Andy Discusses:- His youth and unique family history growing up in LA,  learning the sport of volleyball as an "overactive youth" at the Santa Monica Beach Club, being invited by established  Beach Club volleyball member John Meek to play in the Laguna Beach Open at the age of 22 where they defeated the 4th seeded team of Gary Hooper & Fred Zuelich early in the tournament,  earning his AAA ranking  with Eric Macias in Mission Beach, moving on to playing with Fred Sturm and the success they had as a team in '77 &'78 winning several tournaments together, the joy of earning a clothing sponsorship from Burmy's clothing line and picking out the material for his classic Burmy's trunks, how amazing the State Beach volleyball scene was and how much he loved it when he ventured up from the Beach Club to become a part of it, moving on from Fred Sturm to Dane Selznick as his partner on the beach, and the importance of  the mental game when it came  to playing the sport in all kinds of conditions...Support the show (https://godstoghosts.com/donate/)