Ed Keller: Beach Volleyball’s Encyclopedic Superfan

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Ed Keller, the biggest superfan there is in the sport of beach volleyball. How big? Keller went to 18 tournaments this season – nine Beach Pro Tour, nine AVP… and he thinks it should have been more. Ah, well, guess he’ll have to hit more in 2023. (he will)

What all this traveling has done, something he’s been doing since Sean Rosenthal was a 17-year-old kid with the “most gigantic quads you’ve ever seen” is provide Keller with one of the most unique perspectives on the sport. Which is why we had him on again, chatting about:

• The drawbacks of Volleyball World’s system on the Beach Pro Tour
• Why the AVP is close to getting it right with their new system
• What Sean Rosenthal was like as a teenager, and why he is one of the greatest ambassadors the sport of beach volleyball has ever had
• Why today’s beach volleyball players are the most talented in history

And, as always, and especially with Keller, we chatted about a whole lot more.

ENJOY!

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