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S The ORIGINAL aggregate pool finish that delivers enduring elegance and durability. It is a perfect choice for those desiring a more natural environment for their pool and spa. This earthy textured finish is comprised of the largest pebbles in our product offering. It offers a durable, non-slip and stain-resistant surface in a wide variety of colors.
Celebrating excellence
Our most popular pool finish offering the same natural beauty and inherent qualities as the original PebbleTec® pool finish with a more refined texture. This finish utilizes slightly smaller pebbles than those found in the original PebbleTec. It also offers a durable, non-slip and stain-resistant surface.
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showcases beautiful outdoor living environments featuring custom pools using Pebble Technology Superior Quality
2016 WGP Judges Winners are selected by a panel of design trend experts along with involvement from members of the most inspirational home décor and outdoor living online communities. All projects submitted are judged solely on the overall presentation of the pool design and its surrounding environment.
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Made from finely ground natural pebbles, PebbleFina® offers the softest texture of aggregate finishes available. This exclusive product line is enriched with additives that provide superior strength and long-lasting durability over a traditional pool finish. Certain colors incorporate Star Dust , a reflective pool finish additive for added sparkle.
presented is truly a representation of quality craftsmanship, design excellence and endless inspiration. To see more winning projects, visit worldsgreatestpools.com.
A blend of vibrant glass beads and natural stone aggregate. The stunning beauty of the glass beads creates an infusion of color delivering a captivating finish and a uniquely brilliant water color. This distinctive blend offers long-lasting durability with a lavish texture. All colors incorporate Shimmering Sea for added elegance.
We congratulate these professionals on their outstanding contribution to greatness in pool building and design. We give special recognition to those who bring these unique concepts to life by acknowledging the pool
An elegant glass bead aggregate pool finish that offers a three-dimensional reflective effect. This contemporary finish is the only patented brand of glass pool interiors. Its’ exquisite brilliance creates a crystal-like effect in the water with superior water clarity. This finish offers a luxurious texture with exceptional stain resistance.
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Pebble Technology offers unique pool finish enhancements that enrich the interior surface and provide a customized poolscape. Many of the projects featured in this book incorporate one of our enhancements. They are indicated by the logo icon next to the pool finish color name.
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8 Mountain Laurel Ron Collette Aqua Gunite, Inc. Dove Canyon, CA
C ar ibbean Blue 5
A & N Pools, Inc. Dean Anderson Gardner Pool Plastering Palm Desert, CA
C ust om C olor 7
Allison Landscape & Pool Company Quincy Allison Atlantis Pool Plastering Denison, TX
C ar ibbean Blue 9
Aquatech Pools GC, Inc. Annette Gustin Suncoast Pebble Nokomis, FL
Tropic al Breeze 11
Barrington Pools, Inc. Kyle Ritchey Barrington Pools, Inc. Barrington, IL
Soft Whit e 13
Barrington Pools, Inc. Kyle Ritchey Barrington Pools, Inc. Barrington, IL
M idnight Blue 15
Barrington Pools, Inc. Kyle Ritchey Barrington Pools, Inc. Barrington, IL
Blac k P ear l 17
Charlotte Pools and Spas Robby Pippin Landon Pool Plastering Mooresville, NC
Tropic al Breeze 19
Gaetano Pools Paul Gaetano Pool One Plastering Sarasota, FL
C ar ibbean Blue 21
Georgia Classic Pool Joe Dover Olympic Pool Plastering Canton, GA
Blac k M ar ble 23
Georgia Classic Pool Joe Dover Olympic Pool Plastering Canton, GA
Blac k M ar ble 25
Georgia Pools Shane LeBlanc Olympic Pool Plastering Peachtree City, GA
M idnight Blue 27
Georgia Pools Shane LeBlanc Olympic Pool Plastering Peachtree City, GA
M idnight Blue 29
Lewis Aquatech Don Gwiz Poolside Plastering Chantilly, VA
Tahoe Blue 31
Lewis Aquatech Don Gwiz Poolside Plastering Chantilly, VA
Blac k P ear l 33
Lewis Aquatech Don Gwiz Poolside Plastering Chantilly, VA
Tahoe Blue 35
Premier Pools Aaron Temme Gardner Pool Plastering Carlsbad, CA
M idnight Blue 37
Regal Pools Joshua Buzzell Modern Method Gunite Spring, TX
Tahoe Blue 39
Regal Pools Joshua Buzzell Modern Method Gunite Spring, TX
Tahoe Blue
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Regal Pools Joshua Buzzell Modern Method Gunite Spring, TX
M idnight Blue 43
Regal Pools Joshua Buzzell Modern Method Gunite Spring, TX
Tahoe Blue 45
Thrasher Pool and Spa Christopher Fogleman Olympic Pool Plastering Atlanta, GA
Blue Lagoon 47
Thrasher Pool and Spa Christopher Fogleman Olympic Pool Plastering Atlanta, GA
Blac k M ar ble 49
Thrasher Pool and Spa Christopher Fogleman Olympic Pool Plastering Atlanta, GA
Blue Lagoon 51
Val-Mar Clement Hudon Val-Mar Quebec, Canada
Blac k P ear l 53
Watercrest Pools Sam Swingle Classic Tile & Plaster N. Richland Hills, TX
J ade 55
A & G Concrete Pools, Inc. Frank Delrocco Pool Boy Plastering, Inc. Fort Pierce, FL
Whit e Diamonds 57
Allison Landscape & Pool Company Rodney Allison Atlantis Pool Plastering Denison, TX
A qua Blue 59
Allison Landscape & Pool Company Quincy Allison Atlantis Pool Plastering Denison, TX
A qua Blue 61
Allison Landscape & Pool Company Rodney Allison Atlantis Pool Plastering Denison, TX
Oc ean Blue 63
Aquaknot Pools, Inc. Kristine Lenihan Kadison Pool Plastering Weymouth, MA
Oc ean Blue 65
Aquatech Pools GC, Inc. Annette Gustin Suncoast Pebble Nokomis, FL
Blue Gr anit e 67
Aquatic Settings Shawn Thomas Landon Pool Plastering Mount Pleasant, SC
A qua Blue 69
Artistic Pools Jared Crawford Olympic Pool Plastering Atlanta, GA
Frenc h Grey 71
Artistic Pools Jared Crawford Olympic Pool Plastering Atlanta, GA
P r ism Blue 73
Barrington Pools, Inc. Michael Murillo Barrington Pools, Inc. Barrington, IL
C ool Blue 75
Barrington Pools, Inc. Tod Brown Barrington Pools, Inc. Barrington, IL
Oc ean Blue 77
Bloom Outdoor Environments Nicholas Buchholz Olympic Pool Plastering Franklin, TN
Blac k Onyx 79
Bloom Outdoor Environments Nicholas Buchholz Olympic Pool Plastering Franklin, TN
Blac k Onyx 81
Catalana Custom Pools & Spas Tony Catalana Cal Plastering Scottsdale, AZ
A qua Blue 83
Champion Pools & Spas, Inc. David Brams Pool Boy Plastering, Inc. West Palm Beach, FL
Blue Gr anit e 85
Charlotte Pools and Spas Robby Pippin Landon Pool Plastering Mooresville, NC
Slat e Blue 87
Charlotte Pools and Spas Robby Pippin Landon Pool Plastering Mooresville, NC
Blac k P ear l
A qua Blue 89
Claffey Pools Shelly Claffey Classic Tile & Plaster Southlake, TX
A qua Blue 91
Claffey Pools Philip Kent Classic Tile & Plaster Southlake, TX
A qua Blue 93
Claffey Pools Philip Kent Classic Tile & Plaster Southlake, TX
Oc ean Blue 95
Claffey Pools Reid Schindler Classic Tile & Plaster Southlake, TX
Blue Gr anit e 97
Claffey Pools Shelly Claffey Atlantis Pool Plastering Southlake, TX
C ool Blue 99
Claffey Pools Erin Kidd Classic Tile & Plaster Southlake, TX
A qua Blue 101
Claffey Pools Erin Kidd Classic Tile & Plaster Southlake, TX
Blue Gr anit e 103
Cody Pools Ethan Newton Modern Method Gunite Katy, TX
C ust om C olor 105
Copper Leaf Pools Chris Cadena Cal Plastering Phoenix, AZ
Blue Sur f 107
Da Vida Pools Lisa North Cen-Tex Plaster Austin, TX
Oc ean Blue 109
Downunda Pools Brett Hatfield Modern Method Gunite Humble, TX
Frenc h Grey 111
Fossil Creek Pools Mark Brandner Cen-Tex Plaster Spring Branch, TX
Deser t Gold 113
Fossil Creek Pools Mark Brandner Cen-Tex Plaster Spring Branch, TX
Oc ean Blue Deser t Gold 115
Georgia Pools Shane LeBlanc Olympic Pool Plastering Peachtree City, GA
Frenc h Grey 117
Hauk Custom Pools Nick Hauk A & B Pool Service, Inc. Celina, TX
A qua Blue 119
J. Caldwell Custom Pools Taylor Christopher A & B Pool Service, Inc. Fort Worth, TX
Oc ean Blue 121
J. Caldwell Custom Pools Taylor Christopher A & B Pool Service, Inc. Fort Worth, TX
Blue Gr anit e 123
Johnson Custom Pools Kathleen Hunter-Bailey Modern Method Gunite Austin, TX
Blac k Onyx 125
Johnson Custom Pools Kathleen Hunter-Bailey Modern Method Gunite Austin, TX
Blue Sur f 127
Katherine Field and Associates, Inc. Katherine Field Kadison Pool Plastering Newport, RI
Oc ean Blue 129
Keith Zars Pools Keith Zars Keith Zars Pools San Antonio, TX
P r ism Blue 131
Lewis Aquatech Don Gwiz N/A Chantilly, VA
Blac k Onyx 133
Lewis Aquatech Don Gwiz N/A Chantilly, VA
Oc ean Blue 135
Liquid Evolution Pools John Smieszek Cal Plastering Scottsdale, AZ
P r ism Blue 137
Liquid Evolution Pools John Smieszek Cal Plastering Scottsdale, AZ
P r ism Blue 139
Master Pools of Austin Adam Peralez Atlantis Pool Plastering Austin, TX
Blue Gr anit e 141
Pools by Design Kenneth Larison Meadows Plastering Tucson, AZ
A qua Blue 143
Rain Dance Pool & Landscape Trey Pfeilsticker Cal Plastering Scottsdale, AZ
Blue Gr anit e 145
Regal Pools Carlos Bustamante Modern Method Gunite Spring, TX
Blue Sur f 147
Regal Pools Joe Byrd Modern Method Gunite Spring, TX
C ust om C olor 149
Regal Pools Joshue Buzzell Modern Method Gunite Spring, TX
C ust om C olor 151
Shasta Pools & Spas Bill Gullekson Shasta Pools & Spas Phoenix, AZ
Blac k Onyx 153
Specialized Pools, Inc. Robert Kniffin Poolside Plastering Brick, NJ
Tur t le Bay 155
Texas Pools, Inc. Paul Ryan Modern Method Gunite The Woodlands, TX
Slat e Blue 157
Texas Pools, Inc. Wread Richardson Modern Method Gunite The Woodlands, TX
Deser t Gold Blac k Onyx 159
Texas Pools, Inc. Paul Ryan Modern Method Gunite The Woodlands, TX
P r ism Blue 161
Thrasher Pool and Spa Christopher Fogleman Olympic Pool Plastering Atlanta, GA
Oc ean Blue 163
Thunderbird Pools & Spas Cohl Workman Prado & Sons Surprise, AZ
Blue Gr anit e 165
Thunderbird Pools & Spas Cohl Workman Prado & Sons Surprise, AZ
C ust om C olor 167
Thunderbird Pools & Spas Cohl Workman Prado & Sons Surprise, AZ
C ust om C olor 169
Thunderbird Pools & Spas Cohl Workman Prado & Sons Surprise, AZ
C ust om C olor 171
Thunderbird Pools & Spas Cohl Workman Prado & Sons Surprise, AZ
C ust om C olor 173
Thunderbird Pools & Spas Gary Gascoyne Prado & Sons Surprise, AZ
C ust om C olor 175
Wells Pools Joel Wells Adams Pool Specialties Rancho Cordova, CA
Oc ean Blue 177
Aquatic Settings Shawn Thomas Landon Pool Plastering Mount Pleasant, SC
Blac k Galaxy 179
Keith Zars Pools Keith Zars Keith Zars Pools San Antonio, TX
Gr igio 181
Keith Zars Pools Keith Zars Keith Zars Pools San Antonio, TX
Sapphire Galaxy 183
Georgia Pools Shane LeBlanc Olympic Pool Plastering Peachtree City, GA
Sea Breeze 185
Georgia Pools Shane LeBlanc Olympic Pool Plastering Peachtree City, GA
C ust om C olor 187
Johnson Custom Pools Kathleen Hunter-Bailey Modern Method Gunite Austin, TX
Wat er Blue 189
Pool Doctor, Inc. Bob Pasquale Baires Pool Plastering Staten Island, NY
Wat er Blue 191
Red Rock Pools & Spas Rick Chafey Cal Plastering Gilbert, AZ
A qua M ar ine 193
Star-Lite Pool Builders, Inc. Dan Stempien Pool Boy Plastering, Inc. Sunrise, FL
Wat er Blue 195
Star-Lite Pool Builders, Inc. Dan Stempien Pool Boy Plastering, Inc. Sunrise, FL
Wat er Blue 197
Ultimate Water Creations Don Goldstone Preciado Pool Plastering Los Angeles, CA
A qua Splash 199
Valley Pool & Spa Gene Brown Valley Pool & Spa BC, Canada
Wat er Blue 201
Index BUILDERS 8 Mountain Laurel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Star-Lite Pool Builders, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 197
A & G Concrete Pools, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Texas Pools, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157, 159, 161
A & N Pools, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Thrasher Pool and Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 49, 51, 163
Allison Landscape & Pool Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 59, 61, 63
Thunderbird Pools & Spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175
Aquaknot Pools, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ultimate Water Creations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Aquatech Pools GC, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 67
Val-Mar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Aquatic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 179
Valley Pool & Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Artistic Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Watercrest Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Barrington Pools, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 17, 75, 77
Wells Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bloom Outdoor Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 81 Catalana Custom Pools and Spas, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Champion Pools & Spas, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
A & B Pool Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119, 121, 123
Charlotte Pools and Spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 87, 89 Claffey Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103 Cody Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Copper Leaf Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Da Vida Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Downunda Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Fossil Creek Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113, 115 Gaetano Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Georgia Classic Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 25 Georgia Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 29, 117, 185, 187 Hauk Custom Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 J. Caldwell Custom Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121, 123 Johnson Custom Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 127, 189 Katherine Field and Associates, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Keith Zars Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131, 181, 183 Lewis Aquatech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 33, 35, 133, 135 Liquid Evolution Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137, 139 Master Pools of Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Pool Doctor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Pools by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Premier Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Rain Dance Pool & Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Red Rock Pools & Spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Regal Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 41, 43, 45, 147, 149, 151 Shasta Pools & Spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Specialized Pools, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Adams Pool Specialties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Atlantis Pool Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 59, 61, 63, 99, 141 Aqua Gunite, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Baires Pool Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Barrington Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 17, 75, 77 Cal Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 107, 137, 139, 145, 193 Cen-Tex Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109, 113, 115 Classic Tile & Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 91, 93, 95, 97, 101, 103 Gardner Pool Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 37 Kadison Pool Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 129 Keith Zars Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131, 181, 183 Landon Pool Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 69, 87, 89, 179 Meadows Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Modern Method Gunite . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 41, 43, 45, 105, 111, 125, 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 149, 151, 157, 159, 161, 189 Olympic Pool Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 25, 27, 29, 47, 49, 51, 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 79, 81, 117, 163, 185, 187 Pool Boy Plastering, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 85, 195, 197 Pool One Plastering Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Poolside Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 33, 35, 155 Prado & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175 Preciado Pool Plastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Shasta Pools & Spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Suncoast Pebble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 67 Val-Mar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Valley Pool & Spa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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