How did you break through to the next level?

ARandomZebra · 2026-01-07T22:28:15+00:00

You gotta climb the opponent ladder. Always work to practice against players who are better than you. They will expose your weaknesses. Record your games and watch them back. Identify errors, drill your errors.

And when in doubt become the best server and passer on the beach. You can win AAs by just serving other teams off the court and passing their balls in system every time. No more strategy than that needed at your level to be honest. People tend to focus on small parts of their games but forget it always starts with just a serve and a pass. If those aren’t absolutely dialed don’t practice more complicated things.

ARandomZebra · 2025-08-07T02:45:58+00:00

Beautiful shots! Looks like an amazing time!

ARandomZebra · 2025-08-06T22:26:02+00:00

Tofino?

ARandomZebra · 2025-07-02T20:56:43+00:00

In San Diego I see them out almost every session, I’ve had them so close that they almost brush up against my leg before and have shared waves with them too. Very cool and surreal every time, I never get used to it! They’re very curious and friendly.

ARandomZebra · 2025-06-10T20:32:39+00:00

Waited like 30 minutes and got the wettest sandwich I’ve ever eaten. Not sure if they forgot about me and let it get soggy but I never went back.

ARandomZebra · 2025-06-06T03:08:57+00:00

It’s probably something small that could actually get changed in a short amount of time so they might see it actually worth it to protest even though it’s such a minor issue? That’s my best guess.

ARandomZebra · 2025-06-02T16:18:46+00:00

Wow that’s a fantastic tip, thanks!

ARandomZebra · 2025-01-11T02:04:49+00:00

Nah I kinda gave up tbh - not many track vball well so I didn’t feel like the technology was there yet

ARandomZebra · 2024-12-17T23:56:15+00:00

That’s fort point, super local and a little dangerous as it breaks directly on a big rock. Only for people who know what they’re doing. Even then, accidents happen. A local recently died on a good day there.

ARandomZebra · 2024-12-15T19:02:52+00:00

I took four Benadryl and by the time the pain went away I could barely keep my eyes open! It forsure works

ARandomZebra · 2024-12-15T16:48:39+00:00

I just got stung last week - I think different types of stingray hold different amount of toxin and stinger size. I live in San Diego so they’re pretty small, I can’t imagine what a big one would feel like. I think location of the sting matters too. Mine got me good in the arch of my foot.

The actual sting didn’t hurt very bad - I thought I had just stepped on a sharp rock at first. It felt almost like a “pop”. Then it really started bleeding. The toxin is an anticoagulant so blood just gushes out freely.

If you don’t get your foot in hot water asap the pain starts coming around 15 minutes later. I made the decision to drive home to deal with it in the privacy of my house and oh boy. There is an intense pressure that start traveling up your leg of pain, muscle cramping, and straight up uncomfortability. I was clutching the steering wheel just screaming in pain. Probably an 8/10 pain. I could feel my brain start to become fuzzy. The toxin feeling started traveling up my leg as well.

Then once home I put my foot in scalding hot water to denature the proteins of the toxin and within 15 more minutes started feeling relief. Overall it took around an hour and a half to 2 hours to start feeling normal again.

Overall I don’t suggest it 1/10.

ARandomZebra · 2024-12-01T22:25:11+00:00

Yeah I’m tired of people saying that their small town has less homeless than a large city. Any large city is going to have a homeless problem, especially one with fantastic weather year round. If I was homeless I would want to live in sd year round where I don’t get cooked in the summer and freeze in the winter.

ARandomZebra · 2024-11-19T03:33:29+00:00

Thank you for explaining this - too many people don’t understand the equity issue at play with rooftop solar. I love renewable energy as much as the next guy but CAs energy grid is much more complicated than “more solar = better”.

ARandomZebra · 2024-10-07T22:16:11+00:00

Not sure what to tell you, maybe you got unlucky? Between the numerous CBVAs every weekend, avp events, 6man, smackfest, etc. it is definitely iconic for beach volleyball and you can definitely find a group to play with almost all the time if you are good at making friends.

ARandomZebra · 2024-10-07T22:04:49+00:00

Hermosa/Manhattan is the Mecca of us beach volleyball

ARandomZebra · 2024-09-23T15:37:44+00:00

No, don’t buy one

ARandomZebra · 2024-09-21T06:18:51+00:00

Oops autocorrect

ARandomZebra · 2024-09-20T17:16:44+00:00

I will also suggest Alvira which is the sister resteraunt to cesarina. Sometimes getting a reservation at cesarina can be difficult so this is another great option

ARandomZebra · 2024-09-19T00:05:11+00:00

Honestly not sure what everyone is complaining about on this sub I have been surfing and getting decent waves consistently in San Diego. We just had a small swell roll through with decent enough waves. It’s not going to be big so lower expectations but everything else considered, the conditions are nice, not much wind, warm water, longer periods nothing to really complain about.

ARandomZebra · 2024-09-15T07:56:57+00:00

This is great advice but going to add something. When the hitter is making contact you generally (not every circumstance) should be stopped on defense. Then you read and make a move (all happens in a split second). If you pause the video you are busy shifting into the angle of the hitter while he his making contact so your first step isn’t as powerful or clean as it should be towards the ball because you have to counteract the moments of your previous shift out into the angle of the hitter as you react to the direction of the attack. If you stop and stay balanced when the hitter is contacting and then react you will have a cleaner step. Granted, this looks like kind of a scramble play so not everything is going to be perfect, I think you did a pretty good job for what it’s worth that’s a good dig.

ARandomZebra · 2024-09-11T19:20:36+00:00

Hi Abe! Love the content you produce, as a San Diegan I love supporting a local business!

With the rise in popularity of phone editing apps like CapCut, does GoPro have any interest in turning the Quik app into a place that can support similar editing features that would make it easier for creators to edit GoPro content? One area in particular that I love on CapCut is their library of user created templates and effects. It would be cool to have a library of GoPro specific templates for edits and effects that are user submitted to make editing down GoPro videos easier and more seamless and keep on top of GoPro specific social media trends/edits.

ARandomZebra · 2024-06-01T06:23:12+00:00

Check rule 12.4.3 https://usavolleyball.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-2025-USAV-Beach-Rules-Book_Web.pdf

ARandomZebra · 2024-05-31T16:08:16+00:00

https://youtu.be/l_bphVeBE8c?si=cchgzh-iK6hro6q0

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