Beach Boy Not Walking Away from Sand Volleyball
The 2013 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour:
Salt Lake City, Utah – August 16 – August 18
Cincinnati, Ohio – August 31- September 1
St. Petersburg, Fla. – September 14 – 15
Santa Barbara, Calif. – September 28 – 29
Huntington Beach, Calif. – October 19 – 20
After several years on the back burner, AVP beach volleyball is back! Purchased by a beach volleyball player, the organization is looking forward to good times ahead.
Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) has seen highs and lows during the past several years when it looked like everyone was abandoning the ball and just walking away from the game. A variety of management and marketing organizations tried to create an entertainment model and buzz with billboards on California freeways showing tight shots of the backside of a female player in a tiny bikini. But, with all the money spent, sponsorship was hard to come by and the group filed for bankruptcy in 2010. In 2012 the organization was purchased for a reported $2 million by Donald Sun, son of Kingston Technologies co-founder David Sun. Read more>
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