The World Beard and Moustache Championships » 2009 http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:17:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 2009 Results – World Beard and Moustache Championships http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/results/2009/ http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/results/2009/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:05:25 +0000 Phil http://localhost/?p=83 The 2009 contest was held in Anchorage, Alaska on May 23, 2009.  The results are as follows:


OVERALL WINNERS

First Place: David Traver, Anchorage, Alaska
Second Place: Karl-Heinz Hille, Berlin, Germany
Third Place: Jack Passion, San Francisco, California

MOUSTACHES

Natural

Kees Lek, Netherlands
Keith Jefferson, United Kingdom
Ben Davidson, Ridley Park, Pa.

Dali

Tony Papai, Germany
Max Klaus Pankow, Germany
Robert Starnes, New Orleans, La.

English

Lutz Giese, Germany
George Haskins, Fairbanks
Sam Holcombe, Jacksonville, Fla.

Hungarian/Wild West

Nicholas Dighiera, Eagle River
Guenter Rosin, Germany
Josef Ibach, Germany,

Imperial

Benjamin Juergens, Los Angeles
Patrick Melcher, Los Angeles
Alex Antebi, Los Angeles

Freestyle

Keith Haubrich aka Gandhi Jones, Seattle
Devon Holcombe, Jacksonville, Fla.
Luk Vanderbeuren, Belgium

PARTIAL BEARDS

Alaska whaler

Jerem Feltman, Kenai
Aaron Suring, Juneau
Shawn Campbell, Anchorage

Freestyle Partial Beard

Stuart Wilf, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Roland van Den Bremt, Belgium
John Plummer, Anchorage

Fu Manchu

Ted Sedman, United Kingdom
Detleff Steinhoefel, Germany

Imperial Partial Beard

Karl-Heinz Hille, Germany
Udo Fritzsche, Germany
Mark Voermans, Belgium

Musketeer

Juergen Draheim, Germany
Frazer Coppin, United Kingdom
Reinhard Burker, Germany

Natural Goatee

Paul Beisser, Santa Cruz, California
Breman Grove, Evansville, Indiana
Wolfgang Servay, Germany

Sideburns/Muttonchops

Toot Joslin, Tahoe City, Calif.
Bruno Panza, Italy
Bill Mitchell, Georgia

FULL BEARDS

Verdi

Karl Roos, Switzerland
Markus Bross, Germany
David Casswell, Kenai, Alaska

Garibaldi

Douglas Renfro, Anchorage, Alaska
Norman Pendergraft, Eagle River, Alaska
John Price, Atlanta, Georgia

Natural Full Beard

Jack Passion, San Francisco, Calif.
Rooty Lundvall, South Everett, Washington
Alois Plettl, Germany

Natural Full Beard with Styled Moustache

Bernd Popiak, Germany
Bob Gengler, Eagle River, Alaska
Kyle McNair, Ontario, Canada

Freestyle

David Traver, Anchorage, Alaska
Gerhard Knapp, Germany
Hans-Peter Weis, Germany

]]> 3 Beard Team USA Dominates 2009 World Championship http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/news/beard-team-usa-dominates-2009-world-championships/ http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/news/beard-team-usa-dominates-2009-world-championships/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:02:00 +0000 Phil http://localhost/?p=105 The United States is the world’s new facial hair super power, having captured twelve world championship titles out of eighteen categories plus overall at the World Beard and Moustache Championships in Anchorage, Alaska on May 23, 2009. Possessing home field advantage, the USA was able to dethrone Germany which had dominated this competition since its inception.

Hometown favorite and Beard Team USA member David Traver was crowned overall champ, having styled his beard to resemble an Alaska snowshoe which earned him top honors in the freestle full beard category. Meanwhile Germany’s Karl-Heinz Hille’s elaborate moustache earned him second. San Franciscan Jack Passion placed third with his long, red natural beard. The winners took home engraved gold pans.

The next HUGE event in the sport of bearding will be the Beard Team USA Nationals in Bend, Oregon on June 5, 2010, where $5000 in cash prizes will go to best beards and moustaches in the USA. The competition is open to everyone. Even Canadians!

Unofficial Trophy Count

Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States 12 7 10 29
Germany 5 7 5 17
England 1 2 3
Belgium 1 2 3
Switzerland 1 1
Netherlands 1 1
Italy 1 1
Canada 1 1

In 2007, the World Beard and Moustache Association, an organization made up of beard clubs representing some 10% of the participants at the World Beard and Moustache Championships, accepted the proposal of the Norwegian Moustache Club to hold the 2011 world championships in Trondheim, Norway in a room with a seating capacity of 250.

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