Beard Team USA Nationals – $5000 in Prizes!
25. Jan, 2010 
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Beards! Beer! Bend!
The first ever Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships will take place on Saturday, June 5, 2010, in Bend, Oregon. $5000 in prizes courtesy of Visit Bend!
There will be competition in four separate categories. The winner in each category will walk away with a cool $1000. So that everyone gets a shot at the cash, the fifth $1000 prize will go to a contestant selected at random.
Categories
1. Best moustache. Beards are allowed in this category but the contestants will be judged on their moustaches only;
2. Best partial beard. Includes goatees, van dykes, sideburns, musketeers, etc.;
3. Best full beard. Styling aids are permitted;
4. Freestyle. Anything goes. Anything. Be creative.
Like membership in BTUSA, the competition is open to everyone. There are no annoying qualifying events, drug tests, or dues. Located on the Deschutes River in Central Oregon, Bend offers fly-fishing, rafting, golf, canoeing, mountain biking, hiking, and more. Did I mention beer? Bend is the home of seven microbreweries including the famous Deschutes Brewery practically next door to the Les Schwab Amphitheater where the competiton will take place. Visit Bend is a major sponsor of the event.The championships will take place in conjunction with the 8th Annual Balloons Over Bend hot air balloon festival. Stay tuned for information on registration, lodging options, transportation from the airport in Portland, and everything else you will need to know.
For now all members, fans, and friends of the team are asked to:
1. Make plans to be in Bend, Oregon on June 5; To plan your Oregon vacation, go to VisitBend.com for Oregon hotels and lodging information, plus hundreds of ideas on what to do, where to eat and where to stay while you’re in Bend. Check out the online Oregon trip planner and visitor guide here.
2. Join Beard Team USA if you haven’t already done so; Or get on the mailing list here.
3. Tell everyone they know about the BTUSA Nationals;
4. Keep growing their beards and moustaches for America.
How could you miss this? This sounds like a fantastic time. Beards, beer, and nature? Count us in!
With much love from Minnesota,
Arianna
Can’t wait for June… We’ve got a caravan driving up from San Diego to enter the competition.
Beers and Beards!! What could be better?
-Don Carter
(Beard Team USA Member, San Diego)
Some fellas from the Fresno Beard and Mustache Club will be caravanning from Fresno to hang out with some other hirsute folk!
Shawn Hasson
(Fresno Chapter of Beard Team USA)
It makes me soooo happy to hear so many of the bearded are traveling to Oregon!!! See you all there!
They chose a GREAT place for the furry dudes to congregate. Just a hop, skip and a jump from my Own Private Idaho!
See y’all there!