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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

SkateBeard: Jeremy Fish x Santa Cruz “Weird Beard Cruzer”

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Here’s the real deal on this limited edition piece of awesomeness from Jeremy Fish and Santa Cruz Skatebaords

After decades of bald skateboards, the research team at loser cruzers have finally developed a hairy solution to this problem. Behold, the weird beard skateboard, with super realistic fake beard hair flowing wild and free. Our team of expert hair farmers hope you will enjoy leaving a trail of hair behind to mark your turf at all the spots you shred.”

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FLASHBACK: The Jeremy Fish Craft Beerds Print

Mr. Fish was kind enough to create this art for the CRAFT BEERDS hairy beer label book project.

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Friday: Literary Moustache Contest at Town Center Books

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Whether fake or real. And whether you’ve only been growin’ for Movember or have a life-long habit, surely you can liken it to some literary figure from the past or present…

Come to the Literary Moustache Contest Friday Night @ 7 pm

Get info at the Town Center Books site. 21+ over. Directions here.

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Amazing: Bill Murray’s Friendly Mutton Chops at Pebble Beach

Whoa … on the eve of SF BEERd WEEK we see these pics of Bill Murray‘s amazing facial hair on SF Gate. Coincidence? [Pics by AP / Ben Margot]

It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole!

While friendly Mutton Chops don’t get any friendlier than this, there’s a chapter full of options in the CRAFT BEERDS book.

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CRAFT BEERDS: Help us Print this Book, Get Rewarded in Return

UPDATE: The CRAFT BEERDS BOOK Kickstarter finished successfully at 134%! Now you can order your copy here »

For over a year we’ve collected, photographed and laid-out a beautiful book that celebrates all the best craft beer labels with beards, sideburns and moustaches on them—CRAFT BEERDS. Yes, there’s enough to fill a book.

But now the book’s grown to over 175 breweries and almost 300 pages and we need your help in printing the thing. Please share and check out our Kickstarter to lend a hand and get some cool rewards in return.

CRAFT BEERDS on Kickstarter »

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RELATED:
Beerds: 14 Hairy Beer Labels
Beerds: See Scissor Sisters’ Beer Label Music Video

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Stay on Target: Epic X-Wing Beard

From Red Squadron to Rogue Squadron, X-Wing pilots were no strangers to facial hair. But this X-Wing Beard is by far the most most-impressive:

Thanks for the tip, Fang.

Leia will cheers to that.

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Beerds: See Scissor Sisters’ Beer Label Music Video

There’s a lot of Beerds in this one … looks like they noticed a trend, too.

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RELATED:
The Craft Beerds Book Needs Your Help
Beerds: 14 Hairy Beer Labels
Blog Lüv: Thanks to Red Hook for the Hairy Beerd Care Package
Ongoing: A Collection of Facial Hair Collections
Gallery: More Hairy Pics from Petaluma Whiskerino 2011
Beard Spotting: Jack Passion in NYC
TRON Beard: Beardo Optico Revisited

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Rad: Funeral Home Mini Golf Illustration & Beard Socks by Ana Benaroya

 

Stoked to see Illustrator Ana Benaroya did a piece for my post on the Mini Golf Course in Basement of Funeral Home. She designed the above and a lot more for some “factual trivia magazine”. Gotta track that down.

AND, it turns out, she designed the beard socks Mel got me for Whiskerino last year. Buy ‘em here.

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OMG: TMZ Moustache Contest Winner is Petaluma Whiskerino Champ

Huge congrats to Petaluma Whiskerino 2011 Moustache Winner Steve Conwell (see all the winners here) for taking first place in the TMZ Moustache Contest. And big ups to DNK Digital for setting up the Whiskerino photobooth and taking the winning photo. Cheers!

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