May/June 2024

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Sports Destination Management Magazine

May/June 2024 Surfing Cover

Each of our issues celebrates a change of seasons. This one hits mailboxes just as spring is edging into the beautiful golden time of summer, when baseball, softball, fishing and beach volleyball, as well as plenty of other sports (including surfing, featured on our cover), move front and center in our collective consciousness. This issue also arrives as the 2024 Olympics are on final approach to Paris. That makes this summer an all-around great time to be an athlete, a hosting community, an event owner or even a fan. Let’s dive in.

In this issue

Amateur Athletic Union

BY: Jo Mirza

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is a multi-sport youth sports organization that, in addition to impressive membership numbers, has 100,000-plus volunteers. Beyond tournaments like the AAU Junior Olympics and the Junior National Volleyball championships, AAU offers programming for education, athlete safety and underprivileged youth. Learn more here. more....