world beard and moustache championships
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty interested in The World Beard and Moustache Championships. This happens every other year (probably because it takes time to really get your beard in shape). The next is May 23, 2009, in Anchorage. What better reason to go to Alaska than to see hirsute competitors battle it out in no-holds-barred beard-offs?
Can ladies compete? If they can, are they graded on the same scale?
Personally, I think this is a great opportunity to take a trip to Alaska and learn about the maybe exciting world of facial hair competitions. For example, in reference to the photo above:
With his superstyled partial beard which NPR’s Robert Siegel once dubbed a “hair pretzel” Willi Chevalier practically owns the partial beard freestyle category. Indeed, Willi has won this category at all WBMC’s in memory with the exception of the 2003 WBMC when he was on injured reserve following an unfortunate encounter with a power drill.
You read that right: a “hair pretzel”! You also read that other part right: “an unfortunate encounter with a power drill.” Man, I’d like to hear the rest of that story, and maybe I can next May in Anchorage when I take Willi aside and ask him to give me the gory details. It must sting to have every freestyle trophy but the one, am I right Willi? Especially when you check out the photos of some of the winners that year:
Willi was a lock, I’m thinking.
So who’s with me? Anchorage next May? We need to decide soon, so I can stop shaving and prepare for the amateur competition.
jt wrote:
how does one explain the face fuzz the rest of the (two) years. i really don’t think “the biennial beard battle” really excuses that second guy featured here.
also, how much time per day is put into beard-shaping practice? is there a category of the competition in which contestants see who can style their beard the fastest?
Posted on 15-Jul-08 at 10:47 am | Permalink
Robert wrote:
Oh yeah, I forgot you sent this to me.
I’m growing one right now… let’s do this!
Posted on 15-Jul-08 at 12:48 pm | Permalink
Charley wrote:
It’s happening! It’s really happening!
Posted on 15-Jul-08 at 3:44 pm | Permalink
David wrote:
Fellas I expect to see you all there then!
Alaska will be ready for you all.
David Traver - V.P of the Southcentral Alaska Beard & MOustache Club.
Posted on 16-Jul-08 at 6:42 am | Permalink
Charley Daniels wrote:
Thanks David!
Oh man, now we definitely have to go.
Posted on 16-Jul-08 at 9:59 am | Permalink