All of the beach volleyball coaches and all the top players, everything is based out of Southern California.

I grew up with fantastic Southern food. In Southern California.

There is a lot of California in my... sound, and a ton of it is the laid-back nature of Southern Californians and the beach.

I grew up at the beach in Southern California and Rick grew up in East Bay, and we wanted to get back to the ocean; this felt like home. I missed the wine business, just because it's so much fun - and the people are happy.

Like so many named places in California it was less an identifiable city than a grouping of concepts--census tracts, special purpose bond-issue districts, shopping nuclei, all overlaid with access roads to its own freeway.

Hydration is really important, particularly as a beach volleyball player.