You already know that Fudpucker's is famous for Great Food, Live Music, and World Famous T-shirts, but what you might not know is that we also hold one of the largest four-person beach volleyball tournaments in the world (well, at least as far as we know)! Of course, if you're amongst one of the thousands of people who have played in this tournament during any of the past sixteen years, you wouldn't be surprised at all about this fact.

Started on the snow white beaches of Destin in 1989, the Fudpucker 4-Player Beach Volleyball Tournament is held every Spring as the anchor for the Emerald Coast Volleyball Week (a week-long series of beach volleyball events that culminates with the Fud 4-Player). Due to beach erosion from Hurricane Ivan, the event was moved this past spring over to Okaloosa Island just a few miles west of Destin where it may very well remain. Drawing teams from all over the country (and beyond), the Fud 4-Player features five Men's divisions and four Women's with Open level competition vying for cash prizes. Of course, the prizes are secondary to the Event's primary theme which is to have fun! And, as everyone knows, Fun is what Fudpucker's is famous for (along with Food and Friends).

So, in keeping with that theme, the Fud 4-Player is known as much for its off-beach "social" activities as it is for its on-beach competition. The most notable of these “activities” is the infamous Fudpucker Players Party. Traditionally held at Fudpucker's in Destin, it is without question the largest party of any kind on the entire Gulf Coast.

If you want to know more about the Fudpucker 4-Player and the Emerald Coast Volleyball Week, or a sister tournament, the Fudpucker Fall Classic, click on "more info" below for scheduling, registration information, and lots of pictures of past tournaments...