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One of the most accessible and spectacular summer sports is beach volleyball. Thanks to the participation of girls, beach volleyball is even more spectacular and hot. As is known, beach volleyball has come to us from America and mostly played by men and women were only with demonstration performances. But everything changed in 1986, when the Women's Professional Volleyball Association (WPVA) was created.

With the creation of WPVA beach volleyball became rapidly gaining popularity. At the initial stage of development of beach volleyball became its member ex-volleyball player who participated in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Grand Prix played out under the auspices of WPVA.

The first tournament under the auspices of WPVA became a professional competition in Newport Beach, California (USA), which was held on May 16-17, 1987. Initially, the prize money was not so great, but the first step has been made and girls on an equal basis with men, began to receive the prize for playing beach volleyball.

The first winner in the professional steel Linda Chisholm and Jackie Silva, who in addition to winning the Cup tournament in Newport shared $ 300 in prize money. The second was Linda Hanley and Nina Mettayz a share of $ 200 prize money. The rest of the 13 pairs of participants other than moral satisfaction did not get anything.

The winners of the tournament have held the tournament for two days straight and without misfires winning all matches, so in the first round Linda Chisholm and Jackie Silva defeated Heather Hefner and Roxana Vargas. In the next round, our heroine, won Katie Hanley and Anne Prusalis, and in the final leaving no chance to Linda Hanley and Nina Mettayz winning the last two games.

PS The era of professional women's volleyball started.