Travis Mewhirter's Blog, page 8
November 4, 2018
Fly Eagle Fly: Ed Ratledge hits his peak at 41
This feature story on Ed Ratledge originally appeared in DiG Magazine’s summer issue. To subscribe, go to its website here. He bounced and he bounced,...
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October 31, 2018
NORCECA Martinique: Finding bliss on the other side of fear
I’m standing in an airport in Guadalupe, and I am – to borrow a phrase the kids are using these days – “low key” freaking...
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October 27, 2018
Dane Selznick on becoming the tournament director for p1440
Dane Selznick has seen it all. Seen every last one of beach volleyball’s many evolutions. He was there when players competed for little more than...
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October 25, 2018
John Rodriguez: Refs are people too!
Nick Lucena winked, and only one person in the stadium could have possibly seen it: Head ref John Rodriguez. Lucena had always been known for...
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October 24, 2018
Jeff Alzina, the architect of beach volleyball powers
In 1997, there were six, maybe seven, countries with beach volleyball coaches for their national teams. One of them had never coached beach volleyball. Jeff...
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October 23, 2018
Anders Mol and Christian Sorum: Winning American crowds…against Americans
John Mayer stood outside the player’s tent, not looking particularly disappointed despite being knocked out of the Huntington Beach Open less than an hour prior....
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October 5, 2018
2018 beach takeaways, part three: “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
One of the most important pieces of literature I’ve read was written by a 13-year-old girl, from an attic in the Netherlands. Her name was...
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October 4, 2018
2018 beach takeaways, part two: Do What Works For You
Welcome to part two of my takeaways from the 2018 beach volleyball season, inspired by Geena Urango and Jeremy Casebeer, who did a three-part takeaway...
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October 2, 2018
Three takeaways heading into the beach volleyball “off-season”
It is perhaps the greatest myth of fall in California, when everyone involved in the sport of beach volleyball posts about this so-called “off-season.” There...
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September 23, 2018
When mountains fall
Part of me had to laugh. Couldn’t help it. We had just spread my grandfather’s ashes off the third green at a golf course outside...
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