Volleyball Zen http://volleyballzen.com Living and promoting the volleyball lifestyle! Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 All April profits go to teens’ mission trip to El Salvador! http://volleyballzen.com/posts/all-april-profits-go-to-teens-mission-trip-to-el-salvador/ http://volleyballzen.com/posts/all-april-profits-go-to-teens-mission-trip-to-el-salvador/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:27:23 +0000 Brian O'Keefe http://volleyballzen.com/?p=114

Here’s your chance to help some teens. Some teenagers I know are going on a mission trip to El Salvador in June. They’re trying to raise money and asking for donations. Our family has been providing support for a girl in this country through Compassion for the past decade, so we’re particularly interested in this trip.

So, for the month of April, we’ll donate all profits from Volleyball Zen t-shirt sales to their trip. If you were waiting for a good reason to buy one of our shirts, this is the reason and April is the time! (This includes today, March 31).

Brian

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I don’t have any tattoos, but if I was going to get one, it would probably be a simple volleyball graphic. So, with the popularity of tattoos these days, I have to believe that there are a few volleyball ones around. If you’ve got one, and if you can take a tasteful picture of it, and if you’d like me to share it here, send it or post it to our Facebook page.

]]> http://volleyballzen.com/posts/show-us-your-tattoo/feed/ 0 My first AVP tournament http://volleyballzen.com/posts/my-first-avp-tournament/ http://volleyballzen.com/posts/my-first-avp-tournament/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:51:22 +0000 Brian O'Keefe http://volleyballzen.com/?p=67 My first opportunity to see pro beach volleyball happened purely by chance, in 1985 or 1986. Up until that time, I had only seen pictures and read about it in Volleyball Monthly magazine. I lived in Pennsylvania, home from college for the summer, and pretty far away from any tour stop. But I happened to be in Chicago visiting a friend the same weekend that the Chicago Open was happening.

This was back in the days when there were no bleachers and no admission prices. I just sat in the sand beside the court with my camera and took some great action shots of Smith/Stoklos, Hovland/Dodd, OB, and the rest. Alas, Karch was away with the National Team at the time.

The AVP has come a long way since then, but that informal atmosphere was a great way to see my first AVP tournament!

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Somehow I missed this announcement, but there will soon be a women’s professional indoor volleyball league! Rather than me providing all the details, you can check it all out at the WNVA web site.

WNVA on YouTube

Players and host cities needed!

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