Kwiatkowski was well-known among skaters for her unusual jump entrance technique into the triple lutz, a jump which remains the most difficult maneuver consistently performed by female figure skaters. Skating backwards, she would cross her left foot over top of her right foot, pause with both feet on the ice placed closely together, then unhook the right foot (underneath and behind the left) to pick into the ice. No other elite-level skater is believed to have used this technique to enter the triple lutz.