By Hans Stolfus

Australia is better than a packet of Dark Chocolate Tim Tams draped in vanilla bean ice cream. Haven’t been? Go. It’s that simple.

The beaches squeak, the countryside stuns, and the serenity lasts forever — just ask Darryl Kerrigan. As far as sports go, footie takes the specky, rugby makes my neck hurt, but is obviously tougher than Gridiron (American Football), cricket makes total sense 100 percent of the time, lawn bowling reminds me of curling in white pants on the surface of the sun, and beach volley is slowly but surely making a valiant return to the summer limelight thanks to some sick French Sports Coupes and French-sounding shampoos. Food and drink? Beers are inordinately expensive, so they must be that much better, snags (not shrimp) are thrown on the barbie, and marinated kangaroo tastes suspiciously delicious – I don’t care how cuddly and iconic they are. What more can you ask for, right? How ‘bout the funniest, happiest, most charming bunch of boardshort wearing, 6:00 a.m. spiking, Snapper Rock surfing, and mid-day pint drinking mates on the planet? Mates who aren’t so caught up in getting ahead of the pack that they forget who they left behind. Mates who understand that it’s not about the surf or the volley, it’s about the people you are fortunate enough to surf and volley with. Continue Reading →

If you happened to miss the AVP Championships event photostream posted on Facebook, here they are again via Flickr. From the dinner party, to the pre-party, to the championship event, to the trophy presentation…just click on men’s inaugural champion Matt Prosser and the Hilton Waterfront Hotel below to view…

By AVP Staff

The AVP is excited to announce that beach volleyball fans around the country who are unable to make their way to Huntington Beach for the tournament Saturday will be able to catch all of the action via live stream provided by United Webcast.

This event exists solely for the fans and we wanted to make sure all fans of the sport are able to check it out, regardless of IP address. Fire up your computer at 10:00 a.m. PST and make your way over to the AVPChampionships.com website, where there will be a link taking you directly to the webcast page. Sit back and feast on the action provided by some of the best players in the game and melodious tunes served up by DJ J Roche.

The beach will be rocking with center court volleyball action, a VIP beer garden hosted by the Shades Restaurant and Bar, and our one of a kind sponsor row. But if you cannot make it live and in person to “Surf City USA”, be sure to log-on and check out the live stream brought to you by United Webcast @ UnitedWebcast.com

This is Beach Volleyball for the fans. Nationwide.