Digger 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 the real world as a High School Teacher and Coach , including coaching volleyball for the girls program at Hoover HS in San Diego, and recruiting Tod Mattox to help coach, and the LIFELONG friendship...

Jay 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 better in hindsight,  getting back in the good graces of their peers later on,  the talent level of young lions Scott Ayakatubby  & Brent Frohoff and the influence Karch had on each of them when he...

Digger 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 the men's indoor volleyball team for San Diego State in '71 & '72,  starting and running the Mission Beach Volleyball clinics in '73 alongside friends and teammates,  being the catalyst for the...

Art 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 sport of volleyball at Sorrento Beach, competing for the prestigious Hollywood YMCA Stars team from '56-'59, where the team won 4 Open Championships, and Art was named a 3 X All-American outside hitter,...

Digger 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 the coming summers, some of the highlights of his beach playing career, including a 2nd place finish at the State Beach Open alongside partner Marshall Savage in '71,  a  4th place finish at the...

Art Alper: - Art discuses 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 sport of volleyball at Sorrento Beach, competing for the prestigious Hollywood YMCA Stars team from '56-'59, where the team won 4 Open Championships, and Art was named a 3 X All-American outside...

Jay 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 influence they had on him and the other young volleyball players coming up at the time,  his time at UCSB playing volleyball and finishing runner up to UCLA in '74 and '75, and the high of winning...

Alan 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 players at each beach up and down the coast from San Diego to Santa Cruz, a story about playing against Wally Cleaver ( Aka Tony Dow from the tv show Leave it to Beaver),  the best hitters he...

Alan 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 crew consisting of Nate Parrish, George Stepanof, Jack Henn, Chester and Stevie Goss, Bob Mendoza, Jean Ready Froning, and Jeanne Lenhart, the infamous Corona Del Mar party where things got "out of...

Butch Discusses: -  The best women's players on the beach from the old days, including Connie Keller, Jean Brunicardi, Patti Steere, Johnette Latreille, Jean Brunicardi, Edie Conrad, Eileen Clancy, Kathy Gregory, Nina Gruenwinkel-Matthies,  Eileen Clancy, and Nancy Cohen to name a few,  what made the mixed game so amazing, including some of the best men's Mixed players over the decades, and some fun stories competing against them all,  the impact Mike Cook had at Marine Street,  how far the...

Butch 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 and his memories of him, including Mike's paddle boarding prowess, and the impact paddle boarder and surfer Tommy Zahn had on a young Mike Bright, some epic stories of Bright competing in the Catalina...

Butch 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 and Bergmann & Lang & Von Hagen played that weekend,  including the legendary story of Steno Brunicardi getting hit in the head with a beer bottle by a fan and what transpired after,  and how...

Butch 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 they decided to forfeit when they weren't getting along, much to the chagrin of tournament director -Mike Cook,  some of the talented mixed players he competed against, including Matt Gage, Nina...

Butch 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 wrong from Sponcil & Claes, and Dalhausser & Lucena, and who the favorites are to medal.  Support the show (https://godstoghosts.com/donate/)

Butch 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 like Steven "TheMatsa" Cahn,  the infamous card games played there with Wilt Chamberlin, Bob Vogelsang,  etc...  Hot Dog on a Stick,  the beach clubs located close by,  including how Doug Badt's Sand...

Butch 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 each beach, and the HOOPS he had to jump through to make a name for himself at each, and a classic story ( from this day forward to be remembered as  "Shabba Habbitz") in the history of the sport, ...

Butch 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 and taking a hit to the face from future '68 Olympic teammate, Tommy Haine, his infamous "4-F packet" story when he was drafted in '66!, his background before volleyball working in a lumber mill in a...

Ron 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.... Support the show (https://godstoghosts.com/donate/)

Dennis 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...

Tom 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...