Rules:
1. The National Beard and Moustache Championships are open to all competitors.
2. Competitors may register for the competition online at beardteamusa.org until 5 p.m. on June 3, 2010. The fee for online registration is $40. Late registration will be available at the Old Stone Church at 8 p.m. on June 4 and from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on June 5 at the Oxford Hotel. The fee for late registration is $50.
3. The competition will take place in four categories, which are described below. Each competitor will specify the category in which he wishes to compete when he registers. The organizers may transfer the competitor to another category at the organizers discretion.
4. By registering for the competition, all competitors give their permission to the organizers and to the organizers designees that the competitors may be photographed, videotaped, and tape recorded and further that the organizers and their designees may use the photographs, video tapes, and audio tapes of the competitor for any purpose including commercial purposes. Any competitor who does not agree to this provision must notify Lay It Out Events in writing before the start of the competition.
5. The judging will take place in two rounds, an elimination round to begin at 2 p.m. and a final round to begin at 7 p.m. Any competitor who does not appear when called to the stage will be eliminated.
6. In the elimination round, the competitors in each category will be divided into several different groups. To the extent possible each group of competitors in any category will consist of the same number of competitors. Each judge will be permitted to vote for three competitors in each group. The three competitors receiving the most votes in each group will advance to the final round. In the case of a tie, all competitors with the same number of votes will advance to the finals. The results of the elimination round will not be announced until the beginning of the final round.
7. In the final round, each judge will rank the top three competitors in each category. A first place vote is worth five points, a second place vote is worth three points, and a third place vote is worth one point. The contestant with the highest number of points wins. In the event of a tie for any of the first three places, the judges will be asked to revote among the tied competitors.
8. The top three contestants in each category will receive trophies. The winner in each category will receive $1000.
9. At the conclusion of the competition, the name of one competitor will be chosen at random to receive an additional prize of $1000.
10. The organizers reserve the right to modify these rules at any time. Any rule modifications will be announced publicly.
11. All decisions of the judges are final.
Categories:
The categories are as follows:
Moustache The moustache is the hair that grows on the upper lip but can also include hairs growing from elsewhere on the face that are a natural extension of the shape of the moustache. Therefore Fu Manchus, walruses, and horseshoe styles are all considered mustaches. A person with a beard accompanying his moustache may compete in this category, but he will only by judged on the moustache.
Partial beard This category includes all styles of facial hair that are neither full beards nor solely moustaches. Examples are sideburns, van dykes, goatees, soul patches, mutton chops, Amish style or Alaskan whalers, and imperials.
Full beard Cheeks can be partially shaved as can the neck, but there must be an unbroken line of unshaved face from the temple to the chin to the other temple. A person with a shaved upper lip will compete in the partial beard category.
Freestyle Anything goes.
Judging criteria:
In the first three categories the judges will be instructed to chose the facial hair that best enhances the contestants overall appearance and personality. The judges will consider the overall condition and health of the facial hair, detail in styling if applicable, uniformity of color, thickness, symmetry, size including but not limited to length, and presentation.
In the freestyle category, the judges will be asked to determine which contestants facial hair is the most creative and artistic.
Naar aanleiding van dit evenement gaf mijn sideburn-collega
en Wereldkampioen Toot Joslin een video uit met enkele
instructies van
'hoe kom je aan zo'n snor-met-bakkebaarden
en wat doe je ermee ?'
Klik even op de link onderaan.
So, Im here and my envy is at about a 12 on a scale of 1-10... sure i've seen some massive beards and beardos in my tenure at B-a-B but the effect of seeing them in person delivers a knockout punch to my already fragile psyche.
That being said, everyone has been the nicest people ever, and welcoming at that. The town is great, the people are better, the beards are longer, and the mustaches are curlier.
To kick off the June 5th festivities, I joined a bunch of hairy folks for a much needed Beard styling seminar by the one and only partial beard champ himself, Toot Joslin at the Bond Street Barber Shop in downtown Bend.
Below are three videos that resulted from this enlightening session (apologies that it's indeed HD quality, so it'll take a while to load...). The first is a brief look at Toot, his personal and facial hair history
plus some focus on the products he uses. That is followed by a full styling video and finally a brief Q&A.
I gotta tell you all
one of the most valuable lessons Ive ever observed
now to just grow out my burns to match Toots awesomeness.
http://www.build-a-beard.com/bab/2010/6/5/grooming-101-via-toot-joslin.html
Heil to the Victors!
08. Jun, 2010
(Photo by emeraldbayphoto.com)
Making his first North American appearance, perennial World, European, and German Champion Willi Chevalier took top honors in the freestyle category at the Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships.
Willi was also crowned Best In Show by crowd acclamation, winning a years supply of Dockers Jeans to go along with his $1000 cash prize.
Other $1000 winners were Aarne Bielefeldt in full beard, Toot Joslin in partial beard, and newcomer Larry McClure in the moustache division.
John Szerseen won the contestants raffle and walked away with another $1000.
There were over 200 competitors and an estimated 2000 fans in attendance. World champ Jack Passion served as host for the festivities.
Here are the complete results:
Moustache Division
First: Larry McClure, Concord, California
Second: Paul DeLeone, Redmond, Oregon
Third: Ghandi Jones, Seattle, Washington
Partial Beard Division
First: Toot Joslin, Carnelian Bay, California
Second: Eric Brown, Jersey City, New Jersey
Third: Matthew Bliss, Eugene, Oregon
Full Beard Division
First: Aarne Bielefeldt, Willits, California
Second: Allen Demling, Austin, Texas
Third: Devin Cara, Springfield, Missouri
Freestyle Division
First: Willi Chevalier, Sigmaringen, Germany
Second: Paul Beisser, Santa Cruz, California
Third: Charles Earnshaw, Anchorage, Alaska