This episode of SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, features Seain Cook, one of the funniest personalities in the entire sport of beach volleyball - or just volleyball as a whole - who is also, despite what his Instagram might lead you to believe, a very, very good player. Had it not been for his own partner, Cody Caldwell, Cook would have been the 2023 Most Improved Player, after a season in which he won both the Waupaca and Laguna Beach Tour Series events and finished third at the Manhattan Beach Open.
We had, as you could guess, a hilarious conversation with Seain, covering his 2023 season, as well as:
- What improvements he saw in his game from 2022 to 2023
- What in the world happened in his 21-6 loss to Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner - and how Trevor added salt to the wound at 20-6
- Why he is now beginning a new three-year cycle as a player
- How he is almost (almost!) officially a U.S. citizen and might one day be able to compete for USA Volleyball
Lots of laughs in this one, and plenty of love taps at our good friend Jake Urrutia.
SHOOTS!
PHOTO: Holly Wong
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