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**truebluefan** · 06-09-2008, 12:41 PM

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**truebluefan** · 07-23-2008, 04:52 PM

This weekend, the AVP Crocs Tour sets up camp in Belmar, N.J. While many players call the beaches of California their home, the only player to grow up on the Jersey Shore is eight-year AVP veteran, AJ Mihalic.

New Jersey is known for its pizza, nice suburban communities and beautiful changing seasons, and no one is more familiar with these characteristics than Mihalic. He grew up in Wall Township, N.J., and spent his summers on the beaches of Belmar.

As a kid in New Jersey, Mihalic remembers camping, fishing and hiking with family and friends. When he wasn't on the beach, he and his friends would set up a game of tackle football. "Well, it was tackle until the day that I got two and a half teeth knocked out," he explained.

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**truebluefan** · 07-23-2008, 04:53 PM

The AVP came back to Belmar and the top seeds made the two-year wait worthwhile.

The tour stopped at one of New Jersey's favorite beaches for 15 straight years, but took a two-year hiatus to Seaside Heights. Well, it's back and the first day came and went without any real upsets. First place is going to be a competitive race for the remainder of the field and even the top dogs say it's anyone's game.

This weekend will give birth to a new 2008 tournament champion with many of the tour's top teams (and previous tournament winners) in Paris this weekend for Olympic Qualifying. The teams playing in New Jersey and not across the pond, sense some blood in the water -- or as others say, meat in the mountain?

"There are still tons of good teams out here," said 6-feet-8 blocking machine Kevin Wong. "And there are teams here in Belmar that have beaten those teams playing in Paris. Every weekend on the tour it's like having someone throw a piece of meat in front of a pack of wolves and the question is which wolf will grab the meat."

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