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MPR: Hopkins Man Ready for Minnesota Beard-Off

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

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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.

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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