SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

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SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter episodes

August 19 The Family Reunion
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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52 min
August 17 MBO Recap: Cruz-Brasher, Crabb-Benesh Go Thanos Mode: INEVITABLE
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 all the carnage, amid all those upsets, amid the No. 1 seed dropping in the first round, Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh remained inevitable. A ninth straight MBO championship match that featured a Crabb. An eleventh straight that featured a Hawaiian who cut his teeth at the Outrigger Canoe Club. A second Manhattan title for Crabb, the first for Benesh. A title won without dropping a set, a feat not accomplished since Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena did so in 2015.
It's not often in sports that there are two teams of their respective genders who can, with near unanimity, be viewed as the undisputed best.
Kristen Cruz and Taryn Brasher are the best women’s beach volleyball team in the world, and there is scant little evidence to the contrary.
Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh are the best men’s beach volleyball team in the United States, and there is, objectively speaing, zero evidence to the contrary: A perfect 11-0 record on domestic soil and two AVP titles in the 2026 season.
The fact that both teams pulled off an unblemished run to a Manhattan Beach Open title while the rest of the favorites wavered and fell to surprising contenders speaks further to their separation from the rest of the field. Cruz and Brasher had just three sets all tournament decided by two points, while the final was a comfortable 21-18, 21-16 victory over No. 2 Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft.
Crabb and Benesh were somehow even smoother, blasting opponents by a total of 80 points, smothering Gage Basey and Thomas Hurst, 21-14, 21-13 in a match it seemed the underdogs had no chance. Maybe they didn’t.
Maybe no one did.
This was the year of the inevitable, the proverbial unstoppable forces meeting no immovable objects. Every team was movable, malleable, bending and bowing to the wills of Cruz and Brasher, Crabb and Benesh. Didn’t matter that this was alas the tournament Gage and Basey proved their flash and sizzle could perform at the highest level of the AVP. Didn’t matter that Cheng and Kraft were playing as well as they have played in their fantastic new partnership. Didn’t matter that Abby Van Winkle and Torrey Van Winden were on a run sprinkled with pixie dust, and that Chaim Schalk and James Shaw had found that something that propelled them to Elite medals in 2025.
They were Thanos, both.
And when they snapped their fingers, they left in their wake a field vanquished, a landscape dominated.
They left with their names scheduled to be etched into the Manhattan Pier.
They left as the most inevitable champions in more than a decade.
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24 min
August 16Madness in Manhattan! Upsets, Underdogs, And Big Dogs Set Stage for Thrilling Sunday
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 Winkle, the 14 seeds in a wacky women's semifinal
Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh looking like the best men's team in the United States. It's now their tournament to lose
And a whole lot more
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12 min
August 13MBO Preview! TKN's Potential Three-Peat; Phil and Sander?! Can Benesh or Partain Get On the Pier?
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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14 min
August 12Terese Cannon's Long Road Back to Beach Volleyball
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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1 hr 9 min
August 09Hamburg Recap! Ehlers-Wust, And a Most Fateful Victory
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
SHOOTS!
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25 min
August 05Corinne Quiggle Is Living Her Best International Beach Volleyball Life
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 volleyball, and how Corinne has mastered the art of it
And a whole lot more. Fun to be back in the studio!!
SHOOTS!
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1 hr 27 min
August 03RIO RECAP: Anders Goes Indoor?! Plavins-Fokerots Make It Look Easy; Stam-Schoon Shine
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 silver for Remi Daubas and Calvin Aye, and a bronze for Arnaud Gauthier-Rat and Teo Rotar
Another medal for Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft, their third in six tournaments and second in a row
SHOOTS!
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17 min
August 01Can Anyone Stop Carol and Rebecca? Partain-Shaw Show Up Big; USA Women Storming Rio
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 UNBELIEVABLE lucky loser match between Israel and Argentina you absolutely have to see
SHOOTS!
We have a NEW BOOK! Pre-order your copy of Volleyball for Dummies today at Barnes and Noble!
Get 25 PERCENT off and FREE SHIPPING on all Mikasa products with our code, SANDCAST and play with the ball. played with the best in the game. Head to Mikasa's website and get your bag of balls today!
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16 min
July 29Rio Preview! The Heavyweight Clash of USA vs. Brazil
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 Hellvig, Jacob Holting-Nilsson and Elmer Andersson, Anders Mol and Christian Sorum, and Bartosz Losiak and Michal Bryl
Why Kelly Cheng and Megan Kraft are Travis' favorites to win
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13 min

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