Trick: Shifty

Description: Change the direction of your board and body in the air and bring it back to original position to landing.
A Shifty can be combined with many grabs and spins to increase the style and difficulty of a trick. The most common way of learning the Shifty is to approach it from a heelside edge.

How to perform this trick: Make sure to cut out wide and take this trick really big to ensure that you have ample time to finish and land the trick. It's important to initiate the Shifty immediately after leaving the wake so that you have time to return the board back to its original position. When you leave the wake, hang on to the handle with your front hand and move the handle around to your back. This should cause your board and body to rotate so that your back will be facing the direction that you are traveling. Once you've extended the Shifty and reached your maximum height, simply bring the handle back around to the front of your body. You'll then land in the same position from which you took off. This will probably be the first way that you will learn the Shifty. However, there are many different ways to rotate this trick with grabs and spins. Be sure to incorporate grabs into your Shifty once you've got it dialed in.