By Randy Angel July 13, 2014 | Sports
Players of all skill levels – and attire – pose for a pre-tournament photo at the 21st edition of Smackfest. Photo by Brad Jacobson
Team Pin Ups & Pilots flew through their opening matches. Pictured are (front l-r) Anna Piccioni, Gina King, Karie Klaczkiewicz, and Kasey Johnson, (top row) Noah Balou, Paul Bryan, Alex Hawkins, Justin Skinner and Matt Keller. Photo by Randy Angel
While young beach volleyball players were battling it out on the north side of the Hermosa Beach Pier, the south side had a totally different atmosphere.
Thousands of players, fans and partiers converged for the 21 annual Smackfest beach volleyball tournament where costumes and socializing was more important than winning and losing.
Smackfest, the largest Co-ed 4’s beach volleyball tournament in the United States, featured an amateur division with 36 pools of costume-themed teams.
Those with more talent competed in the inaugural Dave Williams Memorial Pro Division with net proceeds from the division and a raffle being donated to USA Volleyball fund in Williams’s name, which helps young athletes, learn to play and enjoy the sport.
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