Skateboarding Tips: How to do a Frontside Ollie Tailgrab from Greg Lutzka

In this ProTips4U skateboarding instructional training video, Greg Lutzka, former #1 ranked skateboarder, goes over How to do a Frontside Ollie Tailgrab. In this video Greg shows you why you need speed, how to pop and ollie, how to grab the tail and the proper landing.

Greg Lutzka is one of the most consistent contest skaters in the game and has three XG Street medals to prove it. The 28-year-old finished third overall in the 2011 Dew Tour street standings and 12th overall in the World Cup Skateboarding standings. The Milwaukee native has lived in LA for the last nine years and skates most often with fellow XG Street competitors and Darkstar teammates, Ryan Decenzo and Adam Dyet. He says he works hard to innovate tricks whenever he skates.

If you've ever had the pleasure of seeing Greg skate a contest, demo or a street spot, you're fully aware of his uncanny skills atop a skateboard and his "goofy" stance. His ability to pair technical flip tricks and handrail hammers is an awe-inspiring sight. Recently, his signature lockdown 270 handrail tricks have earned him top honors at the 2008 Tampa Pro, Slaughter at the Opera and a bronze medal at the 2008 X-Games.