Where I stand: The Golden Gate Bridge 2020; Photo Courtesy @irish_reeder The 2020 West Coast Classic Beard and Moustache Championships were held in San Francisco a few weeks ago. I was asked by the SF team, Beards By The Bay, to be a judge, and couldn’t wait to get up there. It has…
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Eric Brooks unstyled I’ve been in the competitive beard world going on 9 years now, and have seen some crazy styles along the way. Everything from floor length to intricate “freestyle” dioramas made of facial hair. One of my favorite freestyle beard artists is my long time beard brother, Eric Brooks…
I get questions frequently about hair care and how I keep my beard looking so healthy. I have a few daily/weekly routines that I do. Weekly deep conditioning is one of them. Because my beard is so long, there’s a good chance the ends could dry out and break easily. So I like…
New Orleans, September 2013 Author’s Note: This article is a flashback to the 2013 Beard Team USA National Beard & Mustache Championships in New Orleans that I recently rediscovered describing the “post competition blues”. Six years, and countless competitions later, I’m still friends with most featured in this article. We all have grown a little…
That time I met an American Werewolf in Burbank Prologue: Somewhere deep in the suburbs of Burbank, CA is “Bob’s Basement”. A private home museum of priceless horror/sci-fi props curated by its owner; actor, writer, former FX artist, Mr. Bob Burns. The museum part of the house is not open to the public, and doesn’t…