SANDCAST No. 9: Chase Frishman, and the next wave of AVP talent
It has become impossible to ignore: The top players in the United States are getting older. Nick Lucena is 38. John Hyden, ageless as he may be, is 45. Casey Patterson is 37, as is Phil Dalhausser and...
27 Dec 20171h
SANDCAST No. 8: Phil Dalhausser has another mountain to climb
There is little that Phil Dalhausser has yet to accomplish in beach volleyball. He’s won more than 50 tournaments domestically and another 30-plus internationally. He’s won an Olympic gold medal and o...
20 Dec 20171h 16min
SANDCAST No. 7: Geena Urango, the intern who dug her way to the top
Geena Urango didn’t expect to be playing on the AVP Tour. After playing volleyball for five years at USC – four indoors, one on the beach – Urango, who studied digital marketing, was just stoked to ha...
13 Dec 201753min
SANDCAST No. 6: A glimpse into greatness with April Ross, Part 2
The cat’s out of the bag: April Ross is playing with Alix Klineman, a 6-foot-5 blocker out of Stanford. On paper, the two will be a formidable pair, Ross one of the best defenders in the world, Klinem...
6 Dec 20171h 1min
SANDCAST No. 5: A glimpse into greatness with April Ross, Part 1
There has only ever seemed to be one gear for April Ross: Go. Such is how the Newport Beach native has garnered a laundry list of accomplishments that include, among others: A Gatorade National Player...
29 Nov 201750min
SANDCAST No. 4: Welcome to the United States, Chaim Schalk
Chaim Schalk had been to the United States before. The Alberta native has actually been an American citizen his entire life -- his mother is an Iowan -- but as a kid raised in Red Deer, Schalk has bee...
25 Nov 20171h 18min
SANDCAST No. 3: It's finally (finally) video game season for Kelly Claes
In a frenetic span of 120 days, Kelly Claes was able to accomplish what the vast majority of the beach volleyball world would be satisfied with in a career. She won a national championship with USC, ...
15 Nov 20171h 2min
SANDCAST No. 2: Ryan Doherty, the Most Interesting Man in Beach Volleyball
Dos Equis had it all wrong when the beer company casted actor Jonathan Goldsmith as its "Most Interesting Man in the World" campaign. It missed out on Ryan Doherty. Even amongst a group of peers wit...
8 Nov 20171h 3min
