It's Alan's Job
July, 1988
"Beach volleyball got some great exposure in that scene with Tom Cruise in Top Gun," says Sinjin Smith. "Although looking at it from a professional standpoint, their game was a little weak." Smith, 31, should know--the sandy-haired Californian is the world's reigning beach-volleyball champion and the most successful player in the sport's history. "When I started," Smith recalls, "a player made almost nothing." Only recently did the prize money become compe...
