A drop of radius
$R$
of a liquid of density
$\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}$
, viscosity
$\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}$
and interfacial tension coefficient
$\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}$
impacting a superhydrophobic substrate at a velocity
$V$
keeps its integrity and spreads over the solid for
$V<V_{c}$
or splashes, disintegrating into tiny droplets violently ejected radially outwards for
$V\geqslant V_{c}$
, with
$V_{c}$
the critical velocity for splashing. In contrast with the case of drop impact onto a partially wetting substrate, Riboux & Gordillo (Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 113, 2014, 024507), our experiments reveal that the critical condition for the splashing of water droplets impacting a superhydrophobic substrate at normal atmospheric conditions is characterized by a value of the critical Weber number,
$We_{c}=\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}\,V_{c}^{2}\,R/\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}\sim O(100)$
, which hardly depends on the Ohnesorge number
$Oh=\unicode[STIX]{x1D707}/\sqrt{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70C}\,R\,\unicode[STIX]{x1D70E}}$
and is noticeably smaller than the corresponding value for the case of partially wetting substrates. Here we present a self-consistent model, in very good agreement with experiments, capable of predicting
$We_{c}$
as well as the full dynamics of the drop expansion and disintegration for
$We\geqslant We_{c}$
. In particular, our model is able to accurately predict the time evolution of the position of the rim bordering the expanding lamella for
$We\gtrsim 20$
as well as the diameters and velocities of the small and fast droplets ejected when
$We\geqslant We_{c}$
.