Gregory Goes There

About a month ago, we posted the theme and categories for this year’s 2nd Annual Gregory Facial Hair Contest.  The theme was “It came from the Future” and contestants wasted no time starting the growing.  The more hair you had to work with, the more ridiculous you could probably make your final ‘entry’.

So just to refresh everyone’s memory, here were the categories that participants were able to compete in, courtesy of Mark - one of our designers and last year’s big winner.

Overall Grand Prize - Based on originality, creativity and relevance to the theme, not on length, amount or authenticity of hair.
Less is More - This year, the “Less is More” award is given as a consolation prize to the person who tries really hard, but comes up short.
You Missed the Point - To the person with the best retro beard.
Gutsiest Move I Ever Saw - To the person who risks professional reputation and public embarrassment, just for some measly contest.

Well the results are in and honestly, I have to hand it to these guys.  They not only grew out their hair and had pretty substantial beards for over a month, but in order to fully qualify, had to walk around with their shaved facial hair creation for a full week before final judging.  And they did - on the bus, light rail, to the grocery store, to work - fighting against better judgment and the appalled and nervous looks from fellow citizens of our fair city of Sacramento. Enjoy the before and after pictures!

Gutsiest Move I Ever Saw: Congrats to George McCloskey of Ask George fame and our resident customer service guru (so you can’t really see it, but he’s got a stripe that continues from that strip on his chin, down under his chin):

Less is More: Congrats to Sherwin Tactay who works in the engineering department, checks quality and makes sure that all product is ready to go to market:

You Missed the Point: Congrats to Brad Johnstun who helps plan and purchase everything that we use to make packs:

OVERALL GRAND PRIZE: Congrats to Marketing’s own Shane Dunne, who’s use of the fabled neck beard, combined with lightning bolt-esque designs made him the clear winner:

And what does one win in such a prestigious contest? Why a trophy of course. Here’s the one Shane received and is now proudly displayed at his desk:

(CREEPER)

Oh, and what about Mark you ask? He was last year’s winner yet is visibly absent from this year’s winner’s circle.

Totally Boned It: We’re making up a new category that wasn’t in the initial list, just for Mark. He didn’t follow his own rules and wound up shaving the day before judging (guess he wasn’t scoring any points with the ladies and was getting fed up). Here’s your honorable mention buddy:

See you all next year!