Turtle

The opposite of a fade, turtle is one of the stalled positions that a kite can be held in. A turtle is when the kite is belly up, nose away, with the lines coming over the trailing edge.

To get the kite into this position, be flying nose up with your hands far back. Push your arms forwards as quickly as possible and the kite will fall onto its back. You may need to step forward too. To make it slightly easier (especially in higher wind), give both lines a very quick pop before throwing them forward: this will give a deeper turtle. Some kites (especially French kites) are very stable in the turtle position, while others will want to rise back into normal flight position.

Many tricks are initiated from the turtle position, such as the lazy susan, crazy copter, French flic-flak? and two-pop yoyo?.