SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter where, SURPRISE! We are in town again, as Miles Partain has subbed Mewhirter in for the injured Jacob LaBouliere for this week's AVP Laguna Beach Open. We're previewing the final AVP of the year, chatting:

• Can Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft win again after storming through the Hermosa Open?
• Will Andy Benesh and Taylor Crabb complete the California swe...

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, where we are at Casa de Crabb, sitting down with Taylor Crabb and Trevor Crabb to discuss the possibility of a U.S. Olympic Trial for beach volleyball -- and everything that's wrong with it.

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Welcome back to SANDCAST, where Travis Mewhirter breaks down the recent Hermosa Beach Open presented by Wedbush Securities, where:

• Megan Kraft finally did it, winning her first professional tournament
• Kelly Cheng won her THIRD STRAIGHT Hermosa, becoming the first to do so since Barb Fontana in 1981, 82, 83
• Andy Benesh and Taylor Crabb won via forfeit over Miles Partain and Jacob LaBouliere, furthering the theory that maybe the...

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, where we are previewing the Hermosa Open, which promises to be the strongest field on American soil in 2026. Why? International players are hitting the South Bay in force, including Stefan Boermans, Raisa Schoon, Katja Stam, Maria Gonzalez, Allanis Navas, Reka Orsi Toth, Leon Luini, Alejandro Huerta, Robin Seidl, the Bello Brothers, and more.

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Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, where we answer all of your fan questions in our August Mailbag, including:

• With Anders Mol going indoor, what other beach players would make for a good indoor volleyball team?
• Is USA holding an Olympic trial?
• On that note, when does Olympic qualifying begin and how will it work?
• Will there be any partnership changes in USA Volleyball prior to the...

Welcome back to SANDCAST, where we are in the stands of the Gilles Villeneuve, home of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Montreal Elite previewing what is the final scheduled beach volleyball event of the 2026 season. We're chatting:

• Can Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson win a third straight gold medal at home?
• Anders Mol and Christian Sorum are looking to do the same -- in the last event we will see from them unt...

The boys are FINALLY back together, for the first and last time of 2026, as Tri Bourne, Travis Mewhirter, and Trevor Crabb and family shoot the breeze in a family reunion episode. What do we talk about? A little bit of everything, using Tri's road trip as the backbone of the episode. It's a long and winding and tremendously fun ride.

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They were inevitable. Both of them.
Amid all the carnage, amid all those upsets, amid the second-highest seeded semifinal in Manhattan Beach Open history, Kristen Cruz and Taryn Brasher remained inevitable. A third straight MBO title, a feat only Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor have done before. A championship won without dropping a set, a feat not accomplished since April Ross and Jen Fopma did so in 2015.
Amid ...

Kyle Friend is back in his home studio talking about the 2026 Manhattan Beach Open, or 2026 MBO. It was a wild survival Saturday at the MBO, where no shortage of insanity occurred, such as:

• Paul Lotman dislocating his shoulder...and still winning, thanks in large part to Miles Partain going superhuman. They're now in the semifinals
• Maddie Anderson and Alaina Chacon, the 12 seeds, being joined by Torrey Van Winden and Abby Van ...

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, where Kyle Friend is previewing the 2026 Manhattan Beach Open or, for short, the MBO 2026. He's chatting:

• TKN's potential three-peat
• Phil Dalhausser and Taylor Sander playing together
• Can Andy Benesh and Taylor Crabb get on the Pier for the first time?

And more!

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter features Terese Cannon. We talk about:

• Her long road to recovery from a shoulder surgery
• Why being a great partner has led her to so much success
• The gratitude she's found for the game in her absence
• What her plans look like coming back to the game

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Kyle Friend and Denise Austin chat a wild ride at the Hamburg Elite, where:

• Nils Ehlers and Lui Wust stole the show with a stunning gold medal
• Nina Brunner and Tanja Huberli won another Hamburg gold

And a whole lot more

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This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter features Corinne Quiggle, a veteran on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour and AVP Tour. We chat about:

• Yes, when Corinne and Chloe Loreen were snubbed by the AVP League selections
• Why she still loves traveling internationally, after all these years
• What makes Kristen Cruz and Taryn Brasher so dang hard to beat
• The role of sponsors in beach volleyb...

Welcome back to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, where Travis Mewhirter is recapping the Rio Elite. Starting off the top, however, breaking news: Anders Mol has signed an indoor contract with the Italian Club Verona, so there's that. And:

• Martins Plavins and Kristians Fokerots make everything look easy
• Katja Stam and Raisa Schoon shine with their first Elite gold medal since Doha of 2023
• The French men are rising, with a si...

Welcome, or BEMVINDO! to the Rio Elite, where Travis Mewhirter is back in his SANDCAST Hotel Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, talking:

• Carol and Rebecca on an absolute tour de force in Rio, where nobody has even scored more than 15 points on them yet
• Evan Cory and Derek Bradford shining with a 2-1 pool play performance and a huge win over Andre and Renato
• The USA Volleyball women pushing 8 teams into the round of 16
• An UNBELIEV...

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter or, as they say in the local language here in Rio de Janeiro, BEMVINDO!

We are on site for the Rio Elite, previewing and chatting:

• How the Rio Elite is a heavyweight battle between the USA and Brazilian women
• Whether this is the final sendoff of James Shaw and Miles Partain
• The wide open men's field, which does not include David Ahman and Jonatan H...

Welcome back to SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, where, for the first time the entire year, Travis is back in the studio, where he's hanging with Kyle Friend, answering all of your fan questions for the July Mailbag. A sampler:

• Is Russia back on the Beach Pro Tour?
• How is Olympic qualifying going to work for LA 2028?
• Is there a fall event or not for the Beach Pro Tour?
• Have Chase Budinger and Tr...

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Miles Partain, who has rekindled his passion for the game of beach volleyball. We're sitting down in Gstaad, chatting:

• How Miles has rediscovered his love of volleyball again
• His partnership with James Shaw
• How a baseball pitching coach has changed his offensive game in beach volleyball
• When he is going to solidify his partnership decisio...

This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter -- and Kyle Friend, in this case -- features Savvy Cory, who is currently having the best year of her career alongside her former UCLA teammate Devon Newberry.

Chapters with Savvy Cory, Kyle Friend, and Tri Bourne
00:00 Reconnecting and Reflecting on Recent Travels
02:54 The Challenges of Competitive Volleyball
06:02 Understanding the Point ...