After less than one year in business The Wall Climbing Gym in North County San Diego is already beginning an expansion project to accommodate its fast-growing membership base . The addition includes a 60-degree project board and a mezzanine with more bouldering terrain, a cardio deck, a lounge and new office space. The expansion will […]
Climb Lafayette, opening May 2015, is the first commercial climbing gym in Lafayette, IN. Futurist enjoyed working with the Climb Lafayette team on the wall design and facility layout. According to Futurist President Timy Fairfield, the wall design was inspired by ancient Mayan architecture, Mayan code glyph shapes and space ships! The result of that […]
Futurist is busy working on the final flooring designs for two new full-service facilities opening this summer in major US markets. First Ascent in Chicago and L’Escalade Fitness in Lexington are set to open this summer and are sure to be trend-setting gyms to keep your eye on. First Ascent Climbing is a locally […]
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 […]
Facility: Focus Climbing Center, Mesa, AZ Futurist Services: Business Consulting, Wall & Facility Design, Custom Flooring System Open Since: June 2013 Website: www.focusclimbingcenter.com Q: Why did you choose to engage Futurist Climbing Consultants as independent designers for your climbing gym? A: The guys at Futurist are not concerned with how much money the wall company can make […]
The process of designing a new climbing gym is involved, to say the least. It takes serious effort and consideration to build a brand and a facility that will develop and service the needs of your market while expressing your personal vision. The Wall owners Matt Sawyer & Randy Englekirk share their thoughts on the design process, brand development […]
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 […]
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 […]
Futurist Climbing enhances its product line with the release of its new Seamless System. This bouldering flooring construction has no stitching or velcro seams; instead all seams are heat bonded on-site during installation. Heat bonding produces significantly stronger seams than glued systems, and allows for heavier weight vinyl options than the Futurist Compartmentalized System which […]
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 […]
Last week Futurist installed new custom bouldering flooring systems at two universities: Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Installation Supervisor Scott Roberts worked with climbing wall management and staff to install each system in just a few hours. Below are photos of both installations and a great time lapse video of the […]
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 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 […]
The Futurist team completed the installation of Multnomah Athletic Club’s new flooring system this past weekend in Portland, OR. The club’s climbing wall expansion project is complete with 15′-high Entreprise bouldering walls and a 16″-thick custom Futurist floor. The MAC’s competitive youth climbing team, which recently won the ABS Regional Championship and took 5th at […]
Futurist and Veracity Insurance Solutions are proud to announce the official release of “The Art of Falling”, an instructional video that demonstrates effective falling techniques to reduce the chance of injury while bouldering. Futurist President Timy Fairfield partnered with Veracity to script and film the video, which will be available as a free resource to […]
The Futurist team is excited to announce that it will be design a new bouldering gym in Vista, CA this fall. The Wall Climbing Gym will be a 9,600-sq-ft facility with 16-ft high bouldering walls protected by 3,000-sq-ft of 16-inch Futurist flooring. Futurist will design the climbing walls as well as the overall facility layout, […]
Futurist President Timy Fairfield wrapped up his “Art of Falling” clinics at The Spot (Boulder, CO) and Focus Climbing Center (Mesa, AZ) late last month. He offered clinics to members and youth teams, as well as in-depth training orientation for facility management and staff at both gyms. Timy’s personal sponsors supported the events with great […]
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 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.
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.
