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AVP Tour
$300,000 Manhattan Beach Heritage Series
Friday, August 15, 2025

Match #9: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(3) Chaim Schalk/James Shaw
vs.
(30) Ian Carlson/Skylar del Sol

Chaim Schalk

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Red Deer College
Trinity Western

Seasons:

Tournaments:

171

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$519,125.00

James Shaw

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Woodside, CA

Height:

6'8"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Maunganui 2024)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Virginia Beach 2024)

Career Winnings:

$33,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$11,650.00
FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	US$42,750.00
Overall	14	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	1	3	1	0	US$54,400.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Marty Lorenz - 13th	Did not play
2018	Tim Bomgren - 7th	Did not play
2019	Jeremy Casebeer - 5th	Did not play
2021	Theo Brunner - 3rd	Did not play
2022	Theo Brunner - 2nd	Did not play
2023	Tri Bourne - 7th	Jordan Hoppe - 33rd
2024	James Shaw - 17th	Chaim Schalk - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	15	9th	600	US$7,500.00
AVP	5/9-11/2025	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	4	9th	1891	$2,250.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	17, Q2	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	19, Q4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	7	7th	400	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	8	5th	640	US$4,000.00
FIVB	11/12-17/2024	Challenge Haikou	5	7th	520	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/6-10/2024	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Q5	17th	400	US$0.00
AVP	8/30-9/1/2024	Chicago Heritage Series	12	9th	1891	$5,200.00
AVP	8/15-18/2024	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	11	17th	1540	$1,200.00

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/15/2025	Winner 1	Ian Carlson / Skylar del Sol (30)	Won 21-14, 21-19
Fri, 8/15/2025	Winner 2	Dylan Maarek / Lev Priima (14)

Ian Carlson

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Parker, CO

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Wentworth

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (AVP Waupaca 2024)

Career Winnings:

$2,050.00

Skylar del Sol

Photo: Bob Blackburn

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Elizabeth, CO

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

3rd (Waupaca 2022)

Career Winnings:

$72,350.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$1,900.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
Pro Beach 2012	Did not play	David Smith - 25th
2017	Did not play	Jon Mesko - 57th
2018	Did not play	Bruno Amorim - 17th
2019	Did not play	Bruno Amorim - 13th
2021	Jordan Gladstone - 53rd	Ed Ratledge - 7th
2022	Keone Coronado - 57th	Andrew Dentler - 17th
2023	Ryan Smith - 41st	Did not play
2024	Skylar del Sol - 25th	Ian Carlson - 25th