Curiosity may have been tough on the cat, but here at Flashed it’s the basis from which we grow. We take a scientific approach analyzing the problem, reasoning what the causes are, and make a plan to build a solution. Often this is an iterative process of trial and error until we’re happy with the end result.

This approach touches every one of our products, both indoors and out. We’ve been there while the bouldering pad morphed from duct taped sofa cushions into refined landing systems. River rock, chipped rubber, and even moveable pads were common place not that long ago in climbing gyms. Now gym padding is clean, uniform, attractive, easy to maintain, offers a dialed in impact attenuation response, and capable of handling hundreds, even thousands of climbers daily. Adapting and evolving to these changing demands and trends is essential and we are stoked to have been leading the industry to set the new standard.

It’s been a wild ride so far and we look forward to taking things forward from here. Here is a short timeline description of our story: