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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.

builder, sales person and applicator who collaborated on these exquisite projects.

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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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