Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb successfully defended their Manhattan Beach Open title. The second-seeded team cruised to a 21-17, 21-14 victory in the final over top-seeded Theo Brunner and Chaim Schalk. It was Bourne's third straight Manhattan Open championship. He became the first male player to win most coveted title in beach volleyball three straight times since Olympic … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Smackfest Still At Its Peak After Nearly 30 Years
By The Kevbeaux, PubClub.com You know how it is, you go to a big-time party event that's been going on for many years and say to your friends when it's now just so-so, "well it's not as good as it used to be anymore." We all have that t-shirt. Or you go to an event that you've heard about for years, only to be disappointed in it. When you mention this to some random … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Volleyball News & Events: Smackfest 2021 Sold Out
Summertime Schedule Has Several Tournaments & Hot Happenings The summer's biggest and best beach party in the Los Angeles South Bay Beach Cities – the whacky dress-up beach volleyball tournament known as Smackfest is not just on for 2021 but it has already set a record. It sold out in record time, less than 8 hours. So if you want to play you had better find … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2021 Hermosa Beach Date For Beach Volleyball Costume Tournament
One Of The Top South Bay Events Scheduled To Return In July By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The crazy, costumed, team-themed beach volleyball tournament known as Smackfest is back on the South Bay social calendar. Canceled last year due to COVID-19, the event has a date for 2021 at the pier in Hermosa Beach, CA.. It is scheduled for … [Read more...]
The New (And Confusing) Beach Volleyball Rules In LA County & Hermosa Beach
Following The Bouncing Ball On What Is And Is Not Allowed With This Popular Southern California Sport By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger You can play, you can't play but don't worry for it's not being enforced but wait, police are taking down nets and poles and threatening $1,000 fines, but that's not supposed to be happening according to local … [Read more...]
Beach Volleyball Is Back In Hermosa Beach And Manhattan Beach (In A Way)
Lifestyle Sport Returns After COVID-19 Shutdown By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Hermosa Beach Blogger The soundtrack of the South Bay – the familiar "thump, thump, thump-thump-thump" of beach volleyballs being hit from morning until sunset – is back in Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach, CA. People are on the sand playing beach volleyball again, a welcome … [Read more...]
Beach Volleyball Not Part Of LA County’s Plan To Reopen Beaches
The Strand To Remained Closed To Walking, Running & Bicycle Riding By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger LA County beaches are opening again, but with restrictions and minus one key element of the South Bay cities – beach volleyball. That's not such a big deal in Santa Monica and Long Beach – nor at the LA-Ventura County line where surfing is king – but it is … [Read more...]
AVP Announces Date For 2020 Hermosa Beach Open Volleyball Tournament
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...]
Smackfest 2019 XXV Hermosa Beach A Wild Success – Review With Live Videos
Costume-Themed Beach Volleyball Celebrates Silver Anniversary In Style By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com South Bay Blogger The teams filled up the courts at early as 8 a.m., dressed as pirates and wenches, airline crews and some in tutus – there was even a chicken coop – and they smacked volleyballs all over the sand in Hermosa Beach in Southern … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger’s Daily Blog: Sunset Beach Volleyball
'I Went Over To The Court And Joined The Party...' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Seeing a great sunset is a wonderful thing, but doing something while seeing it is even better. That is why, as a beautiful Friday was ending, I crossed The Strand in Hermosa Beach, Cali, and joined in a group that was playing beach volleyball. This was a … [Read more...]
Mizuno Beach Volley Marathon 2019 Has The World’s Biggest Beach Party
Volleyball Tournament In Italy Features 2,500 Teams & A Nightlife Experience Officials of the Mizuno Beach Volley Marathon – a huge beach volleyball tournament in Bibione, Italy, near Venice – are hosting what they call the "world's biggest beach party" in September. More than 20,000 people will be on the beach on the Veneto coast dancing to a DJ in a scene … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Lifestyle Blog: Ace Beach Volleyball Explained
'Kiss My Ace' Tournament Showcases The Fun Version Of This Sport By Ray Dussault, PubClub.com Blogger Contributor It was a beautiful spring day in the South Bay with a bright sun shining, the air comfortably warm and only a light breeze messing with the trajectory of the many volleyballs being hit on the courts all along the sand. It was also the third in a … [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...]
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...]
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...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2017 Returns To Weekend For One Day
Costume Beach Volleyball Tournament To Continue As Part Of Surfest The Manhattan Beach Charlie Saikley 6-man is returning to a weekend for 2017, at least for a day. The city council unanimously approved moving the dates to Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4-5. It had previously been scheduled for Thursday and Friday the 3rd and 4th. "I had always assumed that we were not … [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...]
Manhattan Beach Open AVP Beach Volleyball Tournament
WHAT: The 2016 Manhattan Beach Open – otherwise known as the Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball – features the world's top players, some of whom are headed to the Rio Olympics. SINGLES SCENE: Very good to potentially outstanding. Better for girls than guys (due to the larger number of men at this event). Excellent action in the bars, especially Shellback Tavern. SCHEDULE: … [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...]
Beach Volleyball Lingerace Lingerie Tournament Santa Monica
200 Girls In Lingerie & A Nightlife Party The fourth annual charity beach volleyball tournament will be held at Ocean Park, Santa Monica Sunday, Sept. 27. This sexy event in which people dress in provocative bikinis and board shorts - and some in lingerie – brings in 300 athletes and thousands of spectators. to Santa Monica. And guys, there's 200+ girls in … [Read more...]
WSOBV Beach Volleyball Bud Light Beer Garden Bikinis & Babes
Bud Light Girls, Bikini Contest And A PubClubette Enhance The Party Scene When there was not action on the courts, there was plenty of it in the Bud Light beer garden at the inaugural World Series of Beach Volleyball, a week-long tournament held in Long Beach from July 22-28. There were two big, portable bars brought in just for the event, beer (of course) and a full bar … [Read more...]
World Series Of Beach Volleyball A True Beach Party Scene Review
Bud Light Beer Garden, World-Class Volleyball And 6-Man Make Event A Success The music pumped all day, the beer flowed, Team Magnum p.i., and Fletch were battling it out for the 6-man championship and there were lots of girls in bikinis and dudes in board shorts. One could not help but get a flashback to the prime days of the Manhattan Beach 6-man tournament, back … [Read more...]
World Series Of Beach Volleyball Party Bus From Hermosa Beach
Beer On The Bus, A Beer Garden, Bikini Contest And Live Music Await In Long Beach There will be a party bus running from Hermosa Beach to Long Beach for the biggest beach party of the year. The event is the World Series of Beach Volleyball, an event featuring the planet's top pros in a USA-vs-the-world format, plus the fun weekend players from the South Bay in their own … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2013 Hermosa Beach A Fun And Calm Party
Costume Beach Volleyball Tournament A South Bay Singles Highlight The 20th annual Smackfest was like all the other ones, and that means one thing: FUN!!! The costume coed beach volleyball tournament, held July 20, filled up the sand south of the pier in Hermosa Beach, CA, and fulfilled people's expectations of a great time. There were players in chicken suits, grass … [Read more...]
Smackfest 2013 Hermosa Beach Party Events & Bars Schedule
Fun Beach Coed Volleyball Tournament Lasts All Week It's a full week of fun for one of the top social events of the South Bay in LA's Beach Cities. It's Smackfest week! There are drink specials at the bars (since Bud Light is prime event sponsor, expect a lot of specials on bottled and draft beers at the bars), free gear, prizes, and lots more. The team captains meeting … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man 2013 Registration Open For Teams
Beach Volleyball Event Takes Place On Wednesday And Thursday If you want to put a team into Manhattan Beach's Charlie Saikley 6-man beach volleyball tournament, I highly recommend you do so before July 1. After that date, registration prices increase significantly. Unless you are a corporate team; that fee stays the same but it's expensive enough to begin with, at least … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach City Council Approves Smackfest Beach Volleyball Event
Costume Tournament Passes By A 4-1 Vote Smackfest will be allowed to turn 20. The creative, whacky and harmless fun beach volleyball tournament that has been the summer highlight of the area's weekend amateur players, has been approved by the Hermosa Beach City Council. It was a 4-1 vote and while some restrictions apply – there were fears of it becoming "another 6-man" – … [Read more...]
Surfest/6-Man Manhattan Beach Signup Deadline Extended
Beach Volleyball Party Gets Deflated By Tuesday-Wednesday Schedule This is what happens when you take a popular weekend event and move it to the middle of the week. You lose people. And, as a result, you lose revenue. In this case, it's a whacky event called Surfest, but known locally as the 6-man. It's a combination of Halloween and beach volleyball, an ideal marriage of … [Read more...]
Jose Cuervo/Bud Light Lime Hermosa Open 2011 Review & Photos
Pro Beach Volleyball's Return to Hermosa Beach is a Return to Local Culture At least we have pro beach volleyball! It's not the AVP and its in September instead of June, July or August, and the top players are elsewhere, but we'll take it. Southern California culture is revived and survived with the Jose Cuervo/Bud Light Lime Hermosa Beach Open at the Hermosa Beach Pier … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Open Downtown Bar Scene During Beach Volleyball Tournament
The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball Means Busy Bars In This Southern California City More important than who wins the Manhattan Beach Open is can we get into the bars! That's the attitude of many people who goes to this annual event at the pier of this lively Southern California beach city a few miles south of Los Angeles International … [Read more...]
Party Weekend In Manhattan Beach and The South Bay
Manhattan Open, the Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball, and Trump Wine & Beer Festival Are Big Events Here's a look at what's happening on this VERY happening weekend in Manhattan Beach, CA. Actually, it spills over onto beautiful Palos Verdes with a relatively new event to the South Bay, one that is quickly becoming a "must do" affair for the entire … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach 6-Man Sangria Players Post Party Photos
The Annual Event, Hosted by Bud Light and Team Magnum P.I., Proves Volleyball Players Can Bring The Heat to The Partying Scene Volleyball players really know how to party. And the time they do it best is after tournaments. One of the great highlights of living in the LA South Bay Beach Cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach are the Sunday … [Read more...]