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The annual Bill Soberanes Memorial Petaluma Whiskerino is coming …

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Every day, I take the bus from Petaluma to San Francisco. Every year, I grow a beard for the Petaluma Whiskerino contest. This time, I thought I’d combine the two.

I shot most every workday for 2.5 months, except for the days I drove. Not an exact, or smooth, science. But hope you enjoy.

Time Lapse: My Hairy Commute on Vimeo.

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Steampunk on stilts. Hopefully he’ll come to Whiskerino in costume.

Here’s a few more we caught flashin’ their cards at this year’s Handcar Regatta:

Brookelynn Morris, author of Feltique (yes, she wrote the book on felting), pictured with friend.

August at the Make Zine booth with a freshly felted ‘stache, courtesy of Melissa and Brookelynn’s handiwork.

Sid Phillips from Portland’s March Fourth Marching Band.

Nicole from Vinyl Frontier. Makers of recycled record cover notebooks, melted record bowls, record clocks and more. Very cool stuff. Read the rest of this entry »

Damnit! I am in the process of doing a vid like this for the upcoming Petaluma Whiskerino. Instead of walking across China, it’s even further—my commute from Petaluma to San Francisco. Heh heh.

Bitterness aside, this video from Christoph Rehage is awesomely impressive.

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Whiskerino: Jack Passion Does Regis, NYC

Bay Area’s beardtastic, bass-playin’ wonder, Jack Passion came to last year’s Petaluma Whiskerino already a world beard champion. No surprise he left with yet another 1st -place trophy. This weekend he won best beard in the NYC Beard & Moustache Competition. Congrats, Pash!

Jack Passion & Champs on Regis YouTube vid
Beard Team USA SFGate article
Beards Around Town NY Times

Check out Jack’s new Beard Shirt and look for his forthcoming book.