Wayne Gretzky's Custom Stick Maker & Creator Of Titan - Antti-Jussi Tiitola Answers Your Questions
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It's quite clear he is proud of his sticks ad his accomplishments. Every time he points out something superior about his products he pauses or takes a big inhail with a slight smile to punctuate the point. Well done Sir
Dude... I have to say, these recent interviews you've been doing, no disrespect at all in saying this... they're far more interesting and valuable to the sport of hockey than even your lessons were. Mind you, your lessons were awesome, but this behind the scenes stuff tells stories that will likely go unheard if they are not documented. They tell of the sport's heritage. They show the face of the people who have helped progressed the sport in its wings.
I STRONGLY urge you to keep this up. Absolutely amazing!
No disrespect taken at all. I can’t honestly explain how passionately I feel about capturing stories like this. You hit the nail on the head! If we don’t share them, maybe no one else will. I’m so happy that we got to meet Mr Tiitola and learn/share just some of his incredible stories. Thank you for the comment, you have no idea how much it means
@@HockeyTutorialOfficial You're absolutely welcome. I edited my original post to read a bit more smoothly, but I also wanted to mention (since you ask Mr. Tiitola whether Titan will ever make a comeback) that Total Hockey (U.S. hockey equipment retailer) put out a house stick a few years ago with the name Titan on it (or it may have been Pure Hockey, which recently bought Total Hockey out).
Of course, the only thing similar between the old stick and the one was the name on the shaft. Although... I did pick up a few of them on deep discount ($30 each!!!) and they are rather fantastic. So maybe there's something to the just the name after all... LOL
I SOOO AGREE
I remember back in the day heating up the titan blade and bending your own custom curve, usually an illegal one. That was sweet.
I used to heat them up on the stove burners, then stick in between the door and door frame and bend the blade. If you heated them up too much they almost turned to silly putty.
This guy is a genius. Titan's were the best sticks ever made ... I only wish you could still get them. Loved them. Thanks for sharing this.
This was great to watch! I used Titan sticks when I played hockey as a kid in the 70's and early 80's.They were known as 'War Clubs' because they were so strong and would last much longer than Koho sticks.The other brand I used was Christian sticks and they were a close second to the Titans.
It's very funny to hear him say that the plastic runner insert makes the Titan a good street hockey stick, because when I played ice hockey and street hockey in the 1980's and 1990's as a young kid in Canada, I quickly realized that Titan hockey sticks would last a long time when playing street hockey, therefore when I would outgrow a Titan stick playing ice hockey, the stick would be used as a street hockey stick!
Glad we enjoyed this story. Titan is hockey history.
Great story. Anyone that creates sometime,and at the same time his own path .... deserve true admiration....💪
Agreed! We had to share this story. Amazing man!
This was an excellent documentary. Thank you for making it. And special thanks to Mr. Tiitola; may he live a healthy life to the ripe old age of 140.
Big thank you for watching!
I absolutely loved my Titans. To this day still one of my favorites
My first hockey stick was a titan, my mom bought it for me at a & p oformlike 4 or 5$ back in the 80's loved that stick and player ball hockey with it. Oh the memories .. car
Great video. I feel nostalgic. Keep up the good work sir by telling those stories.
My favourite sticks growing up. The Titan 2020,3030 and 4020. They were the best and toughest sticks i ever used. Loved my Titan ASD graphite still have it.
Awesome work again buddy!
Fantastic video! I still remember the white Titan stick Gretzky used during his Edmonton days, though I didn't get my own stick until his LA era when he switched to Easton.
Thanks for your content as always. It's helping me get my hockey fix while I'm recovering from knee surgery. Can't wait to get back on the ice in September!
Good luck on your recovery
Thank you for watching Nate! Rest up and heal up man!
What a beautiful story.. Awesome video
Big thanks for watching :D
Great video...thx for showcasing this great Finn!
I worked for Dallas in the early 90’s hung out with Wayne a few times. Super guy. He signed the back of our Zamboni.
so good! thank you for this awesome insight! hockey is the best!
Thank you! glad you enjoyed it. This one was awesome to film.
Thank you Mr Tiitola for coming up with the Titan stick. I still use them and own 180 Titan sticks to this day. Wish I still had all of the ones I had over the years!
Where do you get them!
@@leh3827 they are still out there. Just got the be lucky!
@@Cativera99 Are they still making them or do they just turn up occasionally in liquidation or second hand?
Thanks
I wonder if Pama has snuck up on a lot of folks, first I'd heard of them but grain of salt, that. ;-). Definitely a group to keep an eye on, and they've seemingly got their heads in the right place about other concerns too. Hope news travels about them. Thanks for sharing the story!
Great Video, I have been considering a Pama stick for a while I didn't know it was pretty much the new Titan sticks. That was my first hockey stick ever!
I have a red TITAN 4020 right now, i had a few in my young years in the early 90s...awesome sticks.
I live in Kangasala 💪🏻
another banger!!!
Thank you Jake!
Titans never broke!
I broke one after 4 years and probably 200 games I brought it home, i felt it didn't deserve to be left at the rink. part of it became a pusher for a table saw.
Thats sooooooooo coooool 😁💪💥
The intro with the beats and exterior shots made me think I stumbled on a super bizarre, never released episode of Cribs. I used a Titan as a mite player, the stick weighed as much as I did. Man I loved that thing
Sherwoods then to Titans.
Good stuff man, cheers for making and sharing!
Like the classical music in the intro.
Thanks :D glad you noticed !
thank you..
In 1995/1996, I only used Titan asd 2000 and asd 6000 hockey sticks in my last years of playing hockey. Those were the best hockey sticks in my time
Unique video, true hockey fans will love this video
Totally agree!
Titan sticks were great back in the day. Canadian were really good also. 😰 time flus...
Canadien 6001 is my all time favorite stick, the Titan 2020 was like playing with a piece of lumber!
@@gtrick64 ,yea, Canadian had fiberglass on both sides of the shaft and a wood blade, they were lively . Titan were a little more tank like with plastic in the blade but wanting to be number 99 sort of glossed over those things 😍
I remember the Titan feeling like a one inch by one inch square piece of wood and really stiff, which was good for the slapshot but it was a heavy clunky stick...The Canadien 6001 for me was the best i've ever played with, i used it during, Bantam , Midget and part of junior, i was a defenseman, it was really good for the slap shot wrist shot and light enough for puckhandling, was good all around...I remember Costco selling them 2 for $20 at one point! lol
I grew up using the red ones
I loved the withe/red titan 5150. There never was a stick with that feeling on the market in my opinion.
Epic!
Antti-Jussi Tiitola and Titan were ahead of their time, I remember a stick called the Titan Turbo, an all fiberglass stick in the mid 80's. I think Mike Bossy may have used one.
Titan Turbo had a foam and wooden core. The bladeconstruction was like Titan TPM. Wood, plastic frame and fiberglass lamination, but without the birch veneer at the forehand. Shaft had foam core with laminated wood strips at both the ''narrow sides'' The first 100% composite stick was made by Norwegian skimanufacturer Madshus sold under the name JOFA Black-Shot. When Karhu-Titan bought JOFA it was a discussion about if Madshus should continue producing Black-Shot for Karhu-Titan and they made samples. The problem was that Karhu was also a skiproducer and Madshus used similar technology for their ski and stickproduction. Madshus were sceptical to let Karhu-Titan know to much about their know-how. Norwegian and Finnish language are completely different, so they could speak Swedish or English during discussions. During a meeting (I was told by the RD manager) : ''When the Finns started to speak Finnish together the meeting was over'' Madshus produced ca 80-100.000 sticks from 1983 to ca 1986-87. Around 10 years later they made composite shafts sold under K2 brand, wich was the owner of Madshus at that time. They also produced shafts with Sher-Wood logo, which Patrice Brisebois used. Madshus still use the 50 year old carousel press used for skis, shafts and the WORLDS FIRST ONE-PIECE HOCKEY STICK. czcams.com/video/nK1Y0gEVWLo/video.htmlsi=86H6PEM9cOzn3_IA&t=104
Wow Amazing
:D
My first stick was a red Titan Junior. My father must have picked it out because of how much he respected the Soviet style. Never knew why. The plastic frame was great, stick never did break, the lamination broke off in places, but it played just fine. It’s my Rosebud.
Nice work
Thank you.
Good video
Great video
Thank you!
Always cool new vids thx #HockeyTutorial
Thank you friend !
LONG LIVE TITAN
Put the Titan colours and logos on the Pama sticks and they will sell like crazy
I have so much in common here. My heritage is Finn. I worked with Christian bros. Sold sticks and invented the best ball hockey stick sold by Christian bros. Bill told me that all his machines to make sticks were made by an old Finn. I wanted to start a hockey stick factory too in northern Michigan . I made my first hockey stick when I was in high school after visiting c. Brothers in warroad. Titan was durable in the right areas , but ideally the industry still wants to make a stick that is good but wears out in order to sell more sticks. I saw the very first one piece carbon fiber stick while at a sales show, it came from Switzerland, I was standing next to bill and we asked how much the stick would sell for? He said $500 this was back when wood blades were still popular. We laughed and said no way would people pay that much. Now they pay a minimum $250-and up this was when $35 was expensive…
I'd pay good money for a factory fresh Teemu Selanne Titan Exchange 7500. damn that was a sweet stick. Deadly accurate wrister with that thing.
Finland power is 💪
Joo, olen walesista ja opiskelen suomea!
I got a red Titan, Mike Bossy model in mint condition hanging on my wall, early 1980’s I’m thinking
Growing up in Canada and playing hockey my entire childhood I can attest to the durability of the Titan TPM.
Still have one standing in the garage :) Unfortunatly I cut i down to fit my son arond year 2000 so I can use it on the ice any more.
Best sticks I have used I played Defenceman
I don't remember the fiberglass coated sticks he mentioned. I believe Titan reached their peak in Canada during the early to mid 80's when red Titans were promoted as a Bossy stick, and the white one as a Gretzky. I couldn't use those ones, I found them too flimsy. Maybe cuz I was a kid the ones he's mentioning were out of my parents price range. For me, having a heavy clapper from the age of 11, I used Canadian 8001's, which were fiberglassed on both fronts as well as on the blade 5:30
I just bought my first pukko knife and I think I also have to buy a Finnish hockey stick now.
finland has super power
Pama review coming?
Indeed it is! We're testing the new sticks right now.
I have had my Titan pro for 35 yrs
I remember Gretzky with a Hespeler!
He used the Hespeler his last 2 seasons in New York.
He had invested in that company at the time.
Titan sticks were the best. I always used Titan until I could buy them anymore.
What’s the song name??
Diamond - Jordyn Edmonds, great song!
turn on captions its easier to understand
Great video. Was about to order a Pama stick, but shipping to the US is $62. No way I'm doing that. They also don't have the curve I want (P88).
Marat Shikhris they have a seller in the North America who can sell sticks directly :)
@@Eketys Thanks, already got in touch with him.
Do you expect the stick to be as good as top of the line bauer/ccm sticks? or maybe even better? And do you know what kickpoint the sticks have?
@@Eketys Link?
Working on a video sharing more insight into the sticks performance.
Where can we get Titan sticks. They are still the best. They were the most durable; the plastic blade 'bead' protected the wood from wear and from absorbing water which weakened the laminations and wood structure in all other brands.
Not only were they durable but they were sleeker and not clunky like other sticks. The feel, as far as I know, does not exist elsewhere on todays market.
Where can we get them? Will the factory please resume production? 🙏!!
As if u havnt made a video on Mars blade yet
When I first used titan, they were unique, but too heavy.
Yo I am finn tho!
I broke my friend's beloved Titan with one slapshot back in -84...must have been somehow faulty one.
Titans were the best riad hockey sticks.
Finland accent
" Gretzky was just good enough " its crazy to think how much ppl rely on these high end $500 sticks. Kids dont even learn to shoot properly anymore
Too bad KOHO isn't around anymore.
Yes, Titan's lasted forever but didn't have nearly the power of a Koho.
there are more koho stick shaft benches in the world. i never made a dime at hockey; can't afford quick break sticks. kohos may have had more energy in them but titans were faster handlers.
I had a real Gretzky stick... I can't believe I trashed it and didn't value it
Put the Titan colours and logos on the Pama sticks and they will sell like crazy