Where were the first beach volleyball tournaments played?

Where were the first beach volleyball tournaments played?

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The first notable beach volleyball tournament was in Santa Monica. The players in Santa Monica were very competitive and started to promote the sport and play in events and have prizes for events during the 1950's. There were players who really wanted to draw attention to the sport, and they would have beauty contests associated to the event to draw people down to the beach so that they could see this great sport of beach volleyball.