Finishing > Sports Flooring | Wood Floor Business

Sports Flooring

Gym Floor Designed to Create ‘A Sense of Belonging’

“You just don’t see that level of detail often,” The Sports Flooring Group Owner Brian Cockfield says of the striking design at the McCrorey YMCA.

January 17, 2023

6 G 1019 Wfb Med

Wood Floor Rescue: From Amber to Amazing For This School Practice Court

There was a massive amount of ambered poly to remove when Allen Sports Floors tackled this gym refinish.

November 18, 2022

Dj23 Wf Rescue Allen Sports Floors

Celtics’ Iconic Court to Pay Homage to NBA Legend Bill Russell

The Boston Celtics’ iconic parquet court will take on a slightly new look this season as the team honors the late Celtics legend Bill Russell with a number “6” painted on both lanes.

September 21, 2022

Fd Dbuwtwiau8 Fc

The Story Behind the Mesmerizing Peeling Gym Finish Viral Video

Wood flooring pro Emory Stansal of Lantzville Artisan Wood Floors shares the story behind the crazy video where he peels off 30 years of gym finish.

May 27, 2022

Peeling Off 30 Years Gym Finish

Connor Sports Defends Integrity of Final Four Court

The manufacturer of the NCAA's Final Four court told ESPN on Tuesday that the spot on the floor where University of North Carolina star Armando Bacot injured himself flexed by design and had no structural defects.

April 6, 2022

See the Basketball Courts of the Top 12 Seeded Teams in March Madness

March 16, 2022

Nothing In Life Comes Easy: How I Started My Gym Floor Company

Wood floor pro and gym floor artist Luis Perez of Hero Flooring shares his story of how, as a young African American/Latino man searching for a better life, he began is gym floor business.

December 3, 2021

I’m beyond blessed for the struggles and hardships in my life, because they’ve led me to make the best out of the situations I’m dealt with.

Pros Share Favorite Gym Floors of Summer 2021

It’s officially the first day of autumn, and as the busy summer season comes to a close, we asked pros to send some of their favorite gym floor projects completed over summer 2021. Here’s what they shared.

September 22, 2021

9 22 Gym Blexrud 1

Innovative Options for Creating Color on Gym Floors

July 17, 2020

With the newer technology in the gym coating business, we were able to add color without painting the floor during this recoat.

St. Louis Landmarks Recreated With Stain on Gym Floor

Missouri Floor designed a 2,500-square-foot arch that, at 129 feet tall and 129 feet wide, was a 1:5 scale model of the real arch.

December 5, 2016

Off 1216 Hf Washu 3 Sm

How They Do It: Pulling Off Today’s Bold Basketball Floors

A detailed look at how wood flooring specialists in extreme basketball court designs approach and execute their work.

May 24, 2016

Larger-than-life metallic Spartans on the new San Jose State University basketball floor created an out-of-the-box challenge for United Services Inc. (Courtesy San Jose State University)

New Oregon Basketball Floor Unlike Any Other

When the University of Oregon Ducks basketball team squares off Jan. 13 against the USC Trojans, you can bet a fair amount of attention will be devoted to the floor in the $200 million Matthew Knight Arena. Oregon recently unveiled Kilkenny Floor, and the sporting industry has been abuzz over its bold graphics that represent a view from beneath a forest of fir trees.

November 10, 2010

Progress At Osu Matthew Knight Arena

Page 1 of 2

Fm23 Next Gen Option1

The Next Generation: Black Wood Floor Pros Look to the Future of the Industry

WFB spoke with Black wood flooring pros from across the U.S. and beyond to share their thoughts, experiences and advice for building and uplifting the next generation of Black hardwood flooring pros.

5 T 223 Wfb Fm23 Techniques Finished 2

From Start to Finish: How We Did This Gym Floor

The raised edge of this wear layer (lamella) was created by shrinkage due to seasonal low relative humidity.

Engineered Flooring and Low RH: What Can Happen and Why

Our company fell victim to a new type of scam going around. We’re bolstering our security measures to prevent it from happening again.

How We’re Adapting to the Latest Credit Card Scams

My family thought I was nuts when I said I wanted to buy an electric work van.

Why I Bought an Electric Work Vehicle

Resource Book

Looking for a specific product or a company? Wood Floor Business has the only comprehensive database of the industry.

Podcasts

All Things Wood Floor, created by Wood Floor Business magazine, talks to interesting wood flooring pros to share knowledge, stories and tips on everything to do with wood flooring, from installation, sanding and finishing to business management.