Beach volleyball is one of the most popular recreational activities in the world.
An iteration of indoor volleyball - founded in 1895 - beach volleyball was popularized in the early 1920s in Santa Monica, California, where it became a favorite among the residents as a leisure activity.
The sport also found its patrons among the many Californian beach clubs, which hosted local tournaments.
While the rules of beach volleyball remained mostly consistent with the indoor version of the sport throughout the 1920s, the players at the Santa Monica Athletic Club started experimenting with just two players on either side of the court, which later became the format that was adopted for professional beach volleyball.
On Labor Day weekend in 1976, the Will Rogers State Beach in the Pacific Palisades, California played host to the Olympia World Championship of Beach Volleyball, the first professional beach volleyball tournament in the United States. UCLA Bruins duo Greg Lee and Jim Menges won the competition.
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