NEWPORT BEACH — It’s been seven years since the best beach volleyball players in the world took the sand for an event in the United States.

It’s been even longer since Trevor and Taylor Crabb teamed up for a top-tier international event.

But the Crabb brothers will pair up again this week in Newport Beach at the Elite Beach Pro Tour stop, which begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday.

After going head-to-head in “Crabb Boils” with various partners over the past nine years, Trevor and Taylor became free agents after their respective AVP partners retired from international competition.

So they turned to each other and thought, why not?

“We’re not sure for next year, or later down the road, but right now it kind of made sense for this tournament,” Trevor said.

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