Fingerboard World Championship

Fast Fingers 2010: Dimitri 'Dima' Schlotthauer

Germany's Dimitri 'Dima' Schlotthauer wins in 2010 — a key Berlin-scene year as hardware standardized.

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2010 keeps the title in the Berlin orbit with Dimitri 'Dima' Schlotthauer, an ASI Berlin rider remembered as one of the era's most technical. It is also the year Blackriver's own hardware story accelerates.

Part of the Fast Fingers Archive

This is one year in the Fast Fingers Archive — fingerboarding’s longest-running world championship, year by year.

Year: 2010
Edition: FF13(inferred)
Format: Live event
Location: Germany

The contest

What happened

Dimitri Schlotthauer won the 2010 championship; ASI Berlin records 'Dima in 2010' as the team's second world title. Blackriver's timeline notes 2010 milestones including the launch of Blackriver Trucks and the opening of its Berlin shop.^1, 2, 3

Fast Fingers 13 flyer — the 3rd Fingerboard World Championship (2010). — Fast Fingers / Blackriver (Instagram)

The gear

Gear & setup trends

A fingerboarder mid-trick at Fast Fingers 13 (2010). — boardshop.de

More polished wooden decks and emerging dedicated trucks defined the year; Blackriver Trucks (BRTs) launched in 2010, a major hardware milestone.

The scene

Brands & scene

Blackriver (trucks, Berlin shop) and the ASI Berlin crew were central; stronger team identities and a shop/community-center energy took hold.

The mood

The zeitgeist

Cleaner setups, emerging pro trucks, and a Berlin scene operating as a genuine hub.

Today

Reading this year’s setups today

This is the window where dedicated trucks and bearing wheels become normal — note truck brand and wheel type when describing a period setup.

From the event

The Fast Fingers 13 (2010) contest arena. — boardshop.de

A fingerboard grind at Fast Fingers 13 (2010). — boardshop.de

Setup-era context

For the wider gear story of this period, read The Community-Growth Era: YouTube, Bearing Wheels, and a Global Scene from the “Through the Years” series.

References

Numbered references to the brand, retailer, and community pages that back this article. Confidence labels show how firmly each source is established.

1.
Fast Fingers — History & World Champions
Fast FingersOfficial
Official event history with the year-by-year world-champion list (2008 onward). Frames the contest as becoming the official Fingerboard World Championship in 2008.
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ASI Berlin — Team
ASI BerlinOfficial
ASI Berlin team page; states the team won the Fingerboard World Championships twice — TKY (Timo Kranz) in 2009 and Dima (Dimitri Schlotthauer) in 2010.
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About Blackriver
BlackriverOfficial
Blackriver company milestones: founded 1999, Fast Fingers 1 in 2000, first fingerboard park, Blackriver Trucks (2010), Berlin shop (2010).
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Fast Fingers — Results
Fast FingersOfficial
Official per-edition results tables (visible from FF18/2015 onward), including later placements of past champions.
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Independence & sources

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