THE SPORT’S EARLIEST PIONEERS RISKED A GREAT DEAL TO TRANSFORM WHAT MOST PERCEIVED TO BE CULT-LIKE INTO SOMETHING MAINSTREAM.

FOR THE DEVOUT LIKE GENE SELZNICK, RON LANG, HENRY BERGMANN, KATHY GREGORY, AND RON VON HAGEN, THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL WAS RELIGION, THE BEACH THEIR CHURCH.

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