Why don't we name this trick?

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[NormP]

A few of us think it's time to put a name to this trick. I would agree to a Democratic vote.
I think Ca Ike has a valid explanation for his name. I don't think anybody in the World
has tried harder than Vertigo to accomplish this trick. So, I guess my vote would look
like this. Vertigo Fade Flac (VFF). A combination of Ike's & Joe's. Everybody is welcome
make your own suggestion as most of you will probably be referring to it. It's way past
due.

Sweet - loved those French Flick Flacks!
Nice looking kite as well.

Tom starts out calling it a French Flick Flack

I thought that the FFF, was  3/4 yoyo, back to a front flip, repeat.   Also called a flip-flop.
Am I wrong?

Now it's a flip-flop

A good early trick to learn is the belly landing / popup launch / fade.  Get that down and the
flick-flack (non-French) is easy to learn, so you get 4 in 1.

Meaning there is a French flick flack??

Then there is a French Flic Flac (American version/ FFF) or some have called it a French Roll Up.

You can clearly see I  don't know if it's a French Flic Flac (American version) or a French Roll Up.

No, the FrenchFlicFlac is a backflip-frontflip-backflip-frontflip-backflip-frontflip, I guess you may start with the frontflip also.
Krijn

Krijn knows it is not a FrenchFlicFlac

I am behind the times on tricking but if I may ... what is "French Roll-Up/French Flic-Flak"?

Steve hasn't heard about a stinking French Roll-Up/French Flic-Flac.

HOw about we start calling this the fade flac?  Thats basically what your doing is over rotating to the fade (fade to fade) and thats sounds less confusing than FFFAV especially since its the complete opposite of the FFF whitch is the back flip to front flip combo

This holds some merit.....logical thinking.

The name of the trick is...
The "VERTIGO" ....

This guy has tried harder than anybody in the World to do one.

[NormP]

You've been watching too many videos.

[roisinroisin21]

Rotated flic flak

[PAW]

Where is the Trick shown from Vertigo ?

[NormP]

Where is the Trick shown from Vertigo ?

PAW: It is the trick that Vertigo is trying right at the start of his video.
Go to a fade and roll kite under until the nose is pointed back towards you and then roll back out and catch it in a fade.
HERE

CaIke wanted to name the trick this:

HOw about we start calling this the fade flac?  Thats basically what your doing is over rotating to the fade (fade to fade) and thats sounds less confusing than FFFAV especially since its the complete opposite of the FFF whitch is the back flip to front flip combo

Problem is he must not understand how a Democratic society funtions. I wanted to be fair about it and take a vote. A simple majortiy would win.  But it's like most things when you try to get people together and accomplish a common goal. Not a problem for me. I WILL continue to call it the French Flic Flac American Version. He can call it what he wants to. If nobody understands FFFAV I'll just post a video. One thing for sure he'll never be able to say he didn't have the chance to VOTE. I hope this doesn't make this a political thread.

[Wayner]

I WILL continue to call it the French Flic Flac American Version.

If nobody understands FFFAV I'll just post a video.

I sometimes stutter so it is easy for me to say:   Fa...... Fa.... FAV 

[PAW]

At 1:52 you can see it repeating with a combo:

ANOTHER DAY -flying- "ENIGMA"

...anyways, I think it has allready a name...forgot it 

[NormP]

...anyways, I think it has allready a name...forgot it 

Think deep and come up with the name, especially if it already had one. 

[ko]

with peter doing it just call it looking good If you want to get technical call it the entry into a Wap dto Wap

[PAW]

Its called WAP TO WAP right ?
...so why don`t we just call it "I WAP"...

[vertigo2u]

I am Italian ..So I WOP is out of the question    Slang for Italians entering the U.S. ( With Out Papers) ....   

If you change the name of the trick .. I forget it ...

[vertigo2u]

mama74 ..  Martin called it Wap Doo Wap in his studies ...  I hope this link works.  It is the Frech Flic Flack French Version...

http://kitebox.net/mama74/Studies/WdW_Studies.wmv

[Ca Ike]

Wap do wap has the lazy rotation in it in between the flics.  All I've ever heard this called from anyone is an over rotated flic flac and thats going as far bad as JW's viper vid.  NIce flying in that vid btw JW.

[RonG]

Wap do wap has the lazy rotation in it in between the flics.  All I've ever heard this called from anyone is an over rotated flic flac and thats going as far bad as JW's viper vid.  NIce flying in that vid btw JW.

Only Viper vid on this thread was me as pilot and Shawn Tinkham as designer/pilot. Almost 10 year old video to illustrate we're talking about some really old tricks.

Fade flac.

Wap do wap.

Yo flac.

Only names I've known them by in the aeons that they've been in existence.

[NormP]

All I've ever heard this called from anyone is an over rotated flic flac and thats going as far bad as JW's viper vid. 

author=Norm Pulliam link=topic=7806.msg69243#msg69243 date=1340998146]
The French Flic Flac I do is the "American Version". It rolls UNDER. It's no more than an
over rotated Flic Flac.

author=Norm Pulliam link=topic=5695.msg59634#msg59634 date=1325689554]
It is no more than an over rotated Flic-Flac. Rotate it until the nose is pointed back towards
you and then unroll it.

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