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Tri and Trevor pull it off at Long Beach
They were in the zone. They felt the energy. They did it! Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb claimed the last title of the 2020 AVP season by beating oldies Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the final of the Porsche Cup. Though losing the final, Dalhausser/Lucena won the...
Business as usual in Long Beach: Phil Dalhausser claims 100th title
It was the same teams as last week, sometimes even the same brackets as in the first edition of the AVP Champions Cup Series. You might wanna blame the format of the series but in the end it goes deeper. The entire competition did also say a lot about the current...
AVP Wilson Cup: Top-seeds on track
The recently formed new partnerships in the US are still struggling to challenge the established teams. With no major Saturday upsets to report from the AVP Champions Cup Series, the top teams are all on track to some well-known finals. Will the Wilson Cup see the...
Top seeds walk into AVP Long Beach semifinals – World champs struggle
It was a rather relaxed Saturday for the top-seeded men’s teams in Long Beach. In the first event of the AVP Champions Cup Series, 2008 Olympic champion Phil Dalhausser and his partner Nick Lucena posted two straight wins to advance to the semifinal. The number-1...
AVP Legend John Hyden about Hyden Beach, the Wizard of Oz and his new partner
John Hyden The AVP Legend on Hyden Beach, the Wizard of Oz & his new partnerJohy Hyden is just back from the court. Not from training for the upcoming AVP Champions Cup but from coaching a group of girls. John has recently opened his own beach volleyball training...
Professional beach volleyball resuming in Europe
Europe is currently entering a post-lockdown phase after most of public life had come to a halt in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With restrictions being eased in many European countries, beach volleyball in public places has already resumed in some European...
New decade, new game ball: Wilson AVP Optx beach volleyball
It has just been officially launched and we were lucky enough to already get a hold of the new AVP Optx game ball by Wilson. Being introduced for the pro players at last September’s AVP Hawaii event, the new model has already been widely discussed by professional and...
Gibb/Crabb also take AVP Hawaii defying match point to qualifiers Brunner/Hyden
The 2019 AVP season ended with some spectacular beach volleyball at Waikiki. In a tournament that saw almost no upsets, Jake Gibb/ Taylor Crabb and Canadian world champs Pavan/Humana-Paredes claimed the last titles of the season at the AVP Hawaii. The semifinals on...
Gibb/Crabb take the long road to claim Chicago title – Sweet revenge for A-Team
They had to take the long road but in the end it was Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb who won the golden volleyball trophy. In the final of the AVP Chicago Gold Series Championships they defeated legends Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in straight sets. The 1st set was all...
A-Team wins early classic matchup in Chicago – Priddy/Crabb in losers bracket
After the first day of the AVP Chicago Gold Series Championships did mainly bring surprises on the men’s side, Saturday morning saw another episode of this season’s classic matchup on the women’s side. In round 3 of the winners bracket, A-Team Alix Klineman and April...
Indoor Olympian Reid Priddy & Trevor Crabb win AVP Manhattan Beach
It was for the first time that indoor Olympian Reid Priddy teamed up with Trevor Crabb whose partner Tri Bourne is still suffering from his broken hand incident at the Vienna Major. And the new duo claimed the iconic AVP Manhattan Beach title right away. On "Super...
There are many commentators…but there is only one Dain Blanton
It is the 2018 Fort Lauderdale Major. Men’s quarterfinals. Dalhausser/ Lucena against Brouwer/ Meeuwsen. The FIVB (co-)commentator is summarizing an exciting match that ended with a win for the Americans: “Phil turned to the top spin serve, this was the defining...
