News


Futurist Climbing Sells Flooring Division

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 […]

More


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, […]

More


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 […]

More


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 […]

More


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, […]

More


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 […]

More


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 […]

More


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 […]

More


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 […]

More


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 […]

More


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 […]

More


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 […]

More


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.

More


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.

More


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 […]

More


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 […]

More


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.

More


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.

More


Categories