Alan Segal - Part 2
10/20/21 • 78 min
Alan Discusses:
- A memorable story from the '64 Laguna Beach Open where he witnessed what he considers to be one of , if not the greatest matches he's ever seen (Dave Bordwell & Nate Parrish vs. Ernie Suwara & Keith Erickson), a classic story of Chester Goss, his recollection of the best players at each beach up and down the coast from San Diego to Santa Cruz, a story about playing against Wally Cleaver ( Aka Tony Dow from the tv show Leave it to Beaver), the best hitters he saw, the best diggers, best players, and most underrated players from that time period, highlights of his career playing volleyball on the beach, indoors, and grass, and what he is up to now days living on Mission Beach.
Alan Discusses:
- A memorable story from the '64 Laguna Beach Open where he witnessed what he considers to be one of , if not the greatest matches he's ever seen (Dave Bordwell & Nate Parrish vs. Ernie Suwara & Keith Erickson), a classic story of Chester Goss, his recollection of the best players at each beach up and down the coast from San Diego to Santa Cruz, a story about playing against Wally Cleaver ( Aka Tony Dow from the tv show Leave it to Beaver), the best hitters he saw, the best diggers, best players, and most underrated players from that time period, highlights of his career playing volleyball on the beach, indoors, and grass, and what he is up to now days living on Mission Beach.
Previous Episode
Alan Segal - Part 1
Alan Discusses:
- Growing up as a kid in the 50's in South Mission Beach, San Diego, and becoming a part of the surf and volleyball culture there, including hanging out with surfers like Mike Hynson (from the Bruce Brown film "The Endless Summer", and Skip Frye), the Mission Beach volleyball crew consisting of Nate Parrish, George Stepanof, Jack Henn, Chester and Stevie Goss, Bob Mendoza, Jean Ready Froning, and Jeanne Lenhart, the infamous Corona Del Mar party where things got "out of hand", including Nate Parrish putting his head through the glass window and throwing a couch from the second story onto a Porsche below, playing against legends Mike O'Hara & Mike Bright in the first round, and then Ron Lang & Gene Selznick in the tournament that weekend, and a classic story of competing against Steno Brunicardi and Kent Dorwin where he and his partner made the mistake of listening to Nate Parrish's advice...
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Jay Hanseth - Part 1
Jay Discusses:
- His time at Pacific Palisades High School competing in volleyball and basketball as a Dolphin - '68-'70, and the amazing athletes that were there at the time, going to Sorrento Beach and seeing legends like Ron Von Hagen & Ron Lang play beach volleyball, and how BIG of an influence they had on him and the other young volleyball players coming up at the time, his time at UCSB playing volleyball and finishing runner up to UCLA in '74 and '75, and the high of winning the '75 USVBA Open tournament with his USCSB teammates in '74 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the process of earning your A, AA, and AAA rating as young player coming up through the ranks with Greg Lee, how talented the Pali high Dolphin's basketball team was in '69 and '70, winning the LA School's city championship in '69, and finishing runner up in '70, and how talented Tom Chamales was as a player.
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