- Figure Skating - Pairs
A death spiral, an element unique to pair skating, is a move in which the man performs a pivot while swinging the lady around on a deep edge in a position almost horizontal to the ice. The outside edge death spirals are considered more difficult than the inside edge variants, with the forward outside death spiral the most difficult of all.
An unusual entry such as a shoot-the-duck or catch-foot position, change of hand hold during the element and/or maintaining a catch-foot position may raise the score.
