Bay of Beards 2011!!! September 24th

Hello, Beardsman! It's been a very long time since I have done an update. Life has taken some very strange twists and turns lately, but not away from the main reason I do this damn thing.

I am incredibly pleased to let you know that the Third Annual Bay of Beards beard and moustache contest is coming to Florida once again! Saturday, September 24th at the Dunedin Brewery we will have our night! I just finished the new B.O.B. site the other night so be sure to check it out. It came out great, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Bay of Beards Link. Please let me know what you think.

More information is coming in the next couple weeks, so stay tuned!

Thanks for the continued support,

Austin

2010 Bay of Beards Results!

Hello, Beardsman! It has been a while since I’ve had some time to sit and actually update the site a bit since the contest. So this will be a big post to catch all of you up on everything.

First and most importantly, the contest went incredibly well. The rnout was great with over 250 attendees. All together we raised 2090 dollars; crushing last year’s proceeds and this year’s goal. We couldn’t have done it without a handful of amazing volunteers that made a ton of the event what it was.

Special thanks from myself (Austin) and Beardsman go out to the following individuals: JP Marra, Randon Martin, Anthony Grajirena for the beautiful flyers, Jocelyn Nunez and Yvonne Rygiel for the amazing handmade trophies and other décor, Justin Brecese, Morgan Gall, and Chris Denny for being the critical beard growing judges, and Adam Williams and Dylan Williams for helping out at the door, Lilt Lathauser, Andrea Jenkins, Kendal Fleming, The Dunedin Brewery for keeping everything together and doing a great (job again), Shark Destroyer, and lastly all of the great sponsors that contributed to the raffle and prizes.

Thank you to all of our sponsors for their generous donations: The Dunedin Brewery, Classic Tattoos, Forever Tattoos, MAC, Bluebeards Original, Moe’s Mexican Grill (Countryside), Chainwheel Drive, Peg & Awl, Kabob House, Dunedin House of Beers, Tampa Bay Paintball, Chris Reed, Ryan Cullen, Scott Lukacs, Keller, Jocelyn Nunez, Daniel Mrgan, Allen Hampton, Anthony Grajirena, Chris Parks, Berto, Girl.Bike.Dog, Hands On Bicylcles, Burro Bags, 66Fixed, Heart of Gold Clothing, Yanko Pads, and City Cycle Supply.

For those that haven’t heard, seen, or met any of the winners from the beard and moustache competition, please allow me to introduce these amazingly bushy Beardsman.

Bearded Ladies

1st – Lizz Teti

2nd – Tiffany Cortes

3rd – Angel Toston

Longest Beard

1st – Dan Wing (13”)

2nd - Mark Stewart (10 ¾”)

3rd – Jason Mott (10”)

Natural Full Beard

1st – Dan Wing

2nd – Mark Stewart

3rd – Ryan Lessl

Garibaldi

1st - Jason Misner

2nd - Kienan Almeida

3rd - Chris Reed

Sideburns

1st – Bato Ijacic

2nd - Charlie Haueter

3rd – George Gallandre-Lebhar

Styled Moustache

1st – Zak Kuhn

2nd – Austin Peterson

3rd – Jason Messick

Freestyle Beard

1st – Brandon Wagner

2nd – Jason Misner

Best Overall Beard

Mark Stewart

Shortbox Beard

1st – Joe DiSanza

2nd – Jake Connelly

3rd – Tyee Jordan

Natural Moustache

1st – Matt Patton

2nd – Tony Tietto

3rd – Brian Nitzer

Goatee

1st - Damon Goldsmith

2nd – Jean-Paul Gagnon

3rd – Charlie Haueter