SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

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SANDCAST is the first and leading beach volleyball podcast in the world. Hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter take listeners into the world of the AVP, Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour and any other professional beach volleyball outlets, digging deep into the lives of the players both on and off the court as well as all of the top influencers in the game.

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Wednesday Jan 25, 2023

Season-opening Mailbag! Why Tri split with Trevor; new beginnings with Chaim; four-man volleyball

Wednesday Jan 25, 2023

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter is our FIRST MAILBAG OF THE YEAR! It was a full one, too, and Tri Bourne was firmly on the hot seat, answering all sorts of questions, including:

What happened to him and Trevor Crabb?
How did Trevor take the news?
What aren’t Tri and Chaim Schalk playing the Doha Elite 16?
What are Phil Dalhausser’s plans for the upcoming AVP season?

And a whole, whole lot more.

SHOOTS!

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NEW BOOK ALERT!!! Travis Mewhirter and Kent Steffes just published a seminal work on the history of beach volleyball in their new book, Kings of Summer: The Rise of Beach Volleyball. Check it out on Amazon!! https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Summer-rise-beach-volleyball/dp/B0B3JHFKM7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1WGJFWHPBGPQ2&keywords=kings+of+summer+book&qid=1658922972&sprefix=kings+of+summer+book%2Caps%2C1328&sr=8-1

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Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

Wednesday Jan 18, 2023

The secret’s out! How Carly Kan became Hawaii’s first female AVP Champion

Wednesday Jan 18, 2023

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter is, incredibly, our first podcast IN HAWAII!! Tri Bourne took the mic on the road with him to sit down with Carly Kan, the newest AVP champ and the first woman from the state of Hawaii to win an AVP, as well as her coach, the founder and master of secret training himself, Danny Alvarez. Kan is one of many bright young female stars on the AVP, while Alvarez is one of the brightest minds in the game. Absolute gem of a podcast, ladies and gentlemen, covering a wide variety of topics, such as:

How women’s beach volleyball wasn’t much of a thing in Kan’s childhood, and how the University of Hawaii’s beach program changed that
How Alvarez became the first – and still really only – beach volleyball coach in Hawaii
How an open gym turned Carly Kan, who was recruited to play libero for Missouri, into one of the best outside hitters in the country
The many, many factors that led Kan to her first AVP win

And, as always, so much more.

SHOOTS!

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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023

Savvy Simo and Toni Rodriguez: Healthy, rested, rehabbed, and ready for a push to Paris 2024

Wednesday Jan 11, 2023

This episode of SANDCAST features Savvy Simo, our favorite female host, and Toni Rodriguez, her partner for this season and, at least, the next as they begin their push to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. It has been quite an off-season for Rodriguez, who suffered a season-ending knee injury at AVP New Orleans in 2022. While she rehabbed, Simo played with anyone who would, anywhere in the world. Now, they’re back together. We chatted about all sorts of fun stuff, including:

AVP New Orleans, and how Rodriguez briefly wondered if she would continue playing volleyball
What Rodriguez’s rehab process looked like, while Simo was scrambling for partners
What their plans are for the upcoming season
What both of them learned in their albeit brief rookie seasons as professionals

And, as always, a whole lot more.

SHOOTS!

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Monday Jan 09, 2023

The Road to Paris: Everything you need to know about the Olympic Qualification Cycle

Monday Jan 09, 2023

The Road to Paris is a new series we're doing, with host Travis Mewhirter breaking down the Olympic race, which begins this February in Doha, Qatar. Here Mewhirter explains everything you need to know about the beach volleyball qualification process for the 2024 Olympic Games, from when it begins to when it ends to how every single one of the 24 teams can qualify for Paris 2024.

What did you think about this video? It's new, so we're open to suggestions.

What do you want more of?

Less?

Any tweaks?

We'll take all the feedback we can get :)

SHOOTS!

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Wednesday Jan 04, 2023

Jaden Whitmarsh, UCLA’s Ms. Clutch, is back to lead the Bruins in 2023

Wednesday Jan 04, 2023

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Jaden Whitmarsh, a court two defender for UCLA and one of the most clutch players in NCAA Beach Volleyball. She is also, as you may be able to gather from her last name, the daughter of Mike Whitmarsh, the 1996 silver medalist at the Atlanta Olympics. We chatted about her family, as well as:

What it was like growing up in San Diego, one of the most competitive cities in the country for grassroots – and all levels, really – volleyball, both indoors and on the beach
The steep learning curve she received when, as a freshman, she was able to study under the likes of Sarah Sponcil, Nicole and Megan McNamara, Izzy Carey, and Zana Muno, among others
Her breakout 2022 NCAA season, where her and Devon Newberry finished 29-7
Her spark plug personality on the court, one that endears her to her partners and allows her to finish the biggest matches

And, as always, much, much more.

SHOOTS!

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Wednesday Dec 28, 2022

Sean P. Murray, and how the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalists changed volleyball in America

Wednesday Dec 28, 2022

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Sean P. Murray, the author of If Gold is Our Destiny: How a Team of Mavericks Came Together for Olympic Glory. The book is a deep study of the 1984 men’s Olympic volleyball team who would win gold and kick off a dynastic decade of dominance – and forever change the culture of volleyball in the United States.

On this episode, we chat about:

The value in looking foolish, and how Doug Beal used it to create the best team, and program, in the world
Chris Marlowe’s circuitous, and incredible, volleyball career
Why Karch Kiraly has been able to bring out the best in everyone around him, either indoors, on the beach, or, now, as the coach of the United States women
The value in establishing your own culture, and the success that comes with it

And, as always, a whole lot more.

If you want to read the book, you can get it on Amazon!

SHOOTS!

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Check out our book, Volleyball for Milkshakes, written by SANDCAST hosts Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter: https://www.amazon.com/Volleyball-Milkshakes-Travis-Mewhirter/dp/B089781SHB

Wednesday Dec 21, 2022

Christmas Mailbag: Wrapping up the 2022 season, Olympic partnerships, AVP Awards, podcast rivalry

Wednesday Dec 21, 2022

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter is our always popular fan question segment, a Christmas special! Savvy Simo is typically our lovely host of these episodes, but she’s been out of town for a bit, coaching at SOB Volley Vacations and spending time down in New Orleans. So it’s just the boys, answering as many of your (nearly 100!) questions as we could, including, but certainly not limited to:

Who are the new partnerships for 2023 and the Paris Olympics?
Are we buying into the Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes hype?
Three stops to keep and three stops to drop from the AVP season
If we had to sum up our season in one word, what would it be?

So much fun on this episode, and so much fun chatting volley for all you listeners again this year. We love you guys, appreciate you guys, and hope you have the merriest of Christmases!

SHOOTS!

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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022

Carly Skjodt has hit the beach full-time, and she’s here to stay

Wednesday Dec 14, 2022

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Carly Skjodt -- pronounced Scott -- one of the brightest rookies on the AVP Tour this season. An All-American and All-Big 10 outside hitter out of Michigan, Skjodt began playing beach as a graduate transfer for Pepperdine, learning under coach Marcio Sicoli. After a brief stint playing indoors in Portugal, she hit the beach, finishing her rookie season with a third in AVP Central Florida and is now ranked just one spot behind Canadian and AVP champion Melissa Humana-Paredes. On this episode, we chat about:

What this rookie season looked like for Skjodt, who had a full-time job, then two part-time jobs, while competing full-time on the AVP
Her transition from All-American indoor player to newbie on the beach
How making the semifinals in AVP Central Florida left her only hungry for more
What she loves about the beach lifestyle

And, as always, much, much more.

ENJOY!

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Wednesday Dec 07, 2022

Ed Keller: Beach Volleyball’s Encyclopedic Superfan

Wednesday Dec 07, 2022

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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Wednesday Nov 30, 2022

PERFECT: Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson ’nail the timing’ of new partnership

Wednesday Nov 30, 2022

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson, one of the most fascinating – and soon to be most popular – teams on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Good friends for more than a decade, Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson have played against one another for years and years, both rising through the ranks, both being voted the best in the world at what they do, both becoming two of the most popular and recognized faces on Tour. A partnership, at some point, seemed inevitable.

And now it’s here.

We chatted all about the new team, as well as:

Why the timing is perfect for Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson to partner up now
Why they hired Marcio Sicoli as their new head coach
What it was like to play together in AVP Chicago
The growth both have seen in one another as individuals, and now they get to do it as a team

And so much more. Lots of laughs. Lots of smiles. Lots of fun on this episode.

ENJOY!

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