About the Founder:

Erik Sigurdson was raised in a small town on the Oregon Coast with his two brothers.  Growing up he enjoyed playing every sport and riding his bike or skateboard up and down the boardwalk at the beach. By the time he was in high school he was active in many  sports including - football, basketball, baseball, and cross-country.   Erik had many jobs.  He cleaned the local Lutheran Church, was a custodian at the Seaside Convention Center, worked for his father at the local fish cannery, and had a paper route.  Between sports and work Erik didn't have much free time.    

After high school Erik enrolled at Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon where he graduated and received his BS in Business with an emphasis in Marketing.  While at Linfield Erik played on the baseball and basketball teams.  He was the captain of his basketball team his senior year and voted most improved player.

After college Erik worked at an Athletic Club in Beaverton, Oregon.  That’s where he began to learn how to maintain wood floors.  Each year during the annual Labor Day weekend closure - Erik would recoat the racquetball courts and basketball gym.  After three years in the athletic club industry Erik decided to start his own flooring business.

Today Erik resides in Camas, Washington with his family. 

1997 - The Year it All Began:

The business grew very quickly in 1997.  Erik took advantage of his relationships he had established from playing college basketball and his contacts in the athletic club industry to build his customer base quickly.  Within two years Erik landed accounts with the Portland Trail Blazers and many other local colleges.   Within five years Erik and his crews were servicing up to 300 gym floors each summer season! 

Gym flooring work requires a large staff of experienced employees, a large amount of equipment, and a lot of travel.   Erik was only able to service customers in the Pacific Northwest because it required his crews to travel with a truck and trailer to each jobsite.  Erik wanted to expand and grow his business but he felt confined to the area he lived.

Other flooring contractors were falling short.  They would come in and refinish a gym for low bid price and never be heard of again.  Often these other flooring contractors would make mistakes and floors would fail.   Erik didn’t want to be like the others.  He formed relationships and trust with his customers. He used the best products and equipment, and was seldom the low bid.  He fixed his mistakes and guaranteed all his work for up to 10 years.    

About the Promop:

In 2012 Erik introducted a full line of microfiber mops and floor cleaner.   Erik knew that if he help his customers kept their floors looking excellent all season they would be happy.  Many floors were not being cleaned properly which resulted in dull and slippery surfaces.  So Erik began teaching his customers how to properly clean and maintain their floors.  Erik’s customers began buying his microfiber mops.  The microfiber pads pick up 10 times more dust, dirt, and grit compared to cotton mops and the microfiber can hold up to six times its weight in fluid.             

Erik worked with a chemist to develop a floor cleaner that was better than any other product on the market.  His newely developed floor cleaner was called Courtcleanze and NBA and college teams were buying it faster than he could stock it.  As mop and cleaner sales continued to increase, Erik began to notice that many of his customers did not need to re-coat their gym floors annually.  Many customers were re-coating every other summers because the cleaning products were keeping their floors glossy and traction tight. 

Custom Mops:

A year had passed since Erik had launched his new Promops and sales were picking up nationwide.     Suddenly one afternoon -- the Golden State Warriors called Erik and asked if he could provide them with his 36” Promop with their logo and branding on the base?   Within a week Erik created a customized panel for his microfiber mops and he began marketing and selling them.     

 

Today the Promop is offered in 18 different shapes and sizes and each can all be customized with your teams branding.  The Promop is currently being  used by 26 of 30 NBA teams, including the majority of  NCAA Div1 colleges and universities.     In 2019 the Promop was launched internationally -- and today teams worldwide use the Promop to keep their surfaces clean and to wipe up wet spots during games! 

Dominate The Hardwood Enterprises:

In 2015 the business was restructured as Dominate The Hardwood Enterprises to form an umbrella of brands underneath it’s ever-growing business structure:

            Courtsports – Sport floor installations, refinishing, and recoating
            Prune Hill Hardwood Floors – Residential wood floor refinishing
            Promop – 18 different mops that can be customized with your team logo
            Courtcleanze – Sport floor cleaner
            Floorcleanze – Residential wood floor cleaner
            Gameday – Pregame tacking solution to increase traction
            Polydefender – Sport Floor Finish – oil-modified
            Aquadefender – Sport Floor Finish - waterborne
            Gameliner – Sport Floor Paint
            Courtdecal – Coated vinyl floor decals
            Decalguard – Protective coating for vinyl floor decals
            Decalprep – Prep solution for floor decals
            Courtcrafter – Mini basketball court collectibles
            Brandsport – coming soon!