Taylor Welden and Paul Hendricks of the Austin Facial Hair Club join me to talk about how awesome the AFHC is and the 2017 World Beard and Mustache Competition. We talked about how AFHC was able to get the Worlds in Austin and the traditions ofwhat the Worlds are. There is going to be a huge party in Austin this Labor Day weekend with big beards and mustaches, live music, food trucks, and a lot of good times and drinking! We talked a lot of specifics to what was going on from judging the competitors to some of the criteria of some of the categories.

Taylor and Paul both describe their roles in the club and how they got involved in the scene. Taylor tells the story of how they had tried to get the Worlds in Austin by approaching the WBMC and how their second attempt got them the competition. With Come and Shave it in it's 11th year, the guys have had a lot of experience with throwing a good party! Whisker Wars opened the door for many guys to get into competitive bearding and the members of the Austin Facial Hair Club played a big part is showing viewers how to do it right!

Brian Furby of Can You Handlebar is one busy guy. We spent a few hours talking about lots of beard related things and where he got his start in the "bearding" scene. We went back to his roots and learned about his fathers growth and his own experimentation with styles as her grew up till he settled with what he has. Getting involved with charity work through his Title Beard events and website to how he ended up becoming Director of Sales at the Can You Handlebar monster were just a few of the topics we covered.

One of the main reasons I was talking to Furby was to have him unveil something that has been in the works with The Beardcaster. Last episode, Dr. Adam Causgrove shared that the American Mustache Institute would be sending me to the 2017 World Beard and Mustache Championship in Austin, Texas to cover the event this year. My plan is to get as many interviews with as many diverse people who are making a difference in the "bearding" community and who are helping to promote facial hair growth. Can You Handlebar also wanted to ask The Beardcaster to help them out and promote, and share, their wonderful products and facial hair care philosophies

Be sure to hunt me down while The Worlds are going on, I will have tons of great Can You Handlebar products to give away! In addition to all types of products I will have custom coupon cards with a code on them to help you save some money on your on-line orders at CanYouHandleBar.com . Brian also sweetened the deal by giving me a couple of Beard Care Kits, one to give away to my personal favorite in Austin and another for me to give away to one of my great listeners! Make sure you are subscribed to the podcast to hear what the promo code is and to find out how you can win the kit from Can You Handlebar!!! And as always, tell your friends about The Beardcaster, help me grow my audience and get to more beards!