Stafford Slick: Beach volleyball's Viking duck hunter
As if his path to beach volleyball wasn’t unique enough – raised in Minnesota, little to no volleyball background aside from a little club indoor, not a clue who men named Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhaus...
28 Nov 20181h 17min
John Mayer turns focus to full-time coaching
It’s fitting that John Mayer would spend much of his retirement podcast talking about everyone except John Mayer. Much of it was spent discussing Trevor Crabb, despite Mayer even catching himself midw...
21 Nov 20181h 17min
SANDCAST anniversary episode: We made it!
It was funny, what kept happening over the course over the year, a comical little motif that never failed to boggle my mind. People would thank me. They thanked me in Austin. To the great amusement an...
14 Nov 20181h 11min
Wilco Nijland, creator the King of the Court series
You’d have thought he was busy enough, Wilco Nijland. His plate of responsibilities includes only, oh, a 10-stop beach volleyball tour in the Netherlands, his role as the Controlling Operations Office...
7 Nov 20181h 12min
Evie Matthews, beach coach and right-hand man of John Hyden
Tri Bourne and Evie Matthews are the first to admit it: They were not the thinkers of the trio between those two and John Hyden. Bourne was the up-and-coming player, a green, mid-20s blocker making hi...
31 Okt 20181h 18min
Jeff Alzina: Architect of beach volleyball powers
In 1997, there were six countries with beach volleyball coaches for their national teams. Perhaps one of the most unqualified to do so was one of them. Jeff Alzina had never coached on the beach prior...
24 Okt 20181h 8min
The view from the Top of the World, with Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sorum
John Mayer stood outside the player’s tent, not looking particularly disappointed despite being knocked out of the Huntington Beach Open less than an hour prior. He and Trevor Crabb had played their b...
17 Okt 20181h 1min
Refs are people too! With John Rodriguez
Nick Lucena winked, and only one person in the stadium could have possibly seen it: head ref John Rodriguez. Lucena had always been known for his fiery demeanor, and though Rodriguez cannot recall the...
10 Okt 20181h 8min
