Best looking wrestling mat?

[JoeSmith]

My vote goes to the Fighting Camel logo on the mat for Campbell University.  I like the Purdue Boilermakers, especially since the light gray is easy on the eyes when viewing matches.

But, the Campbell Fighting Camel mat is unmatched.

Who do you guys think has the best looking mat?

[flyingcement]

I like the ones you mentioned.  

Also always liked Edinboro:

[jackwebster]

I like Penn State: no distracting lettres and the white pops. I do not like Wyoming: too much stuff going on . .   They were trying too hard. 

[CHROMEBIRD]

15 minutes ago, JoeSmith said:

My vote goes to the Fighting Camel logo on the mat for Campbell University.  I like the Purdue Boilermakers, especially since the light gray is easy on the eyes when viewing matches.

But, the Campbell Fighting Camel mat is unmatched.

Who do you guys think has the best looking mat?

If you like Purdue's mat, you'll love the colors of the AFA's mat. Very easy on the eyes and the logo in the center is less distracting than Purdue's.

[Gus]

Wyoming Mat is great

Edited March 6, 2023 by Gus

[ClawRidesAgain]

[headshuck]

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[Warm Up Champ]

[D3 for LU]

Uh... doesn't Edinboro have plaid singlets too?

(Their Heavyweight might get a teampoint deducted for taking down his singlet straps while on the mat!)

D3

 

[JoeSmith]

If anyone has a good photo of the Fighting Camels wrestling mat would you please post it? I have been looking online and can't find one.

I see it in duals but getting a still image of it eludes me. Would help with a photo posted so we can see what I am posting about.

The Fighting Scots does look good.

The problem for me with the big white areas on a mat is the high contrast when trying to watch a match. Even worse when the video folks can't figure out how to set their exposure and you go from blinding brightness to dim as the auto exposure settings try to compensate for the White. Penn State videos have this problem too often.

[Jerry Callo]

My vote goes to Edinboro - for their May - too bad they barely have a team anymore

[dragit]

17 hours ago, flyingcement said:

I like the ones you mentioned.  

Also always liked Edinboro:

Mic drop

[MPhillips]

Hard to beat Edinboro. Campbell U. mat pics must be top secret.

OKST has a nice looking mat. 

 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

Best looking wrestling Matt?

[ionel]

 

[Warm Up Champ]

Opinions on the octo-mats?

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

Just now, Warm Up Champ said:

Opinions on the octo-mats?

Odd! I actually wrestled in a tournament that had a square mat.  This was the late 80s.  When I say "square mat," I mean the competition area was not a circle, but a square.  Horrible match.  Blew a lead in the semi on that mat!

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

 

This was from an April Fool's article, but basically what I wrestled on.  It was an old mat that they were still making use of.

Edited March 7, 2023 by Interviewed_at_Weehawken

[ugarles]

my son looked at the Penn mat when I was showing him EIWA highlights and said it looks like a pokeball. 

 

[lightweight]

1 hour ago, Warm Up Champ said:

Opinions on the octo-mats?

Gives them lots of premium seating for their boosters instead of having to try to find an empty seat in the stands...

[Plasmodium]

1 hour ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Odd! I actually wrestled in a tournament that had a square mat.  This was the late 80s.  When I say "square mat," I mean the competition area was not a circle, but a square.  Horrible match.  Blew a lead in the semi on that mat!

Definitely the mat's fault!

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

1 hour ago, Plasmodium said:

Definitely the mat's fault!

Not the mat's fault, but still a bad memory of the mat.  First time down to weight and gassed!  Usually had a great tank.

[ionel]

8 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Not the mat's fault, but still a bad memory of the mat.  First time down to weight and gassed!  Usually had a great tank.

Was this a duel at sunrise?  Maybe the sun was in your eye?  Did your opponent attack the hip? 

[D3 for LU]

8 minutes ago, ionel said:

Was this a duel at sunrise?  Maybe the sun was in your eye?  Did your opponent attack the hip? 

... or did he sweep the leg?

D3

[CHROMEBIRD]

3 hours ago, Warm Up Champ said:

Opinions on the octo-mats?

I've never seen those octo mats before. Are they designed to interlock so you can fit more mats into an arena? I see it's UALR's so they must be new. Also now do they roll up?