Shaquille O'neal is GINORMOUS!!!

Shaq - the close up - he was like 5 feet away!

I tried to show how GINORMOUS he was compared to the other peeps around! So crazy!

So, I forgot to mention another fun thing from Hermosa Beach weekend... Shaq VS. In case you haven't heard of this, Shaq has a reality tv show called Shaq Versus, and basically, each episode he takes on the best athletes from a different sport. So, he's going to swim against Michael Phelps, do some quarterbacking against Ben Roethlisberger (I think), and play beach volleyball against Misty May and Kerri Walsh. Here's where the really fun part comes in! After the men's finals of the AVP Hermosa Beach Open, they filmed the episode of Shaq VS where he plays Kerri and Misty! Basically, Cayley and I showed up for the last point of the men's finals and got a front row seat to watch the show! I didn't have my camera so I wasn't able to get that great of pictures but I did manage to snap a few on my iPhone.

For the filming, they did introductions twice, just to make sure they got a good one, and then finished the rest of the match. They had a helicopter helping film for the introductions so I think that's why they only had 2 tries. Shaq got to play with Todd Rodgers against Misty and Kerri which might make you think he had a good shot at playing a competitive match... Don't let the fact that Todd Rodgers is amazing fool you though, Shaq was TERRIBLE!!!! Haha, it was one of the funniest things to see that big guy try and move on the sand! Plus, I'm pretty sure he's never touched a volleyball in his life and his hands engulf the ball so watching him set was pretty hilarious! All in all, it looked like he could have been decent if he practiced ever, but I don't think he'll ever be able to catch up to Phil Dalhausser. Speaking of Phil, before the taping started, Shaq and Phil were talking and goofing around and Shaq kept putting him in bear hugs! It was strange to see someone actually dwarf Phil Dalhausser! Anyway, keep your eye out for the episode of Shaq VS and the volleyball girls! It was pretty awesome to watch even though Shaq kinda gets dominated!