On September 24th, 25th and 26th, The Fourth Annual US Open of Beach Volleyball went off in Manhattan Beach, CA.
Karch Kiraly is spearheading the development of the US Open. He is working with USA Volleyball and the Elevation Group to professionally and successfully put on the program.
The US Open continues to grow towards its goal of becoming one of the largest Beach Volleyball tournaments in the nation, offering competition to players of all skill level from around the country. In 2009 the US Open grew to over 250 teams from over 25 states and 4 countries.
Karch is the only volleyball player in the world who is a 3-Time Olympic Gold Metalist and had the longest running professional career to date of almost 30 years. I had the opportunity to meet and interview him for ION Sports.com
I have to admit it was a childhood dream come true to meet him, since my first love was volleyball. I always wanted to be a professional volleyball player for years and years until the hard truth hit me......I'm super short!!
It was great to hear about his long and successful career and also talk about what he's doing now to inspire the youth to excel in volleyball through the US Open and the Wide Open Beach Volleyball series.
