Passin Dimes Podcast

National Team Athlete and UBCO Star Sydney Grills joins the show! Sydney played club for Thunder Volleyball Club where she is a National Champion, played for Team BC at the Canada Games, and Youth and Junior National Teams before joining UBCO and our Senior National Team. We hear all about her pathway and more!   If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review...

Thanks for tuning into Episode 3 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Layne Van Buskirk, Alina Dormann, Logan House, and another friend of the show makes a guest appearance during their update! We hear all about the sponsor events, living situations, what do you do if your coach doesn't speak english and so much more!  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current...

Provincial & National Champion, Norceca Medalist and ANOC Games Bronze Medalist Tori Cowley joins the show! We talk about her start in volleyball, her love of competition, why she kept trying after being cut from the Provincial Team, playing at Laurier, and of course some Norceca stories! All this and more!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Ap...

Thanks for tuning into Episode 2 of Tales from Overseas where we hear from Friend of the Show Laura Condotta. We hear all about the club set up, sponsors, media, and so much more!  Tune in every Wednesday where we will hear from current professionals sharing updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!    Intro So...

The show is back and better than ever! After a short break Garrett and Josh are back and they are bringing TJ Sanders with them! TJ recently retired from our National Team, but the 2x Olympian left the door open for his return. We talk about copy cat coaches, Canada's new offence, the success of the women's program, and so much more! Oh and don't forget everyone's favourite segment Player and Clow...

Queen's Alumni, 2x OUA Champion, 2x Dale Iwanoczko Award winner, and National Team athlete Zac Hutcheson joins the show! Zac grew up in Kingston and is one of the top Pegasus athletes to go on and compete at Queens University. We cover his journey from club, university, to Team Canada!  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star review on Apple, leave a comment a...

Thanks for checking out Episode 1 of Tales from Overseas a show where we hear from current professionals share updates on their season, on court and off court stories, rivalry games, who gets the aux cord in the team room, and so much more!  This week we hear from Pearce. Eshenko, Layne Van Buskirk, Bella Noble, and Gabriela (Gabi) Maciagowski!    Intro Song: 64 Sundays by Twin Musicom | http://ww...

4x Ryerson Player of the Year, OUA Player of the Year, OUA All Star, and All Canadian Ryan Vandenburg (better known as Snake) joins the show. We cover everything from his growth spurt in high school, dominating at University, pro, and joining the Beach National Team where he represented Canada at World Championships! Hear about all of this and more! If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous...

Layne Van Buskirk returns to the show! Layne is a Canadian National Team Member, University of Pittsburgh Alumni, 3x ACC Champion, and new signing to Ladies in Black Aachen (Germany) Layne tells us all about her National Team and Pro Career as well as who controls the playlist in the team room We hope you enjoyed this episode! Please leave a 5 star review, comment, and tell your friends! Stay Exce...

Canada fails to advance beyond pool play at Worlds and Garrett is upset! Is our new rival Tunisia? Is the Excellence Room a Real thing? This week's Player and Clown of the week and so much more!  Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! 

Robbie Abrams returns to the show after a busy summer! Robbie was the announcer at Beach - Canada Games and proud winner of another Super Mega Backyard Mega Bowl! Robbie played at the University of Guelph, has been on the podium in both the Provincials and Nationals on the Beach and represented Canada at U21 Worlds.  If you enjoyed this show or any of the previous episodes please give a 5 star rev...

University of Arizona Alumni Jasmine Safar joins the show! Jas grew up playing for Defensa where she won Provincial medals before focusing on beach full time. Safar has represented Canada at U19 & U21 World Championships and done well domestically including finishing 2nd at OVA Adult Elite Ontario Championships. We cover her career, her ability to play with anyone, and so much more!  We hope you e...

MRU All Star, Team Canada Member, Canada Games Medalist Luis Lange joins the show! We learn about his journey from growing up in Venezuela and loving baseball and moving to Calgary where he joined one of the best volleyball communities. We also chat about how complex the middle position is and what Luis is looking forward to this season.  We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far ple...

Back by popular demand, Pierce Johnson joins the show! We go deep into the Kent Steffes quote, and discuss is winning a skill? We also cover the world of volleyball and everyone's favourite segment (we think) Player and Clown of the week!  Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! 

3x OUA Champion, USports National Champion, and VC Valenciennes pro Veronica Derylo joins the show! We discuss her journey from starting club in 15U, recruiting for University, U of Toronto, how she got her first contract, coming back from injury and so much more!  Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! 

Wes Chen has worn many hats! He worked for Volleyball Canada as the Athlete Pathways and Youth/Junior National Team Coordinator as well as being on staff to plan and execute special events. He completed his master’s degree specializing in sport-related brain trauma with the Neurotrauma Impact Science Laboratory at the University of Ottawa. Where he then worked with VC to create their concussion pr...

Gabe Burlacu returns to the show! Gabe has represented Canada at Youth World Championships, FISU Games, Norceca, FIVB World Tour, and King of the Court. In this episode we get caught up with his current season, including winning Volleyball BC Provincials and also dive down the rabbit hole of Gabe's other passion, coaching.   We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please, please, p...

No Guest? NO PROBLEM?! Garrett came prepared for this one and we get into it! Who has the best backyard court, silly rules we don't follow properly, Commonwealth Games, and everyone's favourite Player and Clown of the week!  Be sure to tell your friends about us and please give a 5 Star review on Apple! 

Bryce Foster from Team Canada Men's Sitting joins the show! Bryce made his debut for the squad while still in high school. He has a Parapan Am Games Bronze Medal from 2019 and hopes to build on that with a program that is on the rise. Hear all about his journey!  We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please, please, please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment...

Angie Akers has done it all! From a great career in the NCAA with Notre Dame, to pro indoor, she then transferred to the beach where she developed into a top player on the AVP and FIVB World Tour. Angie then started her coaching career with the Netherlands before coaching the "A" Team April and Alix who won Gold in Tokyo. Angie is now an assistant coach with LMU. We hear about her amazing journey...

Friend of the Show Tomas Sorra comes back to the show! After listening to our last episode Tomas reached out to correct a few items that Josh and Garrett popped off on. We discuss VNL, Van Open, and everyone's favourite Player and Clown of the Week!   We hope you enjoyed this episode! Please leave a 5star review and tell your friends! Stay Excellent! 

Gabi Maciagowski hints where she is playing next year, tells us about her journey to pro, Loyola U, being a provincial champion and so much more!  We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please, please, please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your friends about us! 

No guest this week! But the guys get into it over VNL and Beach results. We also hype up the Van Open and talk why Canada doesn't have a domestic tour.  We hope you enjoyed this episode! Please leave a 5star review and tell your friends! Stay Excellent! 

Super best friend of the show Ben Saxton joins the show for his 5th appearance. The Olympian and NBVL Commissioner gives us the behind the scenes details on the Calgary event, playing in the Van Open, and so much more!   We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please, please, please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment you can give the show is telling your frien...

Akash Grewal follows up her Sharp Cuts Episode by joining Passin Dimes! Akash is currently training Team Canada Beach - Summer Next Gen and plays for UBC in USports. She is a Team BC alumni and High School Provincial Champion. We hear about all of this and more.  We hope you enjoy this episode. If you've read this far please, please, please leave a comment, a 5 Star review and the best compliment...