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Main Draw of the Historic AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
Begins Friday at 9 a.m.

August 10, 2006

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., August 10, 2006 -- The AVP Crocs Tour will
return to the home of beach volleyball Friday for the 2006 AVP
Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light. The third and final
Southern California stop, the Manhattan Beach Open  being played this
year for the 45th time  is the longest running event in beach
volleyball history and the premier tournament in the nation since the
1960s. Every year, the winners of the Manhattan Beach Open have their
names engraved on the Manhattan Beach pier.

Considering its historical appeal, Manhattan Beach is the perfect place
to welcome back beach volleyball legend and winningest male player in
history, Karch Kiraly. Kiraly, who has been out since the AVP Crocs
Tour stop in Sacramento in mid-June, will compete for his ninth
Manhattan Beach Open title this weekend.

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh enter Manhattan Beach as the top-seed
on the women's side. May-Treanor and Walsh and have won eight of the 10
AVP tournaments they've entered this season, finishing second in the
other two. Elaine Youngs and Rachel Wacholder, the winners in the other
two events this year, decided to part ways as partners prior to the
Manhattan Beach Open. Youngs will compete with Nancy Mason and
Wacholder will play with Jen Boss.

On the men's side, Mike Lambert and Stein Meztger will look to follow
their win at the last stop on the AVP Crocs Tour in Chicago with
another win in Manhattan Beach. The duo has won three events this
season. Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers will look for their sixth win
of the season in Manhattan Beach. The duo has been dominant on the Tour
this year and a win in Manhattan Beach will mark the first time a men's
team has won six AVP events in one season since Karch Kiraly and Adam
Johnson in 1998.

The main draw of the AVP Manhattan Beach Open presented by Bud Light
begins Friday, August 11 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. On Saturday, August 12,
the action continues from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with the women's final at
1:30 p.m. The remaining men's main draw games will be played from 9:15
a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, August 13, and the men's final will begin at
1:30 p.m.

General admission to the tournament is free. Television coverage of the
women's final will air LIVE on NBC on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET and the
men's final will air LIVE on NBC on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET.

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