SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter
Episodes
Taylor Sander: ‘We‘re going to put on a show‘
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features probably our most-asked-for guest of the 2021 year: Indoor s...
Mailbag! Partner news, Taylor Sander‘s debut, off-season training, AVP Uncovered, best players to watch
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is our monthly fan question episode, featuring our favorite former UC...
Javier Bello and Joaquin Bello are putting England beach volleyball on the map
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Javier Bello and Joaquin Bello, the No. 1 beach volleyball t...
The Road Dog life of Logan Webber
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features one of the greatest road dogs in the game right now: Logan W...
Terese Cannon‘s extraordinary beach life is only just beginning
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features two-time USC National Champion and rising professional playe...
Raise Your Game, with high-performance coach Alan Stein
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features high-performance coach Alan Stein. If you're looking to impr...
Finding Mastery, on and off the court, with Michael Gervais
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is an ABSOLUTE GOLD MINE, featuring sport and high performance psycho...
SANDCAST Mailbag: Who are the new beach volleyball partnerships for 2022?
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, marks FOUR YEARS of the podcast! What began as an off-the-wall idea a...
Riley McKibbin: The rise to one of beach volleyball‘s most important voices
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features, for the first time, Riley McKibbin on his own. You guys, of...
Jake Gibb has one last tournament before becoming the full-time soccer dad
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is a re-run episode that we recorded back in August of 2018 with Jake...
Rising Canadian defender Jake MacNeil‘s life on the road is only beginning
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Mewhirter's good friend and standout Canadian defender Jake ...
Yariv Lerner is bringing beach volleyball back to the big screen
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is AWESOME. This episode features Yariv Lerner, the CEO of Nu Boyana ...
April Ross and Alix Klineman, and the micro changes that led to an Olympic gold medal
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Tokyo Olympic GOLD MEDALISTS April Ross and Alix Klineman, a...
At 24 years old, TJ DeFalco might be the young guy, but he‘s no rookie
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter. On this episode, we brought in yet another Olympian – and a rookie ...
Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb, Manhattan Champs, going somewhere they‘ve never gone before
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features the most recent winners of the AVP Manhattan Beach Open: Tri...
Taryn Kloth has always taken the harder path, and she continues making it work
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features the newest elite blocker on the AVP Tour: Taryn Kloth. Klo...
Tri Bourne -- Olympian Tri Bourne -- is always staying ready
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, finally brings the hosts back together, in person, for the first time...
April Ross is living out her own personal legend
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is a rare throwback episode, a replay from the fifth podcast we ever ...
Lewie Lett: The most passionate (and positive) voice in beach volleyball
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features a voice you will all likely recognize, and that's the voice ...
Olympic Beach Volleyball Mailbag: Could we see multiple American medals in Tokyo?
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with (OLYMPIAN!!) Tri Bourne and (not Olympian) Travis Mewhirter is a unique one. Again, we are turning to ...
Beach Volleyball Madness: Olympic Beach Volleyball Preview; Bally's Buys the AVP
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter is our monthly fan-question episode, though we didn't actually take an...
Derek Olson, and Morocco's 'Disney story' into the Tokyo Olympic Games
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Derek Olson, a longtime player on the AVP and FIVB tours. He...
Sean Rosenthal is the same now as he's ever been: Beach Volleyball's greatest ambassador
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is a phenomenal one, a wide-ranging conversation with Sean Rosenthal,...
Jason Lochhead: The globetrotting route to becoming a two-time Olympic coach
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is an ABSOLUTE BLAST! We have Jason Lochhead, the coach of Phil Dalha...
Taylor Crabb, and the arrival of beach volleyball's next generation
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter is a special one, for it is the first episode featuring a player compe...
SANDCAST Mailbag: A review of the Tokyo Olympic quad, and looking ahead to AVP 2021
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features our monthly fan question episode. Before we dove into the fa...
DJ Klasnic is bringing the passion for beach volleyball back to Serbia
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features DJ Klasnic, one of the top players in the Serbian beach voll...
Corinne Quiggle and Allie Wheeler: Winning the little steps on their way to the big one
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features recent USA Volleyball GOLD MEDALISTS Corinne Quiggle and All...
Canadian road dogs Will Hoey and Jake MacNeil have no exit plans
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, was recorded on the road, at the FIVB Bulgaria one-star, where Mewhir...
Savvy Simo, and a remarkable, legacy-leaving career at UCLA
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features our favorite UCLA Bruin, Savvy Simo. On this episode, Bourne...
SANDCAST Mailbag: What is Qatar doing? Top five matches from Cancun; FUDS stories
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features the hosts, Bourne and Mewhirter, answering a bag full of fan...
Sara Putt's made NCAA Championship history before; now she's out to do it again
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Florida State beach volleyball veteran Sara Putt, who has be...
Life inside the Cancun Bubble, with Tri Bourne and Evie Matthews
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, Bourne describes life inside the Cancun Bubble, where he has been ...
James Shaw, and the pursuit for the goals on the other side of fear
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features James Shaw. Shaw was a setter at Stanford, where he made an ...
Kim Hildreth is thriving, with both feet finally on the ground
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Kim Hildreth, one of the top players in Florida who made the...
Mark Paaluhi, the man alas giving beach volleyball the attention he always thought it needed
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Mark Paaluhi, a Hawai'ian native who was raised in Hermosa B...
Beach Volleyball Mailbag: Breaking down the Cancun Bubble, training tips, AVP speculation
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features the hosts, Bourne and Mewhirter, answering a variety of fan ...
Matt Fuerbringer: Respecting the work that's required of greatness
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Matt Fuerbringer, the associate head coach at Long Beach Sta...
Chaim Schalk's American career has finally begun -- from the bottom
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Chaim Schalk, a 2016 Olympian for Canada who has finally, fi...
Don't be fooled by LSU's Kristen Nuss: She'll find a way to win
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Kristen Nuss, a standout on court one at LSU who has helped ...
Travis Mewhirter's volatile, adversity-filled trip to and from the Doha bubble
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features the host, Mewhirter, discussing what life is like on the Wor...
Tri Bourne reflects on his Doha country quota loss and how he plans to bounce back
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Savvy Simo and Tri. Travis is on the road playing in the 1 s...
Mike Campbell: From running off a dad bod to coaching Olympians
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter features Mike Campbell. Campbell is the head coach of the Long Beach...
Tina Graudina, Latvian trailblazer, is out to inspire
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Tina Graudina, a junior at USC and the best Latvian woman to...
Ed Keller, beach volleyball's walking, talking, encyclopedic superfan
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Ed Keller, one of the most passionate human beings in the wo...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL IS BACK: Answering fan questions heading into the 2021 season
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is an exciting one, as beach volleyball is officially back on the sch...
Andy Benesh is turning the corner
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Andy Benesh, new partner of Billy Allen. On this episode, we...
Greg Delgado: The man who saved beach volleyball in 2020
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features one of the greatest unsung heroes in the sport of beach voll...
Nina Matthies: Beach volleyball's ultimate champion and ambassador
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Nina Matthies, a legendary player and coach and one of the a...
Answering the final fan questions in The Year Without Volleyball
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter is fueled by you, the listeners, as Bourne and Mewhirter, with UCLA st...
Billy Allen: The prolific, deadpanning, self-deprecating AVP champion and author
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Billy Allen, one of our favorites on the show who recently p...
Learning doesn't stop, with Pri Lima
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features longtime beach volleyball professional, and seven-time NVL c...
Karch Kiraly, and the hunger to pursue mastery
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features the GOAT, Karch Kiraly. Currently the coach of the U.S. Wome...
Angie Akers: Beach volleyball's running, kickboxing Olympic coach
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Angie Akers, the AVP and FIVB Rookie of the Year as a player...
Mailbag: How does off-season training differ from in-season? Other fan questions
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features fan question host Savvy Simo, who asked a wide variety of fa...
Chris Meade: CROSSNET, the million-dollar (literally) idea beach volleyball didn't know it needed
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Chris Meade, one of three founders of the four-way volleybal...
Nick Lucena isn't ready for the life of the retired dad just yet
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter features Nick Lucena, one of the top defenders on the AVP and FIVB tou...
Three gold medals of wisdom with Misty May-Treanor
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features one of the greatest of all time, if not the greatest of all ...
Three years of unbelievable growth, change in three years of SANDCAST
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features the hosts, Bourne and Mewhirter, as well as a new voice on t...
Julia Scoles: Finding peace amid life's biggest decisions
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter features Julia Scoles, a phenomenal indoor player at the University of...
Avery Drost: Becoming beach volleyball's ultimate utility man
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter is with Avery Drost, a longtime pro who has been competing on the AVP ...
Jordan Cheng: Making a career out of "Once in a lifetime opportunities"
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is with Jordan Cheng, the coach of Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil, the...
Answering beach volleyball's questions in a year with no shortage of them
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, we answer fan questions in our "season ending" episode, even if th...
Randy Stoklos is still the King of the Beach
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is with one of the greatest players of all-time, with 123 victories, ...
SANDCAST: John Hyden, the consummate player-coach, on and off the sand
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is with the legendary, and ageless, John Hyden. At 47 years young, Hy...
Grant O'Gorman and Ben Saxton, pushing for Tokyo and Men's Health Awareness
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Canadians Grant O'Gorman and Ben Saxton, who are the second-...
From garbage to a coaching the best: How LT Treumann established a beach volleyball empire
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is with Livingstone "LT" Treumann, who has established one of the bes...
Pressure is a privilege for Adrian Carambula
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter features Adrian Carambula. Nicknamed Mr. Skyball for his towering, spi...
Traci Callahan has 'quit quitting'
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Traci Callahan, who has been competing on the AVP Tour since...
Wilco Nijland, King of the Court creator, beach volleyball's ultimate innovator
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, is with Wilco Nijland, the CEO of SportWorx, based in Utretcht, Nethe...
Tri Bourne has leveled up, winning his first AVP title in five years
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, we bring on host Tri Bourne, who just won his first AVP tournament...
Joe and Gage Worsley: 'Just figure out the best way to win'
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, takes a little turn off the beach and onto the grass. Two weekends ag...
Whose stocks are up after week one of the AVP Champions Cup?
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, the hosts discuss the first of the AVP Champions Cup Series, the M...
Piotr Marcinak, Rafu Rodriguez look to rediscover 2017 magic in AVP Champions Cup
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features AVP professional beach volleyball players Rafu Rodriguez and...
Casey Patterson is, and always has been, all in on this beach life
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Casey Patterson, one of the biggest personalities and talent...
Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter publish new book, Volleyball for Milkshakes!
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features a fun announcement from the hosts: They have co-written and ...
Falyn Fonoimoana: Race, volleyball, and the importance of uncomfortable conversation
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Falyn Fonoimoana. Times have, obviously, been a bit fraught ...
SANDCAST: Evan Silberstein, the New Yorker who found his "medicine" in Hawai'i
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features University of Hawai'i assistant coach Evan Silberstein. Si...
Megan Burgdorf and Michelle Meyer, serving the sport they love through a startup: Beach Volleyball Consulting
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features longtime beach volleyball coaches and advocates Megan Burgdo...
The Wilson roundtable show with Stafford Slick, the McKibbin Brothers, and Tri Bourne
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The idea for this episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter came, as most do, on a whim. Tri had been talking to Wils...
Riley and Madison McKibbin: Filling the storytelling void in beach volleyball
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Madison and Riley McKibbin can still remember -- with much amusement, as memories go – one of their first disasters as producers of beach volleyball...
BounceBeach: How a 17-year-old high schooler created the most viral account in beach volleyball
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The idea began, like all viral ideas do, with something so blatantly obvious it had been overlooked by everyone. Parker Conley was the rare type of ...
Savvy Simo, UCLA's favorite 'pain in the butt,' returning for one more year
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the evening of January 14, UCLA women’s volleyball coach Mike Sealy had the mic. As he expounded on the tremendous careers of his seniors, of whi...
Mike Lambert: The consummate teammate, still shining the spotlight on his partners
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a few minutes of cordial catching up and introductions, Mike Lambert paused, sitting in his office in Lucca, Italy, and wondered, on SANDCAST: B...
Mailbag: Who are the top five blockers and defenders in the world? More fan questions
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Typically, I’d be a bit neurotic by now. Short on sleep. Distracted. Mind ping-ponging back and forth, looking at the draw, then looking again – d...
Kawika Shoji: Leading the wildly talented Hawai'i generation of Olympians
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks ago, Kawika Shoji and Taylor Crabb escaped the tedium of quarantine to do some hill sprints near their houses in Manoa. There is nothing n...
Hector Gutierrez is building another college beach southeast power at TCU
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hector Guitierrez sat outside of his home in Fort Worth, Texas, a purple TCU sweatshirt protecting him from a cool breeze, and hat shading him from th...
Marcio Sicoli loves what he does: Coaching to Olympic medals, living vicariously through his players
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was 2005 when Tatiana Minello and Mimi Amaral needed a coach. Not just any coach. The natives of Rio de Janeiro were making the move to the AVP. Th...
Christian Hartford is changing the culture at USA Volleyball
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Brouwer sought the source of the voice. The one that perpetually stood out from among 13,000 screaming Germans at the World Championships in Hamb...
How the 2020 Olympic postponement could impact each team in the race
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday morning, what seemed to be the inevitable alas became a reality: The 2020 Olympic Games were postponed, to sometime in 2021. For some, it’...
The E and T Show goes to Cabo!
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CABO, Mex. – When the final point was won, and Eric Beranek and Bill Kolinske moved on at AVP Hawai’i, a seam ace putting the final nail in the co...
Melissa Humana-Paredes is gritting up
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The lead was gone, momentum completely flipped, and Melissa Humana-Paredes was, in her own words, crapping her pants. That’s what she said to her...
Getting two points better, with Kim Hildreth and Sarah Schermerhorn
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Hildreth and Sarah Schermerhorn have been to California. They’ve seen the dozens of AVP main draw-level teams practicing up and down the Hermosa...
Stocks to buy for the upcoming 2020 AVP season
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus may be decimating the global and American stock markets, but one place you won’t find its impact is the annual SANDCAST Beach Volley...
Camryn Irwin is living the dream
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s May 16, 2018, the eve of Camryn Irwin’s debut as an Amazon Prime broadcaster calling AVP tournaments. She gets a call from the AVP. They info...
The sweet music of trainer Mykel Jenkins
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A GARAGE IN AN UNKNOWN LOCATION – It was all wrong. Mykel Jenkins is all about the soundtrack of not just sports, but life. He wants it to be beauti...
Mike Placek: Diving deep into college beach volleyball
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Placek was just looking for the simple stuff. He didn’t need to know tendencies or flaws, what his opponent’s strongest and weakest shots wer...
It's nothin' but love with Falyn Fonoimoana
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a late Tuesday morning, and Falyn Fonoimoana has brought the goods again. She’s even brought some freshly baked banana bread, for her coaches...
Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb are looking to improve upon first year’s foundation
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tri Bourne found a funny way to describe a learning moment he and Trevor Crabb had towards the end of the 2019 season, their first as partners and fir...
Life is a blast for Dain Blanton right now
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dain Blanton is smiling. For almost an hour and a half straight, sitting in a room talking about beach volleyball and a life that has revolved around ...