World Beard and Moustache Championships coverage

{ The legendary Elmar Weiser }

It’s World Beard & Moustache Championships season. So here’s the news…

Unshaven local men in Alaska for ‘beard olympics’ | The Ile Camera
21 May 2009 - “So we just kind of got this harebrained idea to go out there and see what would happen,” Nance said.“At first it was just like a joke, but then we decided to do it (for the fun) and, hey, who doesn't want to go to Alaska?”

WBMC Kicks Off Friday in Alaska (PHOTOS) | The Huffington Post
21 May 2009 - The Germans' 20-person contigent this year will not include Elmar Weisser, who is renowned for his ingenuity in the freestyle full beard category. In 2005 in Berlin, he styled his beard into the shape of the Brandenburg Gate. Two years later in Brighton, England, his beard formed London's Tower Bridge.