend one whole day with ed just chill with him
Loved this. Can't wait for Ed's book to come out 🤙🤙
Awesome! 5 years ago got into bonsai I didn't know shit about a tree let alone keep it alive. Figured let me try it out . Put my artistic approach to work and now growing trees everywhere! And like ed said I now knight myself bonsai master. haha Thanks Ed! Whatevers out there if u have that passion and stick with it and enjoy what u do who needs a title . Just do it.Great words
so hyped for this - i can't wait to buy the book too!