Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter. On this episode, we brought in yet another Olympian – and a rookie who is not a real rookie on the beach, TJ DeFalco.
DeFalco competed in his first Olympics in Tokyo, making a name for himself with an absurd ability to hit the back row quick set, then got the coolest of calls: Nick Lucena wanted to play the Manhattan Beach Open with him. And so it was that DeFalco played his first AVP since 2016.
On this episode we discuss:
And, as always, much, much more.
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Kyle Friend: ’Make volleyball easy for everyone around you’
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
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