Hawaii Tribune-Herald
For years, playing basketball or volleyball in the gym at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has involved a level of concern not shared at most schools.
Some have said the floor was installed on the cheap, without a proper subsurface to help contain humid conditions that often created moisture bubbling up to the surface, turning the floor into something that acted more like an ice skating rink.
Over the last two months, the school attempted to alleviate the issue by resurfacing the floor and repainting it with an oil-based solution that is expected to minimize the moisture.