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.
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