Karch Kiraly knows a good beach party when he sees one, and he's got eight lined up this summer across the country.
Kiraly, perhaps the world's most-recognized volleyball player, co-founded the Corona Wide Open, a grassroots-level beach volleyball series that will bounce from coast-to-coast this spring and summer.
The tour will stop at some of the most popular U.S. beach volleyball venues as part of an eight-city tour to qualify teams for the 2009 US Open of Beach Volleyball presented by Corona at Manhattan Beach, Calif., in late September.
The eight Corona Wide Open events will mix a festival atmosphere with a beach volleyball tournament.
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