Product Spotlight - Ed Templeton Wires Crossed Book

Covering the period between 1995 and 2012, the Ed Templeton Wires Crossed photobook features 264 pages of photos, artwork, interviews and more - most of which is previously unpublished and unseen - aimed at answering that age-old question: 'What's it actually like being a pro skater?'.

Given the time period, Ed Templeton Wires Crossed features a load of skateboarding's biggest legends, including Elissa Steamer, Brian Anderson, Erik Ellington, Matt Bennett, Geoff Rowley and more, as they make their way across the US in search of spots, providing an inside perspective on the early days of Toy Machine and their rapidly changing lives as skateboarding rose to new heights of popularity.

Not only does the Ed Templeton Wires Crossed book document skateboarding's explosion in popularity during the 1990s and eventual transformation into the thriving (sub?)culture it is today; it also illustrates Ed's own journey as an image-maker and a person with the book acting as a visual diary over the 17 year period.

But that's not to say that it's all about the photos. Ed Templeton Wires Crossed features a wealth of drawings, maps, hand-written musings and other snippets from Ed's personal journal to add an extra layer of personality and flavour to the images to help take you even deeper into this legendary period of history.