October 14, 2020 – Albuquerque, NM Effective July 23, 2020 – Futurist Climbing Consultants, Inc. has sold its subsidiary climbing safety flooring division, Futurist Climbing Flooring & Mats, Inc. As a result, Futurist Climbing has discontinued supplying climbing flooring safety products and related services to the climbing gym industry. For mutually acknowledged reasons pertaining […]
Futurist Announces Partnership with Camfil
Futurist Climbing is proud to announce a partnership with The Camfil Group to provide state of the art indoor air quality technology and solutions to the North American climbing gym industry. The Camfil CamCleaner is the most effective indoor air filtration system on the market at keeping climbing facilities cleaner – significantly reducing chalk dust, […]
Discover the Futurist Extended Service Plan
More and more gym owners are recognizing that bouldering flooring is first and foremost a piece of safety equipment. Your flooring should protect your climbers, be durable and perform well throughout its life. That’s where we come in: as your flooring partner we are committed to keeping your flooring performing well and looking good for […]
3D Scanning Keeps Futurist Ahead of the Competition
The right equipment is the key to getting every job done perfectly, every time. At Futurist we use the high performance technology of the Leica BLK360 3D scanner to accurately measure our client facilities. We combine this resource with laser projection employed during the manufacturing process to ensure the absolutely accurate fit of all of […]
TUFA’s Owner Weighs in on Designing with Futurist
TUFA’s Boulder Lounge is taking Philadelphia by storm. Co-Owner Reiver Ketcham weighs in on what it was like to work with Futurist on the design and layout of the facility. Read the interview here.
Client Interview – Reiver Ketcham, Co-Owner of TUFA’s Boulder Lounge
Facility: TUFA’s Boulder Lounge, Philadelphia, PA Futurist Services: Wall & Facility Design, Custom Flooring System Website: tufasboulderlounge.com Q: What were your motives for launching a commercial climbing gym business? A: There was no one reason, but rather a combination of reasons. I love to climb, and by a stroke of luck, timing, and hard work, […]
Client Interview – John Johnson, Owner of Crimper’s Climbing Gym
Facility: Crimper’s Climbing Gym, Blacksburg, VA Futurist Services: Business Consulting, Wall & Facility Design, Custom Flooring System Open Since: April 2012 Website: www.crimpersclimbing.com Q: Why did you choose to engage Futurist Climbing Consultants as independent designers for your climbing gym? A: Our decision to engage Futurist was based on a few long conversations with Timy Fairfield and the realization […]
Client Interview – Matt Sawyer, Co-Owner of The Wall
Facility: The Wall, Vista, CA Futurist Services: Wall & Facility Design, Custom Flooring System Open Since: June 2014 Website: www.thewallclimbinggym.com Q: Why did you choose to engage Futurist Climbing Consultants as independent designers for your climbing gym? A: The first time that we spoke with Timy was a three or four hour phone call. We contacted him […]
Client Interview – Randy Englekirk, Co-Owner of The Wall
Facility: The Wall, Vista, CA Futurist Services: Wall & Facility Design, Custom Flooring System Open Since: June 2014 Website: www.thewallclimbinggym.com Q: Why did you choose to engage Futurist Climbing Consultants as independent designers for your climbing gym? A: After shopping around for wall designers we couldn’t find anyone that really took pride in their work. We received […]
Kinetic Climbing & Fitness Design Released
Futurist Climbing has released its latest gym design! Kinetic Climbing & Fitness is about to break ground in Columbus, OH and is scheduled to open June 2014. The Futurist team collaborated with the legendary Tony Reynaldo to design a beautiful wall that represents the Kinetic brand and showcases the Columbus community’s passion for training with […]
Unveiling of The Wall Design
After many hours of collaboration with Randy Englekirk and Matt Sawyer, owners of The Wall Climbing Gym, the Futurist team is ready to unveil the final design images of the wall. The 9,600-sq-ft facility will have 16-ft high bouldering walls protected by 3,000-sq-ft of 16-inch Futurist flooring. Futurist also designed the overall facility layout, which […]
Futurist Wins New Momentum Flooring Contract
Futurist is proud to be building a 4000+ sq ft, 18-inch custom bouldering flooring system for the new Momentum Millcreek in Salt Lake City, UT. Millcreek is Momentum’s second facility; the original Momentum Indoor Climbing in Sandy, UT was the first full-service climbing gym in the US to showcase Walltopia walls, and it boasts a […]
Futurist to Produce Fall Orientation Video
Futurist Climbing Consultants, in collaboration with Veracity Insurance Solutions, will produce “The Art Of Falling” – a gymnastic bouldering falling technique orientation video featuring Futurist president, Timy Fairfield. The video will be an educational resource distributed to over 200 commercial climbing facilities nationwide within the Veracity Insurance network with the intention of assisting facilities with risk management issues related to the practice of indoor bouldering. This […]
The Spot’s Floor is Complete!
The Futurist team installed the final section of flooring at The Spot last weekend, completing the plushest flooring system in Boulder! Check out all the photos in the Gallery. Owner/Manager Dan Howley wrote a great testimonial about his experience working with Futurist – read it here.
Focus and Futurist in the Media
In a recent interview with Climbing Business Journal, Focus Climbing Center owner Joe Czerwinski talks about the process of building a new gym and setting the bar higher in today’s market. Read the interview here.
Check Out the New Futurist Van!
Ernest Coletta, Vice President of Futurist Climbing Consultants, realizes his dream of owning a beautiful, functional Mercedes Sprinter van with the purchase of this new company vehicle. Watch for it in your city when Futurist installs a flooring system in your local gym, attends an industry trade show or takes the Futurist team on a […]
Focus Climbing Center Opens Its Doors June 1st!
Focus will open for business June 1st at 10am in Mesa, AZ. Owner Joe Czerwinski brought Futurist on board early in the process to provide business consulting and project management. The team designed the facility layout, climbing walls and custom flooring for the bouldering and roped climbing areas. Focus also offers top rope and lead […]
Video from Momentum
Check out flooring installation footage and interviews with Futurist President Timy Fairfield in this video filmed at Momentum Indoor Climbing in Salt Lake City, UT. Futurist installed a custom bouldering flooring system in 2012 and caught it all on tape.
NMSU Flooring Install Complete
Futurist completed its bouldering flooring installation at the University of New Mexico in Las Cruces this past weekend. The university bouldering wall was retrofitted with a 12-inch thick Futurist custom flooring system. NMSU is Futurist’s first university customer.
Custom Flooring System Installed at the All-New Cliffs Climbing + Fitness
The Futurist team spent the past weekend installing an amazing custom flooring system under the bouldering walls at the all-new Cliffs Climbing + Fitness in Queens. The Cliffs is a 30,000 sq. ft. full-service facility with 16-foot-tall top-out bouldering, plenty of lead and top rope climbing, a rappel tower and a full fitness gym. The […]