Persio Amilhoa, 40, and Gil Bartal, 32, rally the ball back and forth as they play a game of 'Frescobol' on Saturday, April 8, 2006 on Santa Monica Beach. Frescobol first began in Brazil on the beaches of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro just after the Second World War. Mr. Lian Pontes de Carvalho was the inventor.