• The Kite
  • Specs
  • Colours
  • Spares
  • TRIDENT  
Kite Summary
Buy  £175


The Trident was JoE's first kite design, developed during the winter of 2005/2006.
From the outset its emphasis was on extreme pitch performance, but with strong spin characteristics.

The result was a freestyle kite that has aggressive performance in a smaller range of tricks.

A divine sail graphic makes it striking in the sky
and despite its trick borders, is fun and rewarding to fly.

 

  • The Trident excels at pitch based tricks and incorporates Roll Bars & Yoyo Cage, making it yoyo and multi-wrap with incredible ease.
  • Yoyo stoppers are equipped with a slip-catch. If a line tries to slip off of the Roll Bar after a trick input, the catch will prevent this.
  • The leading-edge material covers socket and yoyo stopper cut outs to eliminate line snags. All are internally reinforced.
  • The trailing-edge is heavily reinforced to ensure longevity throughout the kite's lifetime.
  • Adjustable leech line.
  • Non-snag, 3-piece nose construction.
  • Exposed stitching protected by tough 'Moonie Tape', preventing failure due to spine-rubbing.
  • Removable wing tips, and a 2-piece spine enable the kite to be packed down to less than 90cm.
  • Versatile sail graphic that looks fantastic and contains many themes and colouring preferances.

 


The Standard Trident should be your first choice, it is designed for the broadest wind range; tough and long lasting.

The best place to start with The Trident, but for lower winds.

Kite Specifications

The Talon is built from some of the finest materials available to kite production today.
Specifically Icarex PC-31 sail fabric and Skyshark carbon spars.

Icarex is a tough, light-weight ripstop sail fabric available in many colours.
Skyshark carbon spars have an excellent price/performance ratio and are used in many kites.

 

Height 80cm
Wingspan 225cm
Weight Approximately 305g
Wing Range 4-18mph (7-28km/h)
Sail Icarex PC-31 Ripstop Polyester
Upper Leading Edge P200
Lower Leading Edge P200
Wingtip Structil/P200
Upper Spreader 5mm Structil
Lower Spreader 5PT
Spine P200 (2-piece + Tip)
Fittings APA / T-APA / HQ / TW
Bridle Ultra-Active
Weighting 10g Integrated into Spine Tip





Further details of measurements and construction illustrations can be found in the Tech pages
  • Colouring
  • Group 1
  • Group 2
  • Group 3
  • Colourizer

Colouring The Kite

Each JoE kite is built to order, so the colours you choose are the first step.

There are lots of colour variations in the Trident, there's something in there for everyone!

To assist you we have provided a selection of grouped examples.
Use the buttons above to navigate through the sample images.

If there is a look that you like, why not copy it into the Colourizer and personalise it further?
Or, design a completely new colour scheme!

Each sail panel has a unique reference name, as shown in the illustration above, these names are useful when communicating with JoE kites.

Likewise, each fabric colour has its own name. You can familiarise yourself with them below*

 

white light grey dark grey black yellow mango gold gold red rubin wine berry sky blue royal blue midnight blue teal slate rose purple grape magenta light green dark green flo. Yellow flo. green flo. orange

current colour WHITE - Foundation colour - Always available




*Some of the unusual colours may be out of stock or low on stock, please check with us before ordering.

On-screen colours will not be an exact representation of the fabric colour, particularly the flourescents.


Group 1

A selection of various Trident colour schemes

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16

Please use the Reference No. in the top-left when ordering

Click an image to send a copy to the Colourizer for personal tweaking


Group 2

A selection of various Trident colour schemes

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16

Please use the Reference No. in the top-left when ordering

Click an image to send a copy to the Colourizer for personal tweaking


Group 3

A selection of various Trident colour schemes

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16

Please use the Reference No. in the top-left when ordering

Click an image to send a copy to the Colourizer for personal tweaking


Design your own colour scheme Current Selection




Pick colours and paint the panels.



The best results use some grey-fade coupled with different shades of the same colour.



Clicking any of the example colour schemes
will send a copy to the above image for quick and easy reference.



To take a screen grab:

PC - Press {Alt-PrintScrn}
MAC - Open 'Grab' and use {Apple-Z}

Then paste into a paint program, save and e-mail.
If the Colourizer is not visible, please download the SVG plug-in from here
Spare Parts

Whether you've suffered a breakage, preparing for one or just renewing a bridle;
everything you'll need is here.

Ready Made spares are ready to drop in and come equipped with the necessary fittings*
Repair service is available depending on extent of damage.
Please note that damaged sail panels cannot be replaced.

Ready Made Raw Materials
Complete sail (no fittings) £145 5PT spar (82.5cm) £8
Spine (complete) £16 P200 spar (82.5cm) £6
Spine Upper £5 Solid ferrule (10cm) £1.50
Spine Lower £7 Spine tip nock £0.50
Spine Tail Piece (with weight) £4 Yoyo stopper (unmodified) £1.50
Upper Leading Edge spar £8 Vinyl cap (specify size) £0.25
Lower Leading Edge spar £10 APA (standoff) 5mm £1
Upper Spreader £5 APA-B (LLE) £1
Lower Spreader (ferruled) £10.50 APA-W (ULE) £1
Lower Spreader (open) £9 TW sail grabber £0.75
Wing Tip Piece £3 JACO 2mm (Roll bar) £0.75
Roll Bar £4 T-Piece (6x7mm) £2
Yoyo Stopper (left) £4 O-ring £0.10
Yoyo Stopper (right) £4 Bridle line (per metre) £0.40
Standoff (inner) £3    
Standoff (outer) £3    
Bridle £10    
Bridle Mini-Leader £0.25    
Sail Tension Cord £0.40    


*Existing parts on your kite are excluded in the purchase unless requested.

e.g. Edge APA connectors when buying a LE spar.
or T-Piece & Tip Nock when buying a spine.