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Beach Tour Returns To Fargo

Top 16U/Jr Wrestlers compete this week Fargo, ND- A record 167 Junior and 16U girls entered the 3rd annual Fargo Summer Showcase and 16U/Junior Beach Nationals at Gastropub Volleyball. They represented a record 33 states, which brought athletes to compete in the sand. Virginia won the women’s team title with 52 points, edging runner-up Georgia with 50 points. Tied in third were 2023 champion Arizona and Utah, both with 42 points. For complete details on the women’s competition, CLICK HERE. Men’s competition takes place Thursday morning beginning at 9:00 AM. This is the 4th stop on the 2024 Tour of America Series, with several remaining stops including USA Beach Nationals in Huntington Beach, CA. August 17th.

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2024 Beach Wrestling Tour Of America Is Set!

New Stops Join Familiar Faces! The list of 2024 USA Beach Wrestling Tour of America events is now set, and this year’s series sees several new stops joining some of the original tour events. Participants will earn points at each stop along the series. NEW for 2024 any wrestler who participates in at least two tour events during the season will have any points earned at the 2024 Beach Nationals doubled! Iowa has been a beach wrestling tour stop from the beginning, but this year the Iowa event moves to Independence, Iowa July 3rd. Independence hosts one of the most exciting 4th of July celebrations in America, and beach wrestling will add even more excitement this year. Both individual AND dual team competitions are scheduled for what promises to be an All-American Beach Bash. Also new this year will be

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USA Approves World Team Selection Criteria

How to Represent Team USA in this year’s International Beach Wrestling Events Colorado Springs, CO.- USA Wrestling’s board of directors have approved the selection criteria for this year’s international beach wrestling events. The board met during the recent U.S. Open to discuss the growth of beach wrestling and make provisions for world team selection. Here are the current procedures: 2024 BEACH WRESTLING TEAMS PROCEDURES  2024 U17 AND U20 BEACH WORLD TEAM SELECTION  The qualifying event for the 2024 U.S. Beach World Teams competing in the U17 and U20 Beach World  Championships will be the Carolina Beach Nationals in Carolina Beach, N.C., May 11, 2024.  There are up to three spots in each weight class for the USA team at the U17 Beach Worlds and the U20 Beach  Worlds.   The team selection priority will be the following for each event:  1.

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Beach Wrestling Added to University World Games!

USA Beach Wrestling Looks to send team to Rio! Botafogo Beach, Brazil– Are you in college? Would you like a wrestling reason to go to Rio de Janeiro? Well….. .HERE YOU GO! USA Beach Wrestling is looking for interested college aged wrestlers to attend the 2024 FISU World University Games and represent the United States in competition. Beach wrestling is now included alongside other sports including Beach Handball, Beach Soccer, Beach Volleyball, Beach Tennis, and Surfing. This week-long sports celebration will take place in early September. The Beach Wrestling portion of this event will include: ·     3 days of training and 2 days of competition (Sept. 3-8) ·     Max. size of USA delegation = 8 male athletes, 8 female athletes, 4 coaches/staff If you have an interest in being part of the US Delegation to this exciting event, PLEASE CONTACT

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UWW Adds First Online Beach Wrestling Course

Americans Are Ready to Ride The Wave Of Beach Wrestling Popularity! CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (April 24) — Beach Wrestling is the fastest-growing style in United World Wrestling.  Each year, more and more federations introduce the style and compete at the events.  As a result, UWW is launching the Introduction to Beach Wrestling course on the UWW Academy platform.  This course is designed to provide an overview of beach wrestling.  Topics include the benefits of beach wrestling, basic rules and scoring, differences between beach wrestling and the Olympic styles, how competitions are organized, how bouts are organized and conducted, and the Beach Wrestling World Series. To read the full article from United World Wrestling CLICK HERE.

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