Brian Boitano doing his trademark death drop. Nobody does it bigger than Boitano with the possible exception of Jozef Sabovcik. I realize this file is big, but it's such a spectacular move I decided to make the image larger than normal. Scott Davis doing a good death drop with a fast back sit spin. The difference between an average death drop and a Boitano-esque death drop is that it is a jump first and a spin second.
Most skaters break forwards at the waiste as they jump in anticipation of the spin.
This forces the jump to be small. Note that Boitano and Davis don't break forwards until after they have jumped. They don't break forwards until forced to by the trailing leg coming up. Complaints should be entered here .