Logan Mend just signed his first professional contract with Hapoel Kfar Saba in Israel. We talk about his process for deciding on a pro team, his first Cliver win, U21 World Championships, York Lions and so much more! Logan is one of the few athletes who can play Beach and Indoor at the highest levels. He is starting his pro career on the indoor side; but we hope to see him representing Canada very soon on the Beach! Please leave us a 5 Star review and a comment! New Episodes Every Friday! Stay ...
Sep 13, 2019•52 min•Ep. 31
Friend of the Show and fan favourite Tomas Sorra makes his long awaited debut on the show! Tomas is one of the few athletes to compete for Canada at the U21 level for both Beach and Indoor. Tomas is currently playing for the Calgary Dinos. He was a member of Pakmen where he medalled at Nationals and won two Provincial Championships! Tomas was also a key player on one of the best Regional Teams. We hope you enjoyed this episode! Please leave a 5star review and tell your friends! Stay Excellent!...
Sep 06, 2019•43 min•Ep. 30
Toronto is hosting teams from all over North America this weekend to crown the 75th annual 9Man Major Champions! We were lucky to sit down with Edmund Chan and Jenny Hui from the hosting committee to discuss the size of the event, history, rules, and so much more! 9Man has a great community and are thankful to have the opportunity to share it with our listeners! We hope you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5star review and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss any future bonus episodes! Sta...
Sep 01, 2019•54 min•Ep. 29
HEATHER BANSLEY!!! Dallas and Josh were over the moon when Superstar Olympian Heather Bansley agreed to join the show. We learn about her early years in our sport, University of Toronto, her process and path to the top, tales from the road and so much more! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did. Please leave a 5star review and tell your friends! Stay tuned for new episodes every Friday! Stay Excellent Friends!
Aug 30, 2019•48 min•Ep. 28
Sophia and Alina currently play for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues, where they are defending OUA Champions! They both have won One Volleyball Premier Championships and have dominated on the beach. The fun doesn't end there, both played are graduated of the Ottawa Mavericks Volleyball Club! Alina also represented Canada at the FISU Games this summer! We talk about all of this and more on Episode 27 of Passin Dimes. If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5 Star review and tell your fr...
Aug 23, 2019•45 min•Ep. 27
Josh and Dallas bring some strong opinions to this episode. Who do they think will qualify for the Olympics, who is going to win Beach Nationals, who is the best multi sport athlete in vball, and who holds the most unbreakable record in Canadian Volleyball. We'd love to hear your opinions on all of these subjects and much more! Leave a 5star review and a comment, we love hearing from you. Stay Excellent Friends!
Aug 16, 2019•53 min•Ep. 26
Payton Sproule took the time out of her busy training schedule to join us! Payton is an rising star in Ontario who has already verbally committed to the University of Central Arkansas before her senior year of high school. North Bay may not sound like a volleyball hot bed to some, but thanks to the wonderful community there Payton has met many role models through Norceca Beach Tour events, OVA Grand Slams and Volleyball Canada Beach Nationals. Payton tells us about what it was like growing up in...
Aug 14, 2019•24 min•Ep. 25
Worth the wait! This week's episode features long awaited guests Jaki Ellis and Jolande Amoraal, the creators of the One Volleyball League! We cover everything from the creation of the Challenger Series, Premier League, Canada Cup, favourite players and big future plans! We hope you enjoy this episode! The best compliment you can give the show is by telling your friends! We will also accept 5 star reviews until Dallas's appeal for a 6 star goes through. Keep those comments coming, we love hearin...
Aug 09, 2019•48 min•Ep. 24
Thanks to Grant O'Gorman for the hook up, we were able to meet with Mathias Berntsen of the Norway Beach Volley Vikings while he was in Edmonton! Mathias has played in over 30 FIVB events for Norway at the young age of 23. He has won two youth CEV events and 3 Top 5 results at FIVB Youth events. During this episode we cover the Norway Sport System, the coolest high school, ToppVolley Norway, and tales from the road. Be sure to follow the Beach Volley Vikings on all social media platforms and che...
Aug 07, 2019•31 min•Ep. 23
This is a big one! This week we are joined by USA Beach Superstar, Published Author, and Top Podcast Host BILLY ALLEN! Thanks to Friend of the Show Grant O'Gorman who helped schedule all of our international guests! Billy took the time to meet with us after winning the Bronze Medal at the Edmonton 3 Star. Billy has represented the USA on the FIVB Beach Tour over 30 times and played in over 100 AVP events, winning Seattle twice. Billy is also an author of two books, one volleyball related, Coach ...
Aug 02, 2019•31 min•Ep. 22
We ran into Maverick Hatch during the Beach Canada Cup in Edmonton, he was gracious enough to sit down with us and discuss his journey to the national team, his pro career, transitioning to his career, married life, and what programs he is currently coaching. Mav shared some great stories from on and off the court, can't wait to have him on again when Dallas can join and add that dry cool wit. We hope you enjoy this episode! Please send any comments, give a 5 star review and the nicest complimen...
Jul 31, 2019•37 min•Ep. 21
Mart Tiisaar & Kusti Nolvak from Estonia took time out of their busy schedules at the Edmonton 3 Star to sit down with us and share how they compete on the World Tour without technically having a National Federation for Beach, why they went to the beach after playing indoor pro, who they train with, and lots of other fun facts! After this episode you will be a super fan of Estonia Beach because they are genuinely great guys who have found a way to compete at the highest level without any sup...
Jul 26, 2019•37 min•Ep. 20
Ryerson Ram and Madawaska Madness member Joel Hannan joins the show this week! He has a unique path to high level volleyball. Growing up as a hockey player, Joel started playing rec tournaments in first year university and was hooked. Now a masters student Joel is a varsity athlete for the Ryerson Rams. We cover his path, OUA Volleyball, Beach, and his Masters studies on athletes and thier career paths. Hope you enjoy this episode. Please leave a comment, we'd love to hear from you, and a 5star ...
Jul 19, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 19
Beach National Team Member MC Lapointe joins us at the Passin Dimes studio this week. MC and partner Amanda Harnett won Canada's bid to represent us at the 2019 Pan Am games in Peru later this month. On this episode we cover the path to Pan AM with MC, as well as, her early beginnings into volleyball in Quebec, Cegep/CIS, how she tried out for the beach national team, and some great stories from the road. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to give us a 5Star review and send us your comments. MC...
Jul 12, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 18
Two guests are better than one! This week Liam Kopp and Chris Towe stopped by the Passin Dimes studio to share some great stories from the road, a lot of laughs and how they've reached the top level of our sport! Chris and Liam grew up in one of the best generations with 5 of the 13 members of Team Canada Beach Next Gen Program coming from the same circle of friends. Jake MacNeil, Will Hoey, Gabe Burlacu, Liam Kopp, Sergey Grabovskyy and Chris Towe grew up playing with and against each other on ...
Jul 05, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 17
Shaun and Dave from the Beach Volleyball Academy in Port Stanley, ON joined Passin Dimes while they were at the OVA Grand Slam. Shaun and Dave have built an amazing beach program in Southwestern Ontario that has introduced hundreds of athletes to beach volleyball. Their energy and love for the sport is obvious every session they host in Port Stanley! Shaun and Dave passion for the sport has also lead them to host a Play with the Pros and Parents/Child Tournament. These two love the sport and are...
Jul 02, 2019•36 min•Ep. 16
We are very lucky to have international superstar Brandie Wilkerson join the show this week! Brandie and partner Heather Bansley are a top ranked team on the FIVB World Tour. Brandie took us down the path of how she started playing, her playing career at York University, and what got her into beach. We also learn about how she dominates internationally as a vegetarian. We continued our power couple debate continued this week, surprisingly Brandie does not put her and Will Hoey #1. Please leave u...
Jun 28, 2019•26 min•Ep. 15
Wesley Kwong joins the show to give us an in depth look at 9man Volleyball. He gives us a great history lesson and shares all the details that make the community so great. Even if you've never seen 9man this episode is for you! Wesley is a 16 year vet of the sport with Ngun Lam Volleyball. He's seen it all from winning the Canada Day, New York Mini, being a finalist at the Major, and a mentor/ambassador for the sport. Josh was lucky enough to coach at Ngun Lam and meet amazing people like Wes wh...
Jun 27, 2019•39 min•Ep. 14
Lucky Number 13! This week we are joined by power couple Anna Dunn-Suen & Roland Bouchard. They educated us on their beach seasons, being a student athlete, Usports, volleyball power couples, and how they met. Good luck to Anna and Roland who are completing this weekend at the OVA Grand Slam in Toronto, Ontario. If you are at the event be sure to say hi to Josh and Dallas who will be on site at the event. Please send us your comments and a 5Star review (until Dallas's appeal for a 6Star revi...
Jun 21, 2019•52 min•Ep. 13
Canadian Beach Superstar Aaron Nusbaum joins the show! Aaron has represented Canada at the Youth Worlds where he medalled twice, Norceca Tour also medalled twice including a tournament win in 2018, Gold Medalist at the Maccabiah Games, World Championships, and is in the running to be nominated to represent Canada at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Peru. Aaron is also an owner of One Volleyball Premier League The Magnes Spartans! Catch Aaron's team in action every week this June and July around the GTA ...
Jun 14, 2019•52 min•Ep. 12
Olympian, Superstar, and Super Friend of the show Ben Saxton makes his debut on Passin Dimes! He goes into detail on his volleyball family, CIS Championships, and playing over 15 years and 130 events for Canada on the beach! We also cover Ben's two businesses he started to grow volleyball on the west coast. The West Coast Beach Volleyball Society ( https://www.wecobevo.com/ ) is an organization created to raise funds not only to develop an elite athlete environment for Western Canadians beach at...
Jun 07, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 11
Marc Wilson joins the show fresh off his new contract to play in Czechia next year. Marc takes us on a journey from club with the Waterloo Tigers, University of Guelph, Team Canada and Pro in France and Czech. More importantly Marc is newly engaged, big congratulations to Marc and his fiance! We also go off the board to learn about Marc's first drink of alcohol and how he was a world ranked gamer! Enjoy and Stay Excellent! If you have a moment please leave a 5 Star Review and a comment. We'd lov...
May 31, 2019•56 min•Ep. 10
Canadian Superstar Autumn Bailey made time for us before training to talk her journey to the National Team through high school, club, the NCAA and Pro. We also get into the transfer process from Marquette to Michigan State (GO GREEN!) Autumn shares advice on how she recovered from injury and had a big bounce back season after a rough first weekend back. To see Autumn and the Women's National Team play live check out volleyball.ca to learn more about the Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup, in Châte...
May 24, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 9
How lucky are we?! Jesse Elser was at Volleyball Canada Youth Nationals supporting his brother Aaron before he headed to Gatineau for Team Canada tryouts. He was gracious enough to take the time to appear on the show. He shared the details on his journey to the national team, including moving away from home in grade 12 to train full time with the FTC group. We also discuss how he returned from from injury, the Trinity Western culture, and so much more! If you enjoyed this episode the nicest comp...
May 22, 2019•42 min•Ep. 8
Craig Moore (CMoore) and Jodi Zbyszewski (Jodi Z) were in town for youth nationals and we were soooo lucky to have them join us for a bonus episode. We discuss everything from USports, Beach, Indoor, Kits Beach, Clivers, The Van Open, Sideout Beach Club, The Vancouver Community and tips to give athletes confidence. CMoore and Jodi Z have so much to offer from their own playing careers and stellar coaching careers. If you enjoyed this episode please pass it on to any members of the volleyball com...
May 21, 2019•56 min•Ep. 7
Erik Mattson joins Passin Dimes this week to discuss his amazing career, fashion advice and what he's up to now. Thanks to the wonderful staff at Volleyball Canada, Josh and Dallas were able to record a few guests at Indoor Youth Nationals in Toronto. We were so lucky to run into Erik Mattson who was there coaching his 16U team. For anyone not familiar with Erik he was a key member of possibly the best club team ever Toronto Blues. Went on to win a National Championship with the Alberta Golden B...
May 17, 2019•40 min•Ep. 6
Becky Pavan joins the show! She shares all the details about being recruited to the NCAA and what her poor mailman went through, what it was like playing for both the indoor and beach National teams for Canada, and the joy and pressure of playing pro (especially in Poland). Josh and Dallas also cover the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships and Men's Indoor Championships. Dallas doesn't like the dual system because it doesn't showcase his skills as an individual... Josh gets fired up that Alison ...
May 10, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 5
This week we are joined by Team Canada Setter TJ Sanders. He gives us all the details from club, his decision to leave university to train full time with the National team, recovering from injury and all the mental madness that goes into being one of the best setters in the world! Dallas and Josh also cover all the Canadians competing in the 2019 NCAA Beach Championships You can help celebrate Beach Volleyball Olympian Conrad Leinemann's birthday by donating to Can Fund. Can Fund is a not for pr...
May 03, 2019•50 min•Ep. 4
Jake MacNeil joins Passin Dimes as the first real official guest (Dallas doesn't count). We discuss everything from Jake's entry into the sport, his amazing family, what it's like on tour and some amazing adventures Jake and Dallas had on the road. Enjoy!
Apr 26, 2019•53 min•Ep. 3
Canada hosted our World Championships Trials! Hear about who's in and what the countdown to May 6th means to our men's teams. We also discuss the Pan Am Games watch with several teams going for Canada's spot. Dallas and Josh can't contain their excitement for the Edmonton 3Star this July. We also discuss the FIVB Star System vs the old school Open/Grand Slam model. Enjoy and stay excellent!
Apr 19, 2019•47 min•Ep. 3
