Classics: Ed Templeton "This Is Skateboarding"

Ed had already put in years of amazing skating before he put it all on the line for the 2003 Emerica vid. This is one of his best parts ever.

[@EtnicsMediaSB]

I met Templeton a couple years ago on my birthday, I told him it was my birthday and he stopped skating for about 5 minutes took the time to draw some art on my t-shirt. I'll never forget that. One of the most influential skateboarders ever.

[@pdxraves]

The actual coolest

[@CEE-ji5rx]

Tempster is the man maybe even "Underrated" but for real tho

[@sixish]

I always thought the tail snapping when he landed the lipslide just made that trick 10x better.

[@DouchedByDemocrats]

Just like when Jaws kickflip melons El Toro snapped his tail made it that much cooler

[@ibraheemtemur3469]

Oh yes! Just like Marius Sivaren(?) did a fs bluntslide kickflip out to fakie on a handrail, just love it.

[@fizzysh4rk]

it’s such a classy move to roll away smoothly from that. like even the board acknowledges that he stomped the trick

[@drago6769]

whenever i see clips of this is skateboarding, good and evil, zero new blood, blind what if, baker 3, the amount of memories that come flooding back from my youth is unbelievable

[@ianbateman1979]

💯

[@teflonmusk11B]

Same I tried to do a kick flip the other day. Almost died lol

[@Zachary3D]

I still have my signed "This is Skateboarding" poster, framed and hung in my bedroom. Since January 2004.

[@Zachary3D]

No, mine was from Ambush skate shop in Atlanta :P

[@isaiahsmith211]

Ed Templeton is the man!

[@502jackal]

2 things are certain 1:this is a helluva classic 2:the best blunts are done by ed and snoop dogg

[@nickmaatjes5611]

Nice What you did there with blunts :D :D

[@fanatamon]

Yep Ed king blunt.

[@bobogonzales8040]

Saw this guy winning in Münster/Germany beginning 90's,since this day he ist my personal skateboarding hero.His impossibles mades me training over days and nights.....

[@mynameisjefferson3771]

I love Ed Templeton. Such a cool guy with an incredibly unique style.

[@larryjacobo960]

It’s crazy how much skateboarding has changed. I show my nephew and his friends this they will question how he had a pro model deck and considered pro. Emerica this is skateboarding is still the best vid ever

[@CEE-ji5rx]

SO GOOD. Ed Templeton is Underrated AF!

[@Distaval]

Still one of my top 5 all time favorite pros. I learned ollie impossibles because of him.

[@eht12369]

Haha only Ed could introduce his own part as a classic and not sound pretentious

[@alexcorona]

Ernest Thompson Ed not sound pretentious? Impossible.

[@lancebuttercream9817]

Haha yep.

[@Skate247allday123]

@@alexcorona lmao

[@matanaltjeacovson4117]

Rodney

[@joshbarth7666]

I really kinda hate this because it seems like Ed was put up to it, and someone rad, who is not Ed, could've intro'd this. A hall of fame part imo

[@christhedon420]

if i could only do one trick ever again it would be a lipslide like his ender, literally a perfect example of the trick.

[@SonikJesus]

yea ed and kirchart had the best lipslides

[@KopaszJack]

+Kuraki yes it's the cherry on top for that amazing part

[@TimSmith-ng1ym]

Maybe perfect if the board didnt snap

[@justmetal227]

that's what makes it more amazing how he landed so clean

[@baskets8429]

Clean , lots of skill, most of all you see the power and speed , even someone who hasn’t touched a board in two decades can get excited for this part ! Excellent

[@Mordorer]

That laidback 180 nosegrind was and still is one of the best ones ever done.

[@tylerconley7739]

Watched it every single day before I'd go skate. Dude was just fun to watch

[@drowninglifeguards]

I met Ed about a month ago on Huntington Beach pier. He took a pic with me and was super nice! I told him he had the cleanest fs noseblunts. Good dude!

[@n-wordheelflips2648]

one of the best videos

[@darth_vega]

I remember when I first saw this. Such a good video

[@angelchavez708]

I still have my signed board by him, by far my best skateboarder and artist.

[@777pezz777]

This is classic? god i must be getting old. Still remember watching this like it was yesterday.

[@rebusd]

nosebluntslides and ollie impossibles on lock. And handrail 50/50s before "...and Justice for All" came out. And his wife at the time I met them (Deanna?) was just as super nice and cool. That's Ed to me... :)

[@bull3tth3ory55]

20 years later and this part still rules!

[@pablosmith5473]

Back in a simpler time when skateboarding WAS skateboarding, and not just a jockfest of the one doing the most technical flip in flip out trick.

[@LxPxRxPunk]

2020 and still watching Ed for those sick noseblunts. Best in the game.

[@VASEdub]

haha yes! i havent seen this part in ages. deffo digging out the full thing!

[@DrTommyGouranga576]

Ed thank you for your creepy cool parts and individual style. Drain pipes of welcome to hell are forever with us.

[@UrbanSkaternotreally]

this will remain as one of the sickest skate parts

[@FallenFan88]

this ones my favorite classic

[@SicSeb]

I saw a great documentairy on Dutch tv on Ed Templeton and his artwork. It was really nice =)

[@BuckFiftyGaming]

This was the first skate video I ever saw, A friend invited me to the premier in jr high. It still amazes me to this day.

[@126Roman]

Ed templeton putting it down, still own this whole vid! :)

[@espionage69979]

ed templeton !!!!! always enjoyed this dude

[@catinthehat8412]

he loves skateboarding

[@FPV_PERFORMANCE]

now it's a legend of old Emerica

[@PrestigeWorldwideism]

i loved this video

[@MrMonstersk8er]

Ed Templeton is a beast at handrails, never actually seen him skate until now.

[@pjburcham5938]

Ed and elissa my 2 fave 90s skaters!!!

[@richardhalsted1984]

He's really good at boardslides. Great style. Total rage.

[@SuperGoonch]

ALWAYS makes me wanna go skate!

[@bendyer1465]

That boardslide on the 20 stair at the end was so amazing

[@jimmyberry4451]

Lip slide

[@IRatatatI]

Woah! I watched this full yesterday

[@slightwreckagegamer]

amazing i watched this and felt like i could ollie high enough to grind a rail on a stair case

[@wesdaaawg]

Fuckin LOVE the Tempster! Straight up legend

[@emersonsmithereens2094]

this was so classic and he didn't even know it

[@H0tDawgWater911]

Love this guy

[@justinreyez5561]

Ed Templeton creates a legendary board brand (toy machine) with riders like Josh Harmony and Billy marks, finds a one of a kind wife deanna, friends with avante gard musician butter 08 (Sean Lennon on keys) and Mike Mills artistic director (polyphonic spree and the indie movie thumbsucker) as well as Ed whos an accomplished artist himself who broke his neck skateboarding and still ripped

[@thelegendarybovice]

Also good friends with Jason Lee

[@matts425]

What's cool about Templeton is he skates sort of like how he talks: he looks super calm and calculated, but the actual content is super gnarly and interesting.

[@deadonred]

Ed has such great style!

[@zvonimirmikic2932]

Natural energy, raw power.

[@SKATETOSLAYER]

this is skateboarding was a classic.

[@timf80]

The best mob flips! I love em

[@viehlee]

This time was my golden era

[@arturogarcia3092]

Met Ed along time ago at a go skate day pretty cool person also Reynolds spanky too it was cool never forget

[@crazycatman5928]

I love the skating of the early 90s.

[@kraljevo8]

every part in that video was sick.

[@pdxraves]

Favorite dude

[@rizzorizzo2311]

Sometimes I forget just how good he was.

[@iliketoskate865]

That whole video was insane , Ed's part was too sick :)))))))))

[@TheUnholyPosole]

I feel like im 17 again... Youll always be my hero Ed....and Rodney Mullen...and Mike V...cant forget Rynalds...or Jamie Thomas...Eric Ellington...Geoff Rowley...and Kosten. :)

[@awesomebillfromdawsomevill7788]

that lipslide was gnarly

[@gibsonCat100]

hell yeah!!! CLASSIC ed templeton...

[@FORANWFS]

greatest style,ed templeton so sick

[@jellyface187]

That lipslide at the end is so good.

[@lewism740]

That is the most bad ass front lip i've ever seen. frontside lipslide tail snap out.

[@ulukalakar]

Finally we're getting these shoes, ha!

[@rafaeldelacruz5291]

One of the best lipslide I have ever seen

[@StankPlanks]

Killed it!

[@donbeebejr]

perfect way to describe him

[@bambamw17]

i met Templeton at Wild In The Streets, i know im only 18 and i wasnt around for most of his video parts, but Ed has really been an Influence on me as a skater and he's an even cooler guy on Top of that

[@shoopoopie1]

Ed is too awesome!

[@ch3007]

Love the footage from Compton courts

[@CalebForssell]

DAMN That last stomp was amazing

[@anhiirr]

lol "hey miner, back over here bitch" i was never able to hear that part without my headphones lol

[@gabrielgallardo80]

He has always had great style.

[@1ZmonZ1]

never knew he was this good... holy shit

[@OHNSOUL]

great song

[@JackedBlack88]

Underrated

[@PollitoRamoneSkate]

1:40 it's a real classic moment in this classic video part... i remember all my friends trying to do tricks that way haha

[@apmikalogran]

I used to skete his boards back in the nineties was hard to get them in Greece back then

[@adamblanco8306]

Timeless style

[@aseISsp]

right i remember when they were premiering it everywhere... i think i still have the shirt from it somewhere

[@bboyrughbrn]

I chilled with Ed today in Detroit " Wild In The Streets"

[@petewadesays12]

Emerica Templetons were probably my favorite shows I've ever owned. Except the green/white/black Koston throwbacks I had. I forgot who made them, but they were re-released ones.

[@UCAaLesWphc9f9DftcSbQXgA]

You know it's a classic when the footage doesn't fill the entire screen.

[@108egduF]

one of the best parts ever made.

[@deadonred]

Style one of my favorite hammers in all of skateboarding!

[@georgepetrenko1]

awesome part

[@mattfuller7467]

ed seems like he'd be a guy who appreciates the smiths

[@someirishskater]

That guy's got some serious flair!

[@tuna_land]

I got this on VHS.

[@veselinpantev118]

Bro i love you..

[@lukeamato2348]

Was some of this part filmed in Canada. That ledge at the beginning looks very familiar

[@chukyrevolutionskate]

genuino

[@hollis831streetskate6]

deff one of fav videos if seen over and over ed temp is a fucking g

[@alexshadowfax1119]

His flip tricks, like that kickflip in the intro scare the crap outta me, they go straight up with very lil pop and he doesnt catch them lol its crazy, its somehow more impressive

[@Psydo]

amen, brother

[@NoahGower]

that was a hell of an ender.

[@MrDudeMcAwesome1]

Sickkkk!!!!!!

[@nicoblaytherealflamingo445]

My first skate shoes!! Only es!!!!