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
Steve Obradovich: The last true beach volleyball entertainer
Rolling with laughter. That’s likely what Steve Obradovich would be doing at the level of trash talk – what little there is, anyway – on today’s AVP Tour. Passive aggressive Instagram comments? Stared...
1 Aug 201849min
Rafu Rodriguez-Bertran: Winning weird in semi-retirement
Rafu Rodriguez-Bertran was not supposed to win an AVP this year. Heck, he wasn’t even sure if he’d play an AVP this year. This past winter, he had a son, Nico, his first child. His club in Temecula, V...
25 Jul 20181h 12min
Suckin' down Lobes and sharing sarcasm with Brian Cook
In December of 2017, the AVP made a landmark announcement: It would be partnering with Amazon Prime for the upcoming season, and several seasons after that. The partnership would include a much-improv...
18 Jul 201821min
