on the drive with kenny jones – we talked about the world beard and moustache championships held in anchorage, alaska. and it’s official the united states of america is not the world’s new facial hair super power! (i’m on the fence whether or not to be proud of that title).
Nearly 300 competitors from 15 different countries competed. All of the winners received engraved Alaska gold pans as trophies…i think they should have been handed a can of shaving foam & a razor.
david traver – 1st place (full beard freestyle)
karl heinz-hille – 2nd place (imperial partial beard)
by the way, the united states captured twelve world championship titles out of eighteen categories plus david traver and his beard were named the overall champions. he was able to dethrone germany which had dominated this competition since its inception…if you ask me the krauts got robbed – look at that imperial!
all of this buffoonery got us wondering what the drive contingent’s take was on facial hair. here’s what they had to say…
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by the way, the next world beard & moustache championships are going to be held in trondeim, norway in may of 2011 – i’d make you’re reservations now!
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November 22nd, 2009 at 9:14 am
i love to see it by my own eyes..it must be a lot of fun during the parade..well, david traver looks really great with that style..