So, What happened in CA?

Well, we definately had a great time and enjoyed being on a real beach and being near the ocean. This being our first tournament of the year, I think we definately were shaking off some rust from the winter. A few other factors like the low elevation, humidity and real beach sand probably threw in enough of a wrench in our rusty condition to keep us from performing our best. On Saturday we did OK, finishing second in our pool to a very strong team that eventually won the whole tournament, Brad Powell and Gabe Burt. Both those guys are very good players and we ive them a lot of credit. The rest of our pool was strong, which is the benefit of playing in CA - no shortage of capable players. I think we spent too much energy at this early point in the pool, doing lots of jumpserving and whatnot, because we were wiped out by the time we got to the playoffs. We faced a good team, but not one we didn't feel we could at least challenge if not defeat. We didn't really wind up showing up for the match. Sunday arrived and we were still wiped from Saturday. This was a very strong tourney with many players that either consistently play in the man draw of the AVP or have made it in multiple times. We had a decent pool with one team stronger than the rest. The other teams were good, but we were too tired to defeat them even thoough our games were close. All in all it was a good experience and helped to set the bar very high for this season. We've had a couple of weeks off, but are looking forward to getting out and playing again this weekend. Weather should be nice, and we're jazzed to go! My friend Frank Kaiser took some pics, including the one here. He does a lot of shoots for the AVP, so thanks Frank for letting us post some of these!