Dane Selznick previews p1440 San Jose
Dane Selznick has seen it all. Seen every last one of beach volleyball’s many evolutions. He was there when players competed for little more than pride and maybe – maybe – a free dinner. He was there ...
26 Sep 20181h 2min
SANDCAST roundtable: 'Play in as many tournaments as you can'
It became a recurring motif, though not exactly a conspicuous one. If you’re a regular listener to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, you’ll know that our final question ...
19 Sep 201819min
Karissa Cook: Old fart, hood rat, awesomely effective volleyball
Call it old fart volleyball. Call it hood rat volleyball. Call it dirty or creative or funny or crafty or whimsical or whatever other name you’d like to label Karissa Cook’s decidedly awesome style of...
12 Sep 201855min
Katie Spieler: 'Go out on the court and be you'
The beginning of the best year of Katie Spieler’s burgeoning career began at once brutally and spectacularly. The brutal, as it tends to go in sports, preceded the spectacular, setback was succeeded b...
5 Sep 20181h
Eric Zaun: The Happy Gilmore of the AVP Tour
The first thing you must know about Eric Zaun is that you cannot call him Eric Zaun. Don’t laugh. He’s serious. Maybe. Sort of. Well, you never can know with Zaun. “I’ve actually been going by Danny...
29 Aug 20181h 15min
Jake Gibb isn't finished playing just yet
There are exactly two indicators in Jake Gibb’s house that there is a professional volleyball living there. One is a panorama of the 1976 Manhattan Beach Open, the year Gibb was born. The other is a p...
22 Aug 201848min
Tri Bourne is BACK ON THE BEACH
Phil Dalhausser stands, hands on his hips, shaking his head. “That,” he says, “looks so boring.” He’s watching a young man play volleyball by himself, tossing a ball, hitting it line, tossing another,...
15 Aug 201856min
Caitlin Ledoux: Just doux you
It’s a wonder how Caitlin Ledoux did it, given that she operates with the same 24 hours a day, the same seven days a week, as the rest of us. There she was, working full-time at Lululemon. There she w...
8 Aug 20181h 4min
