Tri Bourne entered the 2023 AVP Manhattan Beach Open looking for a rare three-peat: Three consecutive Manhattan Beach Open victories. Three straight appearances on the Manhattan Beach Pier. A weekend that began with a celebratory Pier ceremony ended in disappointment, heartbreak — and also a bit of Hawaiian aloha, as Taylor Crabb alas put his name on the Pier, getting the coveted Manhattan Beach Open title.
Come behind the scenes of Tri Bourne’s 2023 MBO
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Author, journalist, podcast host, and broadcaster, Travis Mewhirter has written 4 number-one bestsellers — including Kings of Summer: The Rise of Beach Volleyball, alongside Olympic gold medalist Kent Steffes. He has also written award-winning features, including a package at the Northwest Florida Daily News that earned him Sports Writer of the Year, and a heartfelt story on the late Eric Zaun in Volleyball Magazine, which was an honorable mention in the 2020 Best American Sportswriting.
Following the passing of Eric Zaun, Mewhirter, alongside Jon Mesko and Katie Spieler, founded the Eric Zaun Award, which has raised more than 25 thousand to fund beach volleyball players.
Mewhirter now devotes most of his time to playing and covering beach volleyball, via his podcast: SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, as well as writing for Volleyball Magazine and commentating on Volleyball TV. Mewhirter and Bourne have written two books together: Volleyball for Milkshakes, and Playbook of Champions, both of which were number-one best-sellers.
