While surfing and fishing are largely individual sporting endeavors, beach volleyball is a team sport, and offers head to head competition. By shooting into the sun, I abstract the players, the ball, and the net into stark shapes silhouetted against the late afternoon sky. The sun itself is out of the frame, yet its reflection throws a spotlight on the valiant fellow at the heart of the image. He seems to revel in this spotlight – his fingers stab the air, his back is arched, his head is skyward, and the sand explodes below his feet. The sheer scale of the scene itself propels his effort to epic proportions, and because the moment is frozen in time, we must imagine how it will turn out.