September 15 Year of The Rogues Good morning, beach volleyball fans, Post-Olympic years are always strange in the beach universe. Couple that with the shifting landscape of domestic beach volleyball, which is moving away from the traditional tournament format on the schedule to the new AVP League, and it's made the year even weirder. It's made it a bit rogue, making room for new events such as the independently run Hermosa Open, adding intrigue to traditional stalwarts like Seaside and the...

September 7 Double. Final. Good morning, beach volleyball fans, Everyone who reads this newsletter or listens to the podcast or reads other bits of my writing might not know everything there is to know about me, but they do know this: I am a proponent of double-elimination formats in beach volleyball. We even made a shirt that says "Give me double elim or give me death." It is a hill I've chosen to die on in this life. After Hermosa, I hope there are others on that hill with me. The ending...