The Futurist team installed the first half of the new flooring in the main bouldering area of The Spot Gym in Boulder, CO. Spot climbers have been landing on the highball Beach area’s new 24-in flooring since it was installed in April. The 5,000-sq-ft, 16-in thick main floor will not only provide a significantly better […]
Sports Labs USA met with us this morning at The Spot in Boulder to conduct independent impact testing on a variety of Futurist flooring samples. Test results show that our floors are performing at the highest level. Sports Labs conducts independent testing on a variety of sports surfaces, including all of the NFL’s fields. We’re […]
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 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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
The Futurist crew has just returned from Boulder, CO after installing a huge, comfy, soft 24-inch flooring system under The Spot Gym’s 16-foot-tall highball wall known as “The Beach”. Members and staff at The Spot have been waiting patiently for the facility’s flooring retrofit, making this weekend an exciting one for many Boulder climbers. July […]
Futurist breaks into the university market in its home state of New Mexico by winning the recently-awarded contract at NMSU in Las Cruces. The university’s bouldering area will be retrofitted with a 12-inch custom Futurist flooring system this May. Watch for photos and video of the installation in a few weeks!
Futurist President, Timy Fairfield, treated the team to its annual company dinner at The Artichoke Cafe in Albuquerque, NM; this year the Futurist family is a little larger with the addition of team members Scott Roberts and Dave Van Horn. Scott, a licensed contractor based in Socorro, NM, will service Futurist customers with flooring installation […]
Futurist Climbing Consultants and Leading Edge Climbing Walls have finalized design plans for Focus Climbing Center in Mesa. Futurist has been working with Focus owner Joe Czerwinski from the inception of this project, providing feasibility work, project management and full facility and wall design. Leading Edge owner Corey Jones is currently in Mesa and plans […]
Futurist is proud to announce its partnership with professional climber and industry rep Kurt Smith. Kurt is an independent sales rep for nearly a dozen brands in the climbing and outdoor industries. His experience as a competition climber, route developer, sponsored athlete and brand representative makes him a highly respected member of the professional climbing […]
Futurist installed a custom bouldering flooring system in the new River Rock Climbing Gym in Roanoke, VA earlier this week. Visit River Rock’s website for more info on this community-focused facility.
Futurist installed it’s first military base flooring system this week at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque. The base has a substantial bouldering wall in its Outdoor Recreation Center, managed by Daniel Isaac. Isaac, an advanced and passionate climber himself, was instrumental in pushing the procurement process forward to obtain this flooring system, upgrading his facility for […]
Crimper’s Climbing Gym, which opened for business in April, announces it’s official Grand Opening Weekend September 15-16. Crimpers features as 70-foot-long bouldering wall that reaches 16 feet above a 16-inch-thick padding. The facility was consulted and designed by Futurist Climbing Consultants, and boasts beautiful, clean walls built by Leading Edge and a custom bouldering flooring […]
A fine art printmaking studio and gallery and a state-of-the-art indoor climbing facility have earned top honors among six finalists in the University Park Alliance (UPA) Start UP! Business Plan Competition. A panel of judges and advisory board members from the community picked the winners, Rubber City Prints and Summit City Climbing Gym, from 25 […]
Futurist consulted Nathan and Liz Yokum, owners of Rock Candy Holds, on the development of their climbing facility business plan and projections. The plan was chosen as one of two co-winners in the University Park Alliance (UPA) Start UP! Business Plan Competition in Akron, OH. The competition was designed to help attract businesses to the […]
A local business opening this weekend wants to take customers to new heights. Crimper’s Climbing, a rock climbing gym, will hold its grand opening on Saturday, April 14, is located in Christiansburg and will offer three climbing walls within ten minutes of Virginia Tech. This isn’t the New River Valley’s first indoor climbing facility, though. […]
Futurist is proud to announce its alliance with Leading Edge Climbing Walls, a Vermont-based designer and fabricator of custom climbing walls. The Futurist and LECW teams share in their passion for progressive wall designs, investing in innovative technologies and materials to create unique custom walls that push the industry standards and change the way we […]
Futurist ups the ante in the bouldering flooring industry by backing their custom systems with the first and only standard 5-year warranty. Futurist takes pride in offering the highest quality manufacturing and materials – which are 100% made in the USA – with each of their systems.
