The 2026 Beach Volleyball Season is loading … and in some cases, already underway. Some programs held scrimmages last week as others played their first games. Here on SoCalBeachVB.com we’ve started shooting some local matches, in the 3C2A division. Working on clearing my schedule so I can put the photo galleries together, from Golden West College, Cerritos and Ventura, playing this past Friday.
You can see a few images from that competition here:
There also will be a few changes happening this year, with our Free Photo galleries.
Update to ‘announcement’ about our Free Galleries “going away” ….
Due to several factors, including the cost of covering these beach volleyball events, a decision has been made on our Free Galleries. Last year a change was made, removing the ability to download/save images from our Free photo galleries. We opened a subscribers area, where images can be saved and also Video Clips can be seen.
In spite of those changes, some users are still able to download our images.
Some bad actors are on Instagram using our photos, along with other beach volleyball photographers’ photos.
Had to consider if giving them more exposure is worth it and for now, it’s not. The ‘user’ decided to block our profile on Instagram, which tells me they’re well aware of what they’re doing, and know it’s wrong.
I’ll gladly provide you with a link to their profile and you’ll see for yourself, that several of their images, do not belong to them; but they are asking athletes to DM them for ‘more photos’ – Unfortunate all around in my opinion – let us know if I should expose them rather than the route I’ve chosen.
Further steps to protect our content are being taken.
Rather than move our current Free Galleries, all future photo galleries will be available to subscribers only.
Working on a ‘roadmap’ for our subscribers as well, so they’ll know what their support will mean for our website. As support grows, our plans to expand our beach volleyball coverage will follow.
Plans include: live streaming beach volleyball events, interviews with players & coaches at matches, and more. Sign up to become a subscriber today!
