Certified protection.
Every TSG helmet and pad is team-tested and laboratory-certified. The goal isn't to meet the standard — it's to keep pushing it forward.
About TSG
Designed by riders.
Tested in the slams.
Technical Safety Gear — since 1988.
TSG has been making protective gear for action sports since 1988 — not in a corporate lab, but in the lineups, the parks and the trails where it actually gets used.
The brand was founded by riders who couldn't find pads and helmets that did what they needed, so they built their own. Three decades later, that's still the brief. TSG Australia is the local home for the brand — the full Swiss-engineered range, locally held stock, real warranty support, all backed by the same testing standards trusted by Olympic gold medallists and weekend rippers alike.
01 · Philosophy
Designed by riders, for riders.
Everything TSG makes starts with a rider, not a spreadsheet. The design team is made up of former pro snowboarders, freeskiers, skaters, BMXers and mountain bikers, working alongside engineers and lab technicians at TSG's headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.
That mix matters. Riding experience tells you where a helmet pinches, where a knee pad rolls, where a glove tears first. Lab work tells you what passes EN 1078, ASTM and the voluntary standards TSG sets for itself. Put the two together and you get gear that's certified for the worst case and comfortable enough to forget you're wearing.
From a Münster garage to the Olympics.
Thirty-plus years of building gear that gets ridden, rebuilt, and ridden harder.
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1988
Founded.
TSG starts producing the world's first proper skateboard pads after founder Titus Dittmann couldn't source gear built for the sport.
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1990
The first skate-specific helmet.
A halfshell built for slams, not bicycles.
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1996
A team to match.
Tony Hawk, Rune Glifberg and Ryan Nyquist all start riding TSG.
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1998
The first certified hard-shell.
TSG releases the world's first certified hard-shell skate and BMX helmet.
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1999
The Tony Hawk Pro Model.
Famously the helmet Tony was wearing when he landed the loop. He's still wearing TSG today.
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2005
The Zürich era.
Ruedi Herger and partners take ownership and move design and headquarters to Switzerland.
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2007
Superlight.
A 300 gram in-mould halfshell that resets expectations for what a certified helmet can weigh.
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2010
Kraken & FlexTech.
Segmented foam that flexes to the shape of your head, not the other way around.
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2012
EUROBIKE Award.
Kraken+ wins the EUROBIKE Award for integrating MIPS rotational impact protection.
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2014
Olympic gold.
Iouri Podladtchikov wins the halfpipe wearing a TSG Fly.
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Today
Still rider-driven.
Privately owned, still headquartered in Zürich, with riders representing the brand on every continent — including a growing local crew here in Australia.
Four things TSG won't compromise on.
Fit you can ride in.
A helmet that rolls off in a slam isn't a helmet. FlexTech, multi-shell sizing and dialled retention systems are why TSG keeps winning fit awards from independent reviewers.
Lightweight that lasts.
Lighter gear means more time riding and less time fighting it. TSG was an early adopter of in-mould construction for halfshells — and the obsession with grams hasn't slowed down.
Action sports as a force for good.
Globally, TSG supports Skateistan, Skate-Aid, GORILLA and Stay Strong. In Australia, we back the local scenes the same way: at the parks, the events and the crews actually riding.
2011 · TSG x Skate-Aid — using skateboarding to build confidence and community in conflict zones and economically disadvantaged areas.
Local stock. Local support. Local crews.
Buying TSG from us means stock that ships from Australia, support in your timezone and a warranty handled locally — not bounced back to Europe. We carry the current season's full helmet, protection, glove and apparel range (including snow), plus the spare pads, liners and replacement parts that keep your gear riding longer.
Got a question about sizing, fit or which model is right for your sport? Get in touch — we ride this gear ourselves and we're happy to help you pick the right setup.
Welcome to TSG.
Ride more. Slam less.