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MPR: Hopkins Man Ready for Minnesota Beard-Off

Chris Sorensen will compete Saturday at First Avenue, Minnesota Public Radio reports.

Watch Chris Sorensen, 28, comb out his stupendous black beard in preparation for Saturday's fourth annual Minnesota Beard-off competition, in the Minnesota Public Radio video above.

Read and hear MPR's full report.

See videos from all three past years' Beard-offs by clicking on the YouTube thumbnails at right.

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Have you seen Sorensen around town, or know another noteworthy local beardsman? Leave a comment below or upload a photo to this post.

For more about the Minnesota Beard-off, check out this 2012 post at Northfield Patch: The Big Beard Theory: Brothers Prepare for Minnesota Beard-Off

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