Mr Dittmann is a very well known figure in the skateboarding world: a skateboarder himself, active in Rollersports since more than 35 years, organizers of international and national skateboarding events and founder of SKATE AID, a charity organization supporting children and youth projects worldwide.

"We use the power of skateboarding to put a smile on the faces of children and young people and help them rediscover their childhood in lives overshadowed by poverty and uncertainty. Skateboarding is the perfect tool, no matter where in the world, to promote change, hope and joy."

As FIRS President, Mr Aracu said: "Mr Dittmann will contribute to the development and promotion of roller sports thanking to the great passion he feels for our wolrd and his great experience and knowledges! Welcome in the roller family!"