Death Spiral (figure Skating) - ISU Judging System

ISU Judging System

Under the ISU Judging System, the death spiral is abbreviated as "Ds" in the protocol, with the edge listed before and the level listed afterwards. The abbreviations are:

Edge Abbreviation
Forward Inside FiDs
Forward Outside FoDs
Backward Inside BiDs
Backward Outside BoDs

A level three backward inside death spiral would be written as BiDs3.

For the 2007-2008 season, the back inside death spiral was the required death spiral for the senior pairs short program. For the 2008-2009 season, the required death spiral was the forward inside.

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