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Do You Know About G-Max?

September 26, 2019
G-Max is important to consider when installing an athletic surface for athletes. A field's level of shock absorbency is tested by using a unit of measurement called the g-max, where one "g" represents a single unit of gravity. The peak acceleration reached upon impact of two objects, such a football player and the synthetic turf surface, is the maximum number of g's a field is able to absorb. A field with a higher g-max level loses its ability to absorb...
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Texas Premier Childcare

September 18, 2019
Location: Amarillo, Texas Dealer/Installer : Platinum Turf Group Installation Type: Indoor Childcare Facility Products Used: Fast Grass AT740 w/ 5mm foam Logo Size: 12’ x 12’ Installation Date: July 2019   Recently Platinum Turf Group worked with our Gulf Coast Account Manager Hunter Pratt on installing synthetic turf at Texas Premier Childcare. They chose Sporturf AT740 for their facility that included custom logo work. They even complimented the turf with miniature field goals and basketball goals. This allows the children...
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ATX Sandlot Indoor Hitting Facility

September 13, 2019
Location: Austin, TX Dealer: KMI Sports Construction Products: Green – Sporturf 711 w/ 5mm foam Clay -  6’x12’ Home Plate Stance Mats w/ lines & home plate tufted/inserted Many of our projects that we feature tend to be large outdoor football and baseball fields. Today we are featuring an Indoor Hitting Facility located in Austin, Texas. Sporturf makes exceptional products for outdoor and indoor applications including indoor baseball facilities. The uniqueness about our products is that they are designed specifically...
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Check Out this Recent Install at Fairfield Preparatory!

August 30, 2019
This install featured PowerHouse 52H (52oz 2 1/2”) along with custom logos and purple turf in the endzones. in early August in BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Tiger Stadium at Fairfield Preparatory High School has a new look for the 2019 football season. School and community leaders held a ribbon cutting for a brand new $800,000 multi-sports turf field. Click the link below to continue reading the article and view the ribbon cutting!   https://www.wbrc.com/2019/08/07/fairfield-prepatory-hs-gets-new-multi-sports-turf-field/   Read More ›

Football and Turf Go Hand in Hand

August 22, 2019
In the mid-1990s, a major revolution in artificial turf happened. That’s when companies began developing a new form of artificial turf that was partly made from polyethylene yarn fibers and included other significant changes to the composition and make-up of the material to make it safer to play on. With the new inventions in artificial turf fields, this type of artificial grass became more and more popular in both professional and collegiate stadiums around the country. Today, the popularity, flexibility...
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Jefferson County High School

August 13, 2019
Recently Jefferson County High School in Tennessee worked with Baseline Sports Construction, LLC and Sporturf to install a brand new PowerHouse synthetic turf field. The Patriots chose PowerHouse 46 and installed over 99,000 square feet including an AquaFab customized logo. Baseline Sports Construction, LLC began surfacing tennis courts in 1982 as Empire Recreational Surfaces, and grew into a full service recreational contracting company providing a wide-range of services such as tennis court construction, running track construction, indoor sports facility construction, and...
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College Football Hall of Fame, Free August Admission

July 30, 2019
We hope you've had a wonderful summer! With football season just around the corner, and in honor of 150 years of college football, the College Football Hall of Fame announced that admission to the Hall will be FREE for the entire month of August, courtesy of Chick-fil-A and Coca-Cola. Fans will be able to gain free admission next month by scanning the Chick-fil-A App at the ticket window. We wanted to share this exciting news with you in advance so...
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2019 CrossFit Games

July 26, 2019
As the CrossFit games are quickly approaching, we wanted to remind everyone that now six-time CrossFit Games competitor and Sporturf athlete Scott Panchik has qualified again and will be competing! Panchik, a five-time individual CrossFit Games veteran, has qualified for every CrossFit Games since 2012.  He took back-to-back fourth-place finishes in 2012 and 2013, missing the podium by just one place each year. Victor of the 2015 and 2016 Central Regionals, Panchik is known for his mental fortitude, always believing...
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Weatherford Private Par 3 Golf Course

July 15, 2019
    This project was compiled of Sporturf products including PL923, Fresh Grass 921 and Iron Woods golf focused products. The install encompassed 150 yards and 5,000 square feet, and will be used as a target green. Sporturf dealer Platinum Turf group installed this Weatherford project in June of 2019.  “This target green is one of kind in Weatherford, TX and our client couldn’t be happier. Thank you for all your help with our projects, " said Billy Slaughter of...
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