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The 5 Best Beach Volleyball Beaches According to AVP Pro and Olympian April Ross

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The beach volleyball matches we’re used to watching at the Olympics are often played far from the ocean, on man-made courts surrounded by stadium seating (in the case of the 2012 London Games, approximately 4,000 tons of sand were trucked into the 15,000-person venue).

But beach volleyball is best played on, well, a beach. And no one knows the sand better than the athletes who bump, set, and spike their way around the AVP tournaments and FIVB international tour.

Olympic silver medalist April Ross grew up in Newport Beach, California, and has 31 career wins from tournaments spanning the globe. Her next big stop? Rio 2016 with partner Kerri Walsh Jennings. Twenty years after beach volleyball made its Olympic debut, the duo hopes to take home gold on what Ross deems one of her top-five favorite beaches in the world. Read on to find out why Brazil’s capital city is so great—and where else Ross recommends getting a little sandy.

 

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Category: From Our Beach, Fun, Lifestyle

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