About Travis Mewhirter

Author, journalist, podcast host, and broadcaster, Travis Mewhirter is the co-founder of SANDCAST and the lead color commentator for the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour on VBTV

Beach Volleyball Digest: Mel on the weight of an Olympic silver; introduction of the film room; AVP schedule is coming

2025-01-27T13:25:58+00:00By |

January 27 The Weight of Silver Good morning, beach volleyball fans, Years ago, Michael Phelps produced a phenomenal documentary titled The Weight of Gold, which digs into, amongst other things, the stress related to pursuing -- and even achieving -- an Olympic gold medal, or a medal of any color. While we are not in the documentary-producing business -- not yet, anyway -- we did have Melissa Humana-Paredes, she of the historic silver medal won in Paris alongside Brandie Wilkerson, on the...

Beach Volleyball Digest: Another Indoor League?! Marlie Monserez chats PVF; Valentina Gottardi MIC’D UP! Gabby Bourne’s debut upcoming

2025-01-20T13:14:38+00:00By |

January 20 How many leagues are there? Good morning, beach volleyball fans, We had a rare dip into the indoor volleyball waters this week when Marlie Monserez, a talent first at Florida then UCLA on the sand and now Atlanta Vibe of the PVF, on the pod. Naturally, I became more interested in the dueling professional women's indoor volleyball leagues, between the PVF, now in its second year, and LOVB, which made its debut this January. I was floored, then, when, on January 16, the PVF announced...

Beach Volleyball Digest: LA is Burning; SANDCAST Greatest Hits Series; FSU Studios’ debut

2025-01-13T18:30:09+00:00By |

January 13 Mother Nature: Undefeated Good morning, beach volleyball fans, This is typically a lighthearted and easy read of a newsletter. But after seeing all of the images from Los Angeles and, specifically, the Pacific Palisades, this past week, it's difficult to avoid a more somber tone. Miles Partain, Olympian and good friend of ours and the beach community, lost his home, as have dozens of friends from a church we went to in the Palisades. It's wild. Miles wrote a heartfelt post on...

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