This Beach Volleyball Party Is Last Weekend Of July By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger The beach party is back. The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) is returning to Hermosa Beach in the summer of 2020. The tour has announced the Hermosa Beach Open tournament will take place the weekend of July 24-26. Play runs from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., on … [Read more...]
Shark’s Cove Hosting AVP Parties During Manhattan Beach Open Weekend
Dig It In These Downtown Bars During The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger We all know about Shellback Tavern as the "off-the-beach" bar, where people line up to go inside and pound down pitchers of beer during AVP weekend for the Manhattan Beach Open. But just up the street another party is taking place. Shark's … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: L.A. Visitors, Go To The AVP Manhattan Beach Open
The 'Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball' A Big Part Of The Los Angeles South Bay Culture By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger When traveling, I always like to find something of local culture, something unique to the area that lets me know I'm in some place other than home. Now some might joke that in order to do that in Los Angeles, all you have to do is … [Read more...]
Hey Hermosa Beach, Remember Those Great Post-AVP Parties At Sangria!?
Beach Volleyball Players & Fans Partied In A Fun Post-Tournament Celebration By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger They were the stuff of legend, often more fun than even the action on the beach and the bars the previous days and nights. The weekend highlight of the AVP beach volleyball tournaments of the past were not necessarily the … [Read more...]
AVP Tour Returns To Hermosa Beach For 2018 Hermosa Open
Pro Beach Volleyball Has Two Tournaments In The L.A South Bay Cities After a successful event in 2017, the AVP pro beach volleyball tour is returning to Hermosa Beach in 2018. The Association of Volleyball Professionals hits the sand the weekend of July 26-29. Once again, mecca of beach volleyball in the USA has two events in the Los Angeles South Bay. The AVP … [Read more...]
AVP Hermosa Beach Open 2019 Everything You Need To Know
Pro Beach Volleyball Tour Dates, Times, Location & Social Scene By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The pro beach volleyball tour known as the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP), is back in Hermosa Beach, CA. Once a traditional tour stop for more than 25 years, the AVP returned last year and it was such a success, it's returning … [Read more...]
Club AVP Skydeck Provides Bird’s Eye View Of Manhattan Beach Open
NFL-Style Skybox Is A VIP Way To Watch The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball By Kevin Wilkerson, Manhattan Beach Blogger The Manhattan Beach Open sure has come a long way from its first event in 1960. No longer are fans huddled around a couple of courts and then being asked to run to their cars and turn on the lights so the final matches can be played. Instead, there's … [Read more...]
Pier Walk Of Fame Ceremony Starts The AVP Manhattan Beach Open Weekend
The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball's Kickoff Event Recognizes Event's Storied History By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Manhattan Beach Blogger There are players on the sand before the first Bloody Marys are being served at Shellback Tavern, but the official start of the Manhattan Open, the AVP pro beach volleyball tournament known as the "Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball" … [Read more...]
Rosie’s Raiders Are The AVP Beach Volleyball’s Best Fans
This Raiders Nation Cheers For Sean Rosenthal With The Passion Of Some Of The Top Fans In Sports By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger They are the loud, proud – and funny – hecklers and fans of the sport, beach volleyball's version of Cleveland's Dawg Pound, Duke University's Cameron Crazies and, well, the NFL's Raiders Nation. They are Rosie's Raiders, a group of … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament 2017 Event & Dates
WHAT: The return of the AVP Tour to Hermosa Beach, a California community where beach volleyball is a way of life. The event is free tho some reserved seats are available for purchase. WHERE: Hermosa Beach Pier THE SCENE: Some of the world's top professional players compete on the sand in one of the tour's top tournaments. Local fans and weekend players turn out in the … [Read more...]
AVP Tour Returns To Hermosa Beach For First Time Since 2010
Pro Beach Volleyball Tournament Is Back And So Is The 'Rosie's Raiders' Fan Club By Kevin Wilkerson, Hermosa Beach Blogger Beach volleyball is back in Hermosa Beach, CA. Actually it never left, as evidenced everyday on courts from 1st to 35 streets, the fact there are tournaments nearly every weekend and top pros like Phil Daulhausser practice here on a regular … [Read more...]
AVP 2017 Schedule Beach Volleyball Tournaments USA Locations
Hermosa Beach Returns As Tour Goes From New York To California The 2017 Association of Volleyball Professional (AVP) is going coast-co-coast as its 2917 schedule includes a stop in New York and a return to an iconic location in Southern California. The tour begins May 4-7 in Huntington Beach, visits New York City on June 8-11, revisits Hermosa Beach for the first time … [Read more...]
AVP Manhattan Beach 2016 Sets Dates For Mid-July
The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball Leads Into Summer Olympics The most prestigious tournament of them all, the Manhattan Open, will play its 2016 event on the weekend of July 14-17. Known for decades as the "Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball" because of its status with the players , it will be at the Manhattan Beach pier and is an official Association of Volleyball … [Read more...]
Summer Beach Volleyball Dates Set For Hermosa And Manhattan Beach
Hermosa And Manhattan Open, Smackfest, 6-Man And The Gills 2013 It's not summer in Southern California unless there are beach volleyball tournaments and here's the dates for the key pro (and fun) ones in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach. • SMACKFEST: JULY 20 North side of Hermosa Beach Pier to 15th Street What a way to start the South Bay summer of beach volleyball! It's … [Read more...]
Pro Beach Volleyball Returns For Manhattan Open & Hermosa
NBA's Kevin Love Joins Pros Back at the Beach in August and September, Though It's Not the AVP Beach volleyball, as much a part of the culture of the South Bay as surfing and Taco Tuesday, is back for 2011. It's not the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) but a new three-tour series that starts with the Manhattan Open the end of August and hits Hermosa Beach in … [Read more...]