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Titus Dittmann – Skateboarding Hall of Fame 2025 ICON Inductee

TITUS DITTMAN – SHOF 2025 ICON INDUCTEE The early 1990s marked a significant shift from vert skating to street skating where street skating eclipsed vert. The 1989 Mastership contest saw 270 skaters from 26 nations and 25,000 spectators, was getting bigger every year, necessitating a move to the larger Dortmund Westfalenhallefrom 1999-2004. In the early 90’s skaters opted for smaller wheels, baggy pants, and more technical deck constructions. Monster Skateboard Magazine, initially vibrant, downsized to a 52-page black and white format in 1992. Amidst a surge of new board companies, Titus launched their own, “T-Boards.” The summer of 1993 saw the release of “Trouble,” the first T-Boards team video, featuring German skate icons like Nu Heinzel and Klaus Dieter Span, who was featured in 411 and later turned Pro for Neighborhood Skateboard (USA). By 1995, top US pros returned to the Monster Mastership, sparking another surge in popularity. The Monster Magazine regained its color in 1996, and by 1998, major events like the X-tra Sport in Dortmund and the European Skate Open in Bochum underscored a turbulent yet creatively rich period for skateboarding. The late 90s marked a new era in skateboarding, ignited by Tony Hawk’s 900 and the “Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2” game. Tony was also sponsored by Titus company TSG “Titus Safety Gear”. Mike Vallely, Rune Glifberg, Buster Halterman, Renton Millar and many more also joined the TSG team back then. While public interest in the US soared, TITUS focused on the European scene, launching the “Monster Movie Mag” and expanding “Monster Skateboard Magazine.” The popularity led to TITUS TV with MTV in 2005 filming all over Europe and in the US with Pros like Danny Way, Mike V., Steve Caballero, Chad Muska, a young Curren Caples and many more.. After the boom, skateboarding normalized. In 2011, Julius Dittmann took over TITUS, prioritizing premium deck constructions and DIY projects. TEAM TITUS embarked on tours, releasing videos like “Ist nicht leicht in Californien.” New talents like Jost Arens joined, and the “Brettkollegen” magazine launched. The annual “DIY-Riot” began in 2014, and in 2018, Titua celebrated 40 years as “Home of Skateboarding.” He thought he would retire to working on his racing cars, but found a new spark when he founded skate-aid (NGO) in 2009 using the pedagogical power of skateboarding in worldwide projects like Uganda, Syria, Namibia, Palestine, Nepal, Tansania, Kenya, Sri Lanka etc. It gives kids and teenagers orientation and identity-creating freedom in their orientation phase and helps them to develop into strong individuals Until today, skate-aid initiated projects in more than 20 countries, using skateboarding to strengthen kids with resilience, confidence, self determination, deep sense of self-worth and joy. The skate-aid motto: We empower kids!“ says it all. #inspirationalskateboardingstories, #skateboardingdocumentary, #skateboardingpioneers, #globalskateboarding, #streetskatingevolution, #skateboardingEurope, #skateboardingGermany, #TitusGermany, #1990sskateboardingera, #fromverttostreet, #skateboardingactivism