A WAVE of Beach Wrestlers Expected in California Two highly successful Tour of America beach tournaments and a host of other local events from New York to California made for a busy weekend of beach wrestling across the country, as athletes from all over came out for the fun and sun of beach wrestling, but also to prepare for US Beach Nationals coming up in Huntington Beach, California. Saturday’s Kentucky Beach Open drew a record number of attendees from eight states, and featured “ultimate brackets”, prize money, and several new awards. Midwest Beach Nationals held Sunday at Captain Ron’s in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri also drew a record crowd of over two hundred wrestlers and nearly four hundred paid attendees. In addition to these large national events, there were numerous smaller events across the country including New York, Washington,