Sandcast

08/22/2025

The race for World Champs has just three events remaining: Hamburg, and a pair of Elites in Brazil. Some big, big moves were made in Montreal:

Welcome to the Road to Adelaide, our series breaking down the race to qualifying for the 2025 Beach Volleyball World Championships, which will be held in Adelaide, Australia, November 14-23. Of the 48 teams who qualify for the World Championships, 25 are earned via points, the standings of which are...

08/20/2025

We've got THE CHAMP on the podcast this week: Hector Gutierrez, the longtime coach at , finally did it: Winning a National Championship and stealing it from California's grasp. He chats all about the longterm vision he had for the program, and how it paid off:

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Hector Gutierrez, the head coach of the TCU Beach Volleyball team who recently won the first NCAA Championship outside of California. We chat a whole lot about that win, as well as: - How he was able to build a...

08/20/2025

They didn’t treat this year any different at , but the results were certainly different: the first NCAA Championship in school history, and the first outside of California in the sport’s history. popped on the pod to chat all about the historic year and how he built the program from the ground up.

08/18/2025

Canada's Queens, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson, gave the unbelievable crowd in Montreal something to cheer for (and boy did they), winning a second straight gold at home in front of a wild and loving fanbase:

MONTREAL, CANADA – When Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson stepped onto the court on Thursday evening for their first pool play match of the Montreal Elite, 3,000 strong Canadian faithful, red and white maple leaf flags waving, gave their top team a hearty ovation. They stood, clapped, w...

08/18/2025

It took all of 3 days for this story on Tri Bourne retiring from the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball to become the most viewed on our website...ever:

HERMOSA BEACH, California – Four weeks before the final tournament of Tri Bourne’s career, he is lying down on a couch in his podcast studio in Hermosa Beach, pulling the microphone over to him. A freshly opened 805 Blonde Ale is cradled in his right hand. “I don’t think we’ve ever done a ...

08/14/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Tri Bourne will be playing the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Manhattan Beach Open with Nick Lucena:

It wouldn't be fitting if things went smoothly in the final tournament of Tri Bourne's career. When Evan Cory, Bourne's partner for what has been a volatile 2025 season, made the finals in Seaside last weekend and popped his shoulder out, posting a picture wearing a sling, all Bourne could do is sha...

08/14/2025

First qualifier in two years? No problem for Andy Benesh and Miles Partain, who swept their way into the Beach Volleyball World Montreal Elite main draw without so much as a hiccup. As for the rest of USA Volleyball...it was a rough day:

MONTREAL, CANADA – Andy Benesh and Miles Partain left no doubt at the Montreal Elite on Wednesday. The 2023 Montreal silver medalists took all of 33 minutes to punch their ticket into the main draw, sweeping Switzerland’s Yves Hauusener and Julian Freidli, 21-14, 21-16. To see Benesh and Partain...

08/13/2025

This will be the best story you read all year. Enjoy, and please share:

HERMOSA BEACH, California – Four weeks before the final tournament of Tri Bourne’s career, he is lying down on a couch in his podcast studio in Hermosa Beach, pulling the microphone over to him. A freshly opened 805 Blonde Ale is cradled in his right hand. “I don’t think we’ve ever done a ...

08/12/2025

On this week's podcast, Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter reflect on Scottie Scheffler's viral press conference, why they loved the messaging, and why that's probably what makes Scottie so dang good:

Prior to the Open Championship, Scottie Scheffler, the best golfer in the world, delivered perhaps the most viral press conference in sports when he mentioned how little he cared about winning -- and how much he loves putting in the work. On this week's podcast, Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter discu...

08/11/2025

Rick Atwood was on site for the final AVP Pro Beach Volleyball League stop of the year in Dallas, capturing all of the best shots, per usual:

This is Rick Atwood's photo gallery from AVP Dallas, the final stop of the 2025 AVP League.

08/07/2025

Big Money KOB with the boys



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08/06/2025

This week's episode features Gary Green, maybe the most fascinating guest we've ever had on the podcast. He's the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Georgia who has given talks to hundreds of teams and works with Kirby Smart and the Georgia football team. What's that got to do with volleyball? Well, everything, as Green is a master of human behavior, and in particular this young generation of athletes, whose brains are becoming Tik-Tokified:

This episode of SANDCAST features Gary Green, who might be the most fascinating guest we've ever had on the podcast. He's the Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Georgia who has given talks to hundreds of teams and works with Kirby Smart and the Georgia football team. What's that...