Before the X-Games brought extreme sports to the masses, a radical experiment in televised chaos hit the sands of Huntington Beach. In the late 90s, when the inline hockey boom was searching for its next identity, founder David McLane turned the volume all the way up—literally.
In this third installment of Pucks Among The Palms, Callan McClurg takes you back to the short-lived, high-octane era of Pro Beach Hockey (PBH). For three summers, ESPN brought us a version of the game that felt less like a sport and more like a neon-soaked, adrenaline-fueled music video.
In this episode, we explore:
Whether you remember gluing yourself to ESPN2 in the summer of 1998 or you're just discovering this bizarre piece of hockey heritage, this episode is a deep dive into the sport’s most colorful, sandy, and experimental frontier.
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