the beaches of rio de janeiro are home to a variety of beach sports including volleyball, tennis and, most brazilian of all, footvolley - this sport is a quintessential carioca activity and is extremely entertaining to watch

originating in brasil, footvolley has an interesting and memorable history

in the middle of the 1960s the country of brasil was under a military dictatorship - many restrictive laws were in place, limiting the freedom of all residents

among many nation wide restrictions was a prohibition to play the beloved soccer on the beach - the intention behind the law was practical, since the government claimed beach soccer disrupts sun bathers