CHRIS VIOLA/The Times-Union-- 08/30/08 -- Lynda Street (L) of Miami, Florida waits for the serve from the Jacksonville Beach, Florida team as Robin Mignerey (cq) (R) signals to her team mate Jill Cox during a preliminary match in the 1st St.Simons Island Extreme Volleyball Professionals Island tour event held at East Beach on St.Simons Island, Georgia, Saturday, August 30, 2008. The tour stop featured eight of the ten top professional women's beach volleyball players in the EVP playing for a $6000 purse. The free event attracted several hundred people on the beach through out the day as the Labor Day weekend begins. " The U.S. olympic win in beach volleyball helped get people interested in the event, " said event organizer Joey Mysogland (cq) of the turn out despite competing with the first day of college football. (The Florida Times-Union, Chris Viola)