You know you are a beach volleyball player when .....

~ you are constantly asked if you go tanning

~ you own 50 or more bikinis or boardshorts whereas the average person may own 5 at most

~ you have tan lines that glow in the dark

~ you know what the pancake, the gator, the pizza tray, and the cobra are and know that the pancake simply does not belong

~ ever since you transitioned to the beach, indoor players have increasingly become more dorky to you

~ you are one with sand, and you have become ok with the fact that it is in your car, your bathroom, your ears, and all those other hard to reach places

~ your considered tall by normal standards, but you still wish you would grow those few extra inches

~ you dont plan vacations, you plan volleyball roadtrips for tournaments

~ if you get roped into an indoor tournament, you dont have knee pads, feel extremely overdressed, and realize that 2 is company and 6 is a crowd

~ youve become an export at waking up at the crack of dawn saturday morning regardless of how your week/Friday night was.

~ you know what it means to be in the "beer bracket" and how bittersweet it really is

~ your jealous of every person you pass whos taller then you

~ You find even when your not playing, your observing the wind, its speed, and direction

~ You know how good you are at rock paper scissor, and you assess who may be better, you or your partner

~ You have called your partner to make sure that you do not match bathing suites

~ sucess is breaking even moneywise on a tournament expenses

~ words like spike and bump make u cringe

~ You have adjusted your stance to ensure that you cannot be easily low-bridged

~ Your beach cooler contains a jar of pickles

~ You have "summer friends" and even a "summer family" whom you barelly see or speak to during the year

~ You have considered moving out West to be able to play more

~ You have called people when the forecast said 65 and sunny in March to get out to the sand courts

New Additions:

~ You have driven to a tournament and sleep in the car because you dont want to pay for a hotel room

~ You remember the score of a match you played 5 years ago and what the conditions were, but you can't remember what you had for lunch yesterday

~ You can do a complete change from work clothes to bikini while driving on the highway

~ It seems like you're more in a relationship with your partner than your significant other.

~ When you say the word partner it's understood it's not a life partner.

~ You never, ever leave home without an avp backpack or bag containing at least a semi clean towel, a bottle or two of water, flip flops and one of more Wilson's in various stages of decay in your trunk/backseat.

~ You consider "DNMP" a word, and have used it as such in a regular conversation