Made for budget-minded players seeking a ball similar to what the pros use, this OC California Pro Beach Series replica game ball has a super-stitched cover with a patented cloth-reinforced bladder. It carries a 1-year warranty against defects. Whether on the beach or in the gym, Mikasa Sports USA volleyballs raise the bar and electrify the game. Mikasa volleyballs have been selected to be the official game balls of all FIVB (Federation Internationale de Volleyball) international matches including all the Olympic Games since 1968, and will be used for all indoor competition and the beach games at the Beijing games in 2008.
About Mikasa
Before there was a cross-trainer, instant replay, or endorsement deals, Mikasa Sports was creating and perfecting the most important part of the game: the ball. It all started in Hiroshima, Japan over 89 years ago. Mikasa set the standard before there was one, and never lost the thing that makes all sports great: passion. In 1973 Mikasa arrived in California to set up headquarters where it could better satisfy the demand of North American athletes. True to their roots, the company established a reputation in volleyball, but didn't stop there. They took this same drive and passion and applied it to basketball, soccer, football, water polo, rugby, tetherballs, kickballs, dodgeballs, and playground balls. While Mikasa made great inroads in both professional and Olympic sports, they never forgot the place where all sports began: the playground.
While the rules of the game haven't changed much, the athletes, coaches, arenas, and fans sure have. Athletes are faster, strategies more complex, stadiums have become monuments, and fans more demanding. Competition has been raised to a whole new level and every athlete has come to expect the best. Every sport still revolves around one thing: the ball.
