Fel2Fram

Fel2Fram (also written fel2fram and abbreviated F2F) is a French pen spinner associated with FPSB, known for experimental linkages and technical explanations of trick variations and notation. He was a member of FPSB's winning World Cup 2012 team and reached the quarterfinals of World Tournament 2013.

History

In his FPSB introduction on 1 July 2009, Fel2fram said that he had been spinning for a year, with serious practice beginning two weeks earlier. He wanted advice and contact with other pen spinners. He identified the Twisted Sonic as his favorite trick and tentatively named Eriror as a favorite spinner.

These statements distinguish his early casual practice from later serious practice. In a March 2010 reply about Fel2fram x Ajani, he counted his spinning time from joining FPSB on 1 July.

His best documented competitive period was 2011–2013. Later collaboration appearances include FPSB 7th in 2014 and FPSB 8th in 2016. In 2018, i.suk recalled a 2016 request from Fel2Fram to include a palm-down fingerless-around in a fingerless sequence.

He was also credited in Nomi's Meeting Paris cv (ft. fel2fram), posted to FPSB in 2021.

Spinning

Solo videos and personal clips

His FPSB thread Fel2fram.zip collected personal combos, continuous tricks, sessions, tag videos, and battle clips. Its opening post was updated with later footage, and he explained that its practice-duration labels were counted from joining FPSB.

The archives also preserve an announcement of Fel2Fram Unofficial Solo By Ellusion67. This should be listed as an unofficial compilation, rather than as a numbered solo released by Fel2Fram.

Influential spinning

Fel2Fram's blog explains both tricks and the reasoning behind his linkages. In Changeons la donne, he estimated that about 80% of his tricks came from modifying existing tricks, including reverse, inverse, moonwalk, and mirrored transformations.

Powerpass variations

His The 8 main PowerPasses demonstration and Les Powerpass explanation brought related palm/backhand and modified forms into a systematic set. In the blog article he acknowledged that he did not know who created every component, while describing his own exploration of variants and a palm-strike idea associated with mirrored and Hippolyte Powerpasses. His work organized and explained variations within an existing family of movements.

Notation and contact positions

In UPSB's Notating locations on fingers discussion in June 2013, he referred readers to FPSB's fingerslot work and discussed recording contact relationships and whether twirl position needs to be specified.

His other UPSB discussions analyzed Rex-trick terminology, mirrored/reverse Flush Sonic naming, the components of a proposed moonwalk Hai Tua, and the relation of Polarised Charges to wipers. These were classification proposals and breakdowns, rather than a claim to have invented each underlying movement.

His July 2011 slot proposal used a dot to distinguish the pen's two sides and finger arrangements. Discussion with Banz led to revisions; he emphasized that slot paths alone do not encode complete tricks.

He coauthored elementary notation with Hexbinmos, published in July 2012 from an earlier draft. It decomposed short movements into primitives, with separate connectors and slot information; a sixth primitive, stall half-release, was added in September.

In December 2012 he proposed generalized breakdowns and modifier transformations within a restricted model of palm-up spinning. He later described the mathematical article as a collection of ideas rather than really a notation.

In his July 2013 mirrored discussion, he distinguished temporal reversal from spatial symmetry and explored a second modifier treating the thumb separately. Tache's feedback proposed exchanging paired fingers while retaining the thumb; the discussion concerned a modifier rather than a new physical trick.

Linkage construction

Fel2Fram had a reputation for exceptionally complicated and creative linkages for his time period, with the complexity holding up for years after the release of his videos. His FPSBT R2 Breakdown demonstrates how he modified an existing pass-reverse/Twisted Sonic linkage, explains a swivel and twirl/wiper material, and introduces a local notation convention to distinguish thumb involvement.

In-out charges and Japanese Motion

His April 2013 in-out thread introduced a demonstration and prompted discussion of additional contact and crossing variants. He explained Japanese Motion as usable with many tricks, rather than a fingerless sequence. These demonstrations circulated as tutorials and prompted further technical discussion. Later practitioners analyzed Japanese Motion and his examples. These associations support credit for explanation and development; they do not establish that all underlying movements first appeared in his videos.

Flick mechanics

His French flick article appeared on 4 July 2013, followed by the English Flicks on 5 July. He discussed friction, thumb contact, mirrored actions, and additional-finger assistance, and named a folded-thumb variant “billy.”

Collaboration videos

Fel2Fram was featured in FPSB 5th, organized by Taeko and edited by Gisele8, and later in FPSB 7th, FPSB 8th, and the 2021 Paris meeting CV.

FPSB 5thFPSB 7thFPSB 8thParis meeting CV (2021)

Other documented appearances include Fel2fram x Ajani, FPSB + TPC, GDraP 1st, Same Reality, and NeoY 1st.

Community involvement

He contributed to both FPSB and UPSB discussions, publishing explanations and responding to questions about trick naming and breakdowns. He also judged TD v7.

He attended the Paris meeting of 11 November 2012, according to Maxbug's subsequent recap.

Teaching and public guides

His author account lists fourteen articles from March to December 2011, including trick tutorials, an introduction to breakdown notation, and an analysis of Rex's TWPS 8th combo. In the Side Sonic article he announced that he was taking over tutorials previously handled by Tom. His upper-Powerpass tutorial explicitly credits Jamie Enns for the complete trick; his articles explained existing tricks as well as variations and breakdowns.

He also helped revise a public FPSB guide assembled by Seithness, commenting on definitions, slots, palm orientation, trick notation, and video/tournament terminology.

Pen Mods

In his 2009 introduction, he said that after trying a Grip Aviaire he returned to simple felt-tip pens with grips and tips. A later FPSB community mod list associates him with spinning a Hal KT, but it was actually a visually similar variation of the French KT known as the Fel2Fram KT.

Competitive Spinning

FPSB tournaments

RPD's historical account credits Fel2Fram with winning the 2011 and 2012 FPSB tournaments. His entry in the 2012 edition survives in the FPSB signup thread, and he published a detailed explanation of his Round 2 combo on 4 November 2012.

World Cup 2012

See also: Pen Spinning World Cup 2012

Fel2Fram represented FPSB alongside Anikis, Futhark, Gisele8, Ivabra, and Lindor. He was absent from FPSB's Round 1 lineup against PPSC.

In Round 2 he defeated Alvaris in Artistic, with match 13.1 recorded as FPSB 10.5–1.5; FPSB beat KMSC 2–1. In Round 3, he defeated Impulse in Technical, although FPSB lost the team match against LPSA 1–2. He won Artistic against HKPSA in the quarterfinals, when FPSB advanced 2.5–0.5. In the semifinals, he and Ivabra won Doubles against KMSC's VikroaL and Yorch; FPSB won the team match 3–0.

In the final he defeated i.suk in Technical. Anikis won Artistic and Gisele8/Ivabra won Doubles, giving FPSB a 3–0 victory over UPSB.

Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Final

Artistic versus Alvaris: won.

Technical versus Impulse: won. FPSB lost the team round 1–2.

Technical versus Ccw: won.

Doubles vs KMSC: won.

Technical versus i.suk: won. FPSB won the final 3–0.

World Tournament 2013

Fel2Fram advanced from Group H in second place, behind x1213. He defeated RPD in Round 2 and x1213 in Round 3, then lost to Sutomo in the Round 4 quarterfinals. He therefore finished in the 5th–8th bracket.

Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4

Group H: second place; advanced.

Versus RPD: won.

Versus x1213: won.

Quarterfinal versus Sutomo: lost.

Legacy

i.suk's 2016 difficulty commentary describes Fel2Fram's 2010–2013 work as expanding possibilities in creativity and linkages, including difficult interlaced two-handed material. His unusual mechanics also prompted debate about judging execution and readability. i.suk later discussed the difference between reactions to his WC12 execution and WT13 quarterfinal performance; this is a practitioner's interpretation, rather than a change to the official result.

In FPSB's January 2020 discussion about the spinner of the decade, contributors cited Powerpass variations, in-out charges, and one-pen/two-hand material. Smile emphasized his effect on the community's sense of what was possible rather than the number of direct imitators.

His work continued to be studied by later practitioners. In June 2026, MEL described using Fel-related in/out contact notation and a linkage inspired by watching his solos.

Organizers later used his footage as teaching examples: PSO2020's counter guidance cited WC12 R4, and PSO26's Spinless criteria cited FPSBT 2011 R3 and WT13 R2.

External Links

• Fel2Fram's blog — archived texts are included in the supplied research collection.