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 competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Taylor Crabb has long been the presumed face of this next generation of American beach volleyball players. Now that generation is here, as he and Jake Gibb qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, alongside lovable veterans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena.
On this episode, we discuss:
- What it is like for Taylor Crabb being an Olympian, something he's long dreamed of
- The moment in Ostrava when he and Jake Gibb and coach Rich Lambourne knew they had qualified for Tokyo
- The strangeness of this 2021 season, with so much uncertainty post-COVID
- Why players should prioritize competing on the AVP just as much as they do the FIVB
- The blessings of being raised in Hawai'i, growing up at the Outrigger Canoe Club And much, much more.
Such a fun episode.
ENJOY!
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This episode, as always, is brought to you by Wilson Volleyball, makers of the absolute best balls in the game, hands down. You can get a 20-percent discount using our code, SANDCAST-20! https://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball
This episode is also brought to you by Chasing Gold, a new non-profit aimed at funding aspiring Olympians to relieve the financial burden of traveling around the world. Read more and donate today at www.chasinggold.org!
SHOOTS!
Road to Paris: Dutchmen are Flying, China is Rising, Qatar is Returning, Chase and Miles Are Surging
Terese Cannon: Scrapping a six-year Olympic plan to ’go play because you like playing’
Seain Cook: ”An idiot who plays beach volleyball? That’s good.”
Megan Rice was always ”just one opportunity away” from her massive breakout season
Road To Paris: Maybe those USA partnership changes weren’t such a bad move after all
Fall Mailbag! Tri Bourne on the hot seat! Why doesn’t the AVP stream on YouTube? Where’s Sponcil?
DJ Klasnic is living the volleyball dream and then some
Steve Obradovich, and the revival of fours beach volleyball
The Road to Paris: WORLD CHAMPIONS! And a historical weekend in Mexico
Hailey Harward: Playing ”like a kid on the playground” with gratitude and joy
Road to Paris, World Champs Edition: SIX USA teams win pool
Kelly Cheng and Jordan Cheng, ”get to dream together” as husband-wife, player-coach
Road To Paris: Ana Patricia and Duda vs. The World
Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece: The Good Stewards of The High Performance Community
Jon Alvarez, Volleyball Life, and ”volleyball people doing cool things for volleyball”
Trevor Crabb is always taking receipts. Now he’s literally cashing in
The 3X NCAA Champion Nourse Twins have ”nothing else but to be themselves”
Road to Paris: $1M purse, Olympic bids, massive points -- a full preview of the World Championships
Taylor Crabb, Taylor Sander, and ”the most satisfying victory in the world”
Andy Benesh: The blocker who is helping to revive USA Beach Volleyball
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