This episode of SANDCAST: Beach volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features one of the greatest unsung heroes in the sport of beach volleyball: Greg Delgado.
Delgado is, simply, the man who saved beach volleyball in 2020.
He and Mark Paaluhi, co-founder of Sand Court Experts, made an arrangement with the city of Hermosa Beach so that the players could legally play beach volleyball and train for the AVP Champions Cup.
Born was one of the coolest communities on the AVP: The 16th street training center.
On this episode, we discuss:
- What this summer was like, to see every single top professional training, every morning, at 16th Street
- How Delgado was able to persuade the city of Hermosa Beach to allow the professionals to train without risking a ticket (it was illegal to play beach volleyball at the time)
- A hilarious story of Taylor Crabb throwing a massive party at Delgado's house in 2017, without Delgado knowing about it
If you haven't met Delgado, I cannot recommend it highly enough that you introduce yourself, and express gratitude for what he was able to do for the AVP players this summer. He created a community at a time when community was most needed.
Thanks, as always, for listening to SANDCAST, which recently topped the charts for the most listened-to volleyball podcast in six countries! Your support means the world, and we hope you had the MERRIEST OF CHRISTMASES and happiest of New Years! So long, 2020!
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Thanks, as always, to you, the listeners. Y'all are the real MVPs.
SHOOTS!
Sophie Bukovec: Surprising herself all the way to the top of the world
Drinking Kona (and Maui Brew) with the Crabbs
Summer Mailbag! AVP parity, Olympic favorites, trash talking, hottest teams on Tour
Kent Steffes: It’s Winning Time
Geena Urango: The newest AVP Champ who’s living life fully in the present
Trevor Crabb and Tri Bourne have their swagger back
Mark Bucknam, and the making of AVP Uncovered
Sarah Sponcil and Terese Cannon: The AVP Champions who have built the perfect team
Mid-season Mailbag: How is Bally’s and the AVP doing in year one?
Tri Bourne: After a bittersweet World Championships: ’Jesus, what am I doing?’
Deahna Kraft only knows one speed: All in or nothing at all
Anders Mol, Christian Sorum, and the rise of the greatest team in beach volleyball
Megan Kraft, the 19-year-old making beach volleyball success look easy
Mark Burik and Brandon Joyner want you to get Better at Beach
Corinne Quiggle: Home is wherever the beach volleyball is
Andy Benesh: Playing with GOATs on his way to becoming America’s next top blocker
Katie Spieler: The Honeybee’s Guide to the Good Life
Toni Rodriguez is ’traveling the world, just playing volleyball, living the sweetest life ever’
Sara Hughes was born to play beach volleyball
Evan Cory, Louisiana’s Road Dog, has arrived
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