Snowboarding Lesson : Shifty’s

A Shifty is when you push (shift) your board in the opposite direction to your shoulders, either in a frontside or backside direction, or both (shifty-shifty). Done as a straight air or as part of a rotation, it’s a great way to add extra style to a trick, and shows full control.
It’s also sometimes used to get a trick back under control after you’ve lost it...

• A pproach the jump as you would a straight air: looking forward, shoulders parallel to the board.
• O llie off the lip, and start to bone your front leg off to the side.
• A t the same time, turn your shoulders in the opposite direction, forwards with a b shifty, twisting at the waist.
• K eep facing forwards, while fully extending the front leg and holding the board at 90 degrees.
• A s the landing approaches, unwind at the waist, pull back your board to face forwards, and land.