Pros Share Favorite Gym Floors of Summer 2021

Sep 22, 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:

Hero Perez

Stephen Gunneson

Kaleb Baldridge

Jon Weeks Jr.

Mike Blexrud

Titoe Gomez

Razvan Tata

Ricky King

Raphael Chee

Anthony Magaro a.k.a. Mr. Sandman

Kudos to my daughter, Julia, on always finding a better way to touch up gym lines.

George Braica - Performance Surfaces

Have a great gym floor project that should be included? Send it to us at [email protected]. Check out some favorite gym floor projects from summer 2020 here.

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