Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk Talks Homemade Ramps and Laser Flips | In or Out | Esquire - video Dailymotion

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We sat down with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, to tell us what's in and what's out – Homemade ramps? Taylor Swift? Gen Z slang? Find out what he thinks is still cool, and what's definitely not.

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00:00 Is this like the joke, like dragon?

00:02 'Cause my kids have like a dragon deez nuts joke

00:04 that they love.

00:05 In my spectrum, my kids,

00:08 I'm reluctantly in, when it should be out.

00:11 Who's falling for it?

00:13 I'll tell you who's falling for it.

00:14 Their buddy from France that was staying with us.

00:16 And then he didn't get it.

00:17 So he's like, "A dragon? Dragon deez nuts?

00:20 Why does the dragon have deez nuts?"

00:22 Hey, I'm Tony Hawk, and as a professional skateboarder,

00:25 Asquire has asked me to be some sort of culture judge, I guess?

00:31 So I'm gonna decide if things are in or out.

00:34 Here we go.

00:35 90s hip-hop is in, unquestionably, always.

00:47 How could you even consider that it's in?

00:50 It's in. It's in there, in the box.

00:53 For safekeeping.

00:54 Homemade ramps are always in.

00:57 That was our life in the 80s.

00:59 There's a Instagram feed called the Past Participle

01:01 that is the epicenter of all of the documentation

01:05 of homemade ramps through our era.

01:07 Go check it out.

01:08 Twitter changing its name is out.

01:10 Lame. X. Get over it.

01:12 Out. X.

01:16 No, 'cause then it feels like I'm promoting it.

01:18 Taylor Swift, how could she be out?

01:21 She's like the most in thing ever.

01:23 My daughter went to two of her shows on the last tour.

01:26 One, she flew to Phoenix with her mom to go see.

01:28 So, yeah, Taylor Swift.

01:30 Oh my God.

01:31 She gets to be over here with 90s hip-hop.

01:34 That's what we need, a backyard jam.

01:36 Homemade ramps, Taylor Swift, Tribe Called Quest.

01:39 Oh my God.

01:40 Now you're telling me that's a party.

01:42 Beige flags, they're out.

01:44 We all have to make compromises

01:47 and try to figure out personality conflicts.

01:49 So, beige flag, they're out in space.

01:53 Clean. Clean is in.

01:55 Being clean, landing clean, clean lines.

01:58 Yes, let's stay clean.

01:59 CEO. I am a CEO, so I want to be in.

02:03 But there are plenty of CEOs that should be out.

02:05 In my case, it's in.

02:09 Salty. Salty is in as an adjective.

02:13 I like how it kind of harkens back to

02:15 literally salty sailors

02:17 that are just angry and living a life of strife

02:20 and just, "I don't see."

02:22 It's actually perfect.

02:23 I'm not into the low-key, high-key thing,

02:26 so I'm going to say out.

02:27 That's just my age, though.

02:28 My kids say low-key.

02:29 They don't really say high-key.

02:30 When they say it, it doesn't have much context.

02:32 It's like, "That kid's low-key good."

02:34 He is good.

02:35 No one is denying that he's good.

02:37 It's not hidden that he's good.

02:38 I'm relating it to skateboarding.

02:41 It's like people saying literal when they...

02:43 Yes, it's literal.

02:44 You don't get to use...

02:46 You know what I mean?

02:47 It's just lost its meaning.

02:49 I'm going to go high-key is out of here.

02:51 Extra. Extra is out.

02:54 My daughter's 15.

02:55 She doesn't even say extra.

02:56 She used to, so I say extra is out.

02:58 Extra had its run.

02:59 It had a good run. It's out.

03:00 Shredding is always in.

03:02 Shredding means you're ripping.

03:03 You're killing it.

03:04 You're on point.

03:05 Bailing. Bailing sucks.

03:07 Bailing is out.

03:08 Bailing is better than slamming.

03:09 Bailing means that you're intentionally falling

03:12 because something went wrong

03:13 or because you're a wimp,

03:15 which I am guilty of both.

03:17 Slamming means you committed to the trick,

03:18 but you shouldn't have.

03:20 So better to bail than slam.

03:21 Bailing is in over here.

03:23 Grinding. Grinding is in.

03:25 Grinding is always in.

03:26 Literal grinding, like your truck on ledges or coping,

03:30 and grinding in terms of working,

03:32 hustling, making it happen.

03:34 Empty swimming pools are in.

03:36 Sometimes I should be out of them

03:38 because I've gotten some of my worst injuries in them,

03:41 but it's part of my culture.

03:43 It's part of my DNA.

03:44 I've got to get in there.

03:45 Last time I skated a backyard pool,

03:46 I dislocated these two fingers.

03:49 Heights. Heights are in.

03:52 I skate. I want to go high, for sure.

03:56 Laser flip.

03:57 I wish laser flips were in,

03:58 but I can't do them, so they're out.

04:01 That ship has sailed for me.

04:03 Colored grip tape.

04:04 Colored grip tape is in.

04:06 It's making a comeback.

04:07 We're a straight '80s here.

04:09 I always use black grip tape,

04:10 but I like seeing all the flair,

04:13 the pink and whatnot.

04:15 Puka shell necklaces?

04:16 I feel like that was a thing of the '70s.

04:18 Are they in? Why not?

04:20 [laughs]

04:22 I don't know.

04:23 Do people even wear them anymore?

04:24 I grew up in suburban San Diego,

04:27 and if you came to class with a puka shell necklace,

04:30 it was the sign that you got to visit Hawaii.

04:33 If you came and you didn't visit Hawaii,

04:35 you were such a poser.

04:36 If you also came to class with a poncho on,

04:39 that means you visited Tijuana.

04:40 Those were the two ways to brag

04:43 or to flex about your vacations.

04:46 Watches.

04:47 Watches are in.

04:48 I'm a fan of watches.

04:49 I have quite a collection, so...

04:51 I know you can check your time on the phone,

04:53 but there's something to be said

04:54 for a classic timepiece on your wrist.

04:57 Checkered Vans seem to be always in.

04:59 Fast Times.

05:00 Spicoli.

05:01 Black coffee is in.

05:02 All day.

05:03 That's my jam.

05:04 In.

05:05 Hope you enjoyed my perspective on what's in or out.

05:07 You don't have to live by it.

05:08 I'm an old skater dude,

05:09 so that's my perspective.

05:11 Thanks for stopping by, and keep yourself in.

05:14 Stay in. Don't go out.

05:16 (upbeat music)

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Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk Talks Homemade Ramps and Laser Flips | In or Out | Esquire

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