Latest Pro beach volleyball Podcast Episodes
Mike Stormin' Normand - Part 3
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - November 17, 2023 18:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMike discusses: His coaching career, including time at Santa Monica Community College and an epic comeback against Orange Coast Community College and how instrumental all -time LEGEND Randy Stoklos was, some of the heaviest hitters he ever saw, how he developed indoors as a player at places ...
Mike Stormin' Normand - Part 2
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - November 17, 2023 02:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsStormin' Normand discusses: The brilliance of UCLA Coach Al Scates, the infamous "CIRCLE DRILL", "The Blue Curtain", CURL OFF in UCLA weight room against Trevor Schirman... His beach volleyball career, including epic 3rd place finish with the only guy with a mustache better than him,...
Mike Stormin' Normand - Part 1
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - October 16, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsStormin' Normand discusses: His youth as a kid, his time as a Green Beret in Vietnam, how he became interested in the sport, and his time at UCLA in '73 and '74. Support the show
Digger Graybill - Part 3
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - February 23, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDigger Discusses: - Some additional memories from his time as a player at San Diego State, including his recollection of how talented Duncan McFarland was, not to mention his other talented teammates he is honored to have played alongside with, how he transitioned from his playing career to ...
Jay Hanseth - Part 2
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - February 03, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJay Discusses: - The '84 player strike at the Jose Cuervo World Championships in Redondo Beach when he and Andy Fishburn crossed the picket line to win the tournament, WHY they did so, the repercussions they faced on multiple levels for years to follow, how he and Andy could have handled it ...
Digger Graybill - Part 2
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - January 28, 2022 20:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDigger discusses: - Reflections on relationships and friends from Manhattan Beach (Mike Cook, John Gonzalez, Mitch Malpee to name a few), competing indoors in the USVBA for Players Liquor and a fun "trip" competing in Mexico , relocating to San Diego and living on Mission Blvd, competing on ...
Art Alper Interview
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - January 19, 2022 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsArt Discusses: - Being an influence on fellow lefty Al Scates, growing up in Los Angeles and competing in basketball at Los Angeles high school, being a member of the UCLA Bruins basketball team for legendary coach John Wooden from '48-'51, and what it was like playing for him, learning the sp...
Digger Graybill - Part 1
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - January 18, 2022 23:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDigger discusses: - Growing up in Manhattan Beach in the 60's, some of his fellow volleyball players he got his start with in the sport, the humbling and exhilarating road of playing in his first tournament at Muscle Beach in '68, to ascending the ranking system from his B to AAA ranking over...
Jay Hanseth - Part 1
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - November 07, 2021 04:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJay Discusses: - His time at Pacific Palisades High School competing in volleyball and basketball as a Dolphin - '68-'70, and the amazing athletes that were there at the time, going to Sorrento Beach and seeing legends like Ron Von Hagen & Ron Lang play beach volleyball, and how BIG of an i...
Jay Hanseth - Part 1
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - November 02, 2021 01:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJay Discusses: - His time at Pacific Palisades High School competing in volleyball and basketball as a Dolphin - '68-'70, and the amazing athletes that were there at the time, going to Sorrento Beach and seeing legends like Ron Von Hagen & Ron Lang play beach volleyball, and how BIG of an i...
Alan Segal - Part 2
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - October 20, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAlan Discusses: - A memorable story from the '64 Laguna Beach Open where he witnessed what he considers to be one of , if not the greatest matches he's ever seen (Dave Bordwell & Nate Parrish vs. Ernie Suwara & Keith Erickson), a classic story of Chester Goss, his recollection of the best...
Alan Segal - Part 1
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - October 19, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAlan Discusses: - Growing up as a kid in the 50's in South Mission Beach, San Diego, and becoming a part of the surf and volleyball culture there, including hanging out with surfers like Mike Hynson (from the Bruce Brown film "The Endless Summer", and Skip Frye), the Mission Beach volleyball c...
Butch May - Part 8
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - September 02, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsButch Discusses: - Some of the better known women's players on the beach from years passed, including Connie Keller, Jean Brunicardi, Patti Steere, Johnette Latreille, Edie Conrad, Eileen Clancy, Kathy Gregory, Nina Gruenwinkel-Matthies, and Nancy Cohen to name a few, what made the mixed gam...
Butch May - Part 7
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - August 24, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsButch Discusses: - Mike O'Hara and his memories of him from the Hollywood YMCA and what made him an impressive indoor player, the time O'Hara asked Butch to play with him at Corona Del Mar in Butch's FIRST open tournament, including some memorable moments from that weekend in '65, Mike Bright...
Butch May _ Part 6
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - August 17, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsButch Discusses: - His two men's Open Wins with Rudy Suwara, and Dane Holtzman in Santa Cruz, and his recollection of both of them and what made them great players, his recollection of the '68 Manhattan Beach Open he played in with Mike Bright where they finished 3rd , and how amazing Rundle...
Butch May - Part 5
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - August 04, 2021 04:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsButch Discusses: - The Mixed game, Eileen Clancy and seeing how talented she was as a young 10 year old kid playing with Jack Jensen, and the fact that she could drink a beer like no one's business, and asked her to play, a classic Butch and Barbara May Marine street mixed open story when the...
Butch May - Part 4
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - August 03, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsButch Discusses: - The 2020 Olympics, including his take on the USA women's indoor team thus far, the USA men's indoor team and where they need to improve moving forward, and which indoor teams he thinks are the favorites to medal. He then touches on the beach volleyball games, what went wro...
Butch May - Part 3
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - July 09, 2021 03:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsButch Discusses: - MUSCLE BEACH. The players that played there over the years he was there, the eclectic group of people from ALL walks of life that hung out there ( body builders, gymnasts, mobsters, pro sport athletes, war heroes, successful business owners, you name it), the CHARACTERS...
Butch May - Part 2
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - June 07, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsButch Discusses: - More details on the '64 Olympic Team, including the FLAWED selection process, how talented Gene Selznick and Keith Erickson were, his recollection as a young beach player trying to "break in" at Muscle, Sorrento, and State Beach, and some CLASSIC stories of "who was who" at...
Butch May - Part 1
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - June 02, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsButch Discusses: - The patriotic story of how he got his nick name "BUTCH" while still in the womb, his start in the sport as a high school kid growing up in Hawaii, and seeing the talented players at the Outrigger, and Hawaiian Village, including an epic story of sneaking in the Outrigger a...
Ron Von Hagen on the INFAMOUS 1968 Manhattan Beach Open
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - June 01, 2021 02:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRon Von Hagen shares his recollection of the infamous 1968 Manhattan Beach Open where he and Ron Lang BATTLED Larry Rundle & Henry Bergmann for 7 plus hours between the Winners bracket finals, and FINALS, where they were dead even until it got dark and Lang couldn't see the ball. Amazing.......
Dennis Hare - Part 7 (Conclusion)
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - April 17, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDennis Discusses: - How he made a living after his volleyball career concluded, running beach volleyball clinics, and selling his amazing art work while living out of his van, how grateful he is for his amazing wife Barbara, and some of his dearest friends: Digger Graybill, and the late Ge...
Tom Sorensen - Part 3 (Conclusion)
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - April 12, 2021 04:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTom Discusses: - Some great stories after his volleyball career working as a bar tender here in downtown, Milwaukee Wisconsin at The Rock Bottom, and Miller Time Pub including , including meeting SO many of his former teammates, peers, and volleyball people he met over the years!, his trans...
Tom Sorensen - Part 2
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - April 10, 2021 02:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTom Discusses: - His transition after graduating from Pepperdine to trying out and making the USA Men's National team as a Starter, memories from his time playing on the USA Men's National team, including the HIGHS and LOWS over those years from '93 though '00, his recollections of the '96 O...
Tom Sorensen - Part 2
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - April 10, 2021 02:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTom Discusses: - His transition after graduating from Pepperdine to trying out and making the USA Men's National team as a Starter, memories from his time playing on the USA Men's National team, including the HIGHS and LOWS over those years from '93 though '00, his recollections of the '96 O...
Tom Sorensen - Part 1
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - April 07, 2021 01:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTom Discusses: - His youth growing up in Racine, Wisconsin, and his start in the sport playing at Racine Case high school for his cousin/COACH Gary Sorensen, the talented Wisconsin players he looked up to in his youth, the MOMENT he realized he was capable of playing division 1 collegiate vo...
Jan Kvalheim - Part 4 (Conclusion)
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - March 27, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJan Discusses: - The BEST diggers he faced on the FIVB tour, BEST BLOCKERS, all around BEST PLAYERS he faced, and the MOST SPECTACULAR players he competed against that he loved to watch, his view from an international player's perspective of the GOOD things that came from the FIVB, what he...
Jan Kvalheim - Part 3
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - March 19, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJan Discusses: - Memories from his and partner Bjorn Maaseide's 7 wins on the FIVB tour (including receiving FIVB gold medals from Jane Fonda at an event) :), his memories from both the '96 Atlanta, and '00 Sydney Beach Volleyball Olympics, including some insightful and visceral Olympic ...
Jan Kvalheim - Part 2
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - March 15, 2021 02:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJan Discusses: - His start on the FIVB tour alongside partner Bjorn Maaseide, what the experience was like, including the challenges they faced early on as young upstarts, the established players they faced and were inspired by, and the importance of "believing in yourself and your partner", ...
Dennis Hare - Part 6.
GODS to GHOSTS Volleyball - March 02, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDennis Discusses: - His thoughts on the beach volleyball game we see today compared to when he played, how his book The Art of Beach Volleyball came about, what he's most proud of from his career, what he's up to now days in 2021, including how GRATEFUL he is for his wife Barbara, his amazin...
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