No longer does the term ‘artificial grass’ just bring to mind mini-golf putting greens or pointy, unconvincing turf. In many cases now you’d be pressed to notice the difference between synthetic or the real thing. However, while real grass lasts about thirty to forty years with proper maintenance, how long does artificial grass last? How Long Does Artificial…
If you’re a gym owner, property manager or sports enthusiast, it’s likely that at some point, you’ve debated whether or not you should go your local artificial turf dealer to inquire about synthetic sports turf. At the centre of this debate are questions such as, “How will synthetic sports turf impact athletic performance?”, “Will artificial…
Knowing how to seam artificial turf properly is the most critical step in the installation process and a lot of people get this step wrong. You may wonder, what is seaming? Seaming artificial turf means to join separate rolls of synthetic turf together using adhesive glue and seaming tape. Doing this task properly not only ensures…
Featured Application: Synthetic Turf of Canada’s Manluk Global Manufacturing Indoor Soccer Complex in Wetaskiwin, Alberta was completed in early 2014. This week’s featured application comes to us from Alberta, it's worth the drive to Wetaskiwin. This is the Manluk Global Manufacturing Indoor Soccer Complex in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. The field was manufactured in Dalton,GA by our AquaFab…
STI Winnipeg had an exciting opportunity arise when they were approached to provide the hamlet of Arviat with their new sports complex. They were looking for someone to design, draft, provide and install a synthetic turf regulation-sized soccer field and baseball diamond infield that could withstand the harsh arctic conditions. After some conversations with STI Winnipeg…
STI Winnipeg had an exciting opportunity arise when they were approached to provide the hamlet of Arviat with their new sports complex. They were looking for someone to design, draft, provide and install a synthetic turf regulation-sized soccer field and baseball diamond infield that could withstand the harsh arctic conditions. After some conversations with STI Winnipeg…
STI Featured Application: STI Florida provides a full size turf field for the College Football Playoff Fan Central Event in Dallas, Texas By now we’ve all heard the big news. There’s a playoff in major college football. When Oregon and Ohio State kickoff Monday night at AT&T Stadium in Dallas in the inaugural College Football…
The world of sports continues to grow, and Synthetic Turf International has been there to support the enthusiasts outside and indoors for years. Canada STI leads the industry with a superior range of outdoor and indoor products that are designed for the highest levels of performance and safety. These products are designed to replicate natural…
We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to donate some turf to a great cause earlier this year. Although at first when the call came from Camp Shomria looking for turf for a ga-ga pit, we all kind of went a “ga-ga what?”, but after learning more about the camp and the sport…
Which cleats are best to use on a synthetic turf field has been a long debated and scrutinized part of the transition from natural to synthetic. Early variations of artificial sports fields were often short and hard and cleats needed to perform on a surface with these characteristics. As synthetic sports fields become more…
