How to Frontside Tailgrab

What this video teaches

Renton Miller of Shredability frames the frontside tailgrab as a frontside ollie taken off with more power and a quicker turn, then whipped straight into the grab. He makes a useful point about timing perception: it feels like you grab after 180 degrees of rotation, but in reality the hand closes on the tail at around 90 degrees, so commit to the grab earlier than instinct suggests. His main body cue is to stay crouched at the peak of the air with the back foot up near your bum, which keeps the tail within reach and the feet stuck to the board. Once you have the grab, you simply let go and fall back into the ramp.

Key tips

• 1Approach it like a frontside ollie but turn quicker and with more power, then whip into the grab
• 2It feels like you grab at 180 degrees, but the grab actually happens around 90 degrees; go for it earlier than it feels
• 3Stay crouched at the peak of the air with your back foot up near your bum so the tail comes to your hand
• 4Keep your feet stuck to the board through the grab; that is what makes the trick hold together
• 5Build confidence first with smaller versions: three quarters of the way up a ramp, or ollie tailgrabs out of a flyout

Summarized from the video transcript.