<p>Use LOOKINGSIDEWAYS10 for 10% off <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wearelookingsideways.com/p/finisterre-discount-code-2025">anything from </a>Finisterre</p><p><em>--</em></p><p>Skateboarder, photographer, artist, Toy Machine company owner - Ed Templeton is one of skateboarding’s most influential and beloved influences. </p><p>And as a 14-year-old who obsessively wore out their copy of 1281 back in the day, he was a real and important influence on me personally when it came to working out how to express myself as a creative person. </p><p>What, you could be into this stuff - and also art, culture, and literature? And skateboarding and snowboarding could be the catalystt for this exploration? This was revelatory to me.  </p><p>All of which is why I’ve been hoping to interview Ed since I began Looking Sideways back in 2017. In October 2025, we finally made it happen.</p><p>Whenever you interview somebody of such notoriety, who at this point has been interviewed countless times, the challenge is always the same: how can I make this person comfortable, and get them to open up?</p><p>As is often the case on Looking Sideways, a shared interest in art and creativity was the foundation of a conversation rich in insight and honesty.</p><p>Yes, we spoke about skateboarding, Toy Machine, Welcome to Hell, art and photography, as you might expect.</p><p>But we did so through an unexpectedly wistful and nostalgic lens as Ed, now in his 50s; and with the wit, candour and humility that have always been his hallmarks; grapples with the topics that come for us all in the end: aging, impermanence, the value of possessions, the influence of our forebears, and the legacy we want to leave behind.</p><p>Special thanks to Don Brown and Thomas Campbell for their help with this one.</p><p>--</p><p>To find out more about what I do, <a target="_blank" href="https://lookingsideways.substack.com/s/hkc-discount-club">you can sign up as a subscriber to my Substack newsletter here</a>. There's a brilliant community and much more than just the podcasts.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.wearelookingsideways.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.wearelookingsideways.com/subscribe</a>