Titus Dittmann (* 8 December 1948) is a German entrepreneur from the Mnster. It is considered as a "father of the German Skateboard scene". His company Titus AG is the European market leader in the trade with Skateboard implements. With the monster Mastership" it aligns the official Skateboard world championship annually.

Biografie

Titus Dittmann grows up in the Westerwald and comes 1971 to in order to study at the William university sport and Geografie. 1977 it locks its teaching profession study and begins 1978 its Referendariat at the hit peat High School. Fascinated by the new US trend haven Skateboarding, he starts an Skateboard AG with his pupils. it makes its 2 for 1980. State examination with a work about "Skateboarding in school sport

Parallel Dittmann creates 1978 with some friends a small Skateboardfirma. Since in Europe still as well as no equipment available is, it flies regularly to California and procures boards and other implements. "Titus roller skating", its first small shop in a cellar bar, is one the first Skateshops Europe. From far on Skater journey, in order to cover itself up with it with material and clothes. Additionally to the single and Versandhandel the company begins to develop and press own boards.

1980 open the first German outdoor Skatepark to Titus. Together with the Skater Claus Grabke it creates the "Titus show team", the first Skateboardteam in Europe. it organizes 1982 on the parking lot of the east bath its 1. Halfpipe Contest, the monsters Mastership". From this develops one of the Skateboard tournaments most meaning world-wide, which resounds starting from 1988 in to cathedral country, starting from 1999 in the Dortmunder Westphalia-resounds takes place and 1997 are raised to the official Skateboard world championship.

After four years as a secondary school teacher at a High School in Hamm Dittmann hangs the teacher job 1984 to the nail. It creates the "T.D.G. distribution" and imports nearly competitionless Skateboards, roles, axles and accessories from America. Reproaches, it few the money pulls to the young people with its trend articles from the bag, advances toward Dittmann with social and educational commitment. Its Credo: The board is for the young people not only sport equipment, but an expression means, with which they could define themselves.

When the first Skate boom end of the 1980-he 1980 dies down, the enterprise comes into the crisis. Dittmann thinks already of task, decides however 1994 for a radical new beginning. From the wholesale it makes a branched enterprise network, which sets strengthened on retail trade, dispatch and Franchising. Besides it creates medium and Eventagenturen and develops Joint ventures for logistics and IT-systems. 2002 operate the Titus AG country widely 30 Shops, busily approximately 400 coworkers and obtain according to own data 70 millions euro annual turnover.

remained for Dittmann the center of its activities. 1993 developed under its direction in a retired factory of the "Skaters Palace", a youth centre, in which among other things Skateboard courses and HipHop concerts take place. 2001 he took over the former Apollo theatre, one of the most beautiful cinemas of and furnished there a youth Lifestyle department store. In the same year Dittmann was by the manager magazine and by the management consultation Ernst & Young to the "Entrepreneur of the yearly 2001" in the section "trade".

Literature

• "Titus believes in Kids and boards - not in BWL", in: Trade paper Nr.120, 26.06.1998
• "Titus takes and gives", in: IHK Wirtschaftsspiegel, Nr.6/2001
• "Of monsters in in: City whisper Nr.2/2005

Related links

• official homepage
• Haven-guessed/advised of 2001
• Interview of 2005

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