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Beach volleyball came to Santa Monica through Hawaiians such as Duke Kahanamoka, who first played the game at the Waikiki Outrigger Beach & Canoe Club. After coming to California, Duke worked at the Santa Monica Beach Club and helped popularize the game in the early 1920s. The Sorrento Bar and Grill in Santa Monica became the unofficial headquarters of California beach volleyball, and a beach volleyball tournament at Sorrento Beach was seen as quintessentially California.
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