Mauch (more commonly known as Frick and Frack). Frick and Frack, the comic skating duo, joined the show in the 1939. The Frack Off campaign is a grassroots direct action against unconventional gas and oil extraction. Wintershall and ExxonMobil will now have to abandon their plans to frack in Germany. They were denigrated by the Left as "Linke im Frack" (frock-coated leftwingers). Three companies have received permits to frack roughly 1/5th of the area of South Africa. In 2014, a Cuadrilla scrapped its plans to frack at Balcombe. Frackville is named for Daniel Frack, an early settler. Frack Off jointly organised "Camp Frack" with Campaign against Climate Change in March 2012. Frack Off protestors from outside the immediate area have proven to be aggressive and creative. He got his words back to front - frack to bunt.