Although there are no beard competitions to be had this year and no Oktoberfest to drink and toast our cares away, thanks COVID, we wanted to bring President of the Salty Saints Social Club and Facial Hair Society, Greg Schoenwolf, on to talk about their organization and how to care for a beard of great magnitude!
Greg had an amazing former life as a ballet dancer. Incredible, right? Greg joined ballet school at a young age. At 16 he left Salt Lake City to run away to Seattle to join their ballet company. Greg was able to become a professional dancer in Texas, Oklahoma, and Cincinnati. Fast forward, after years of dancing for the loggers (we joke, we joke) and teaching dance, he now works as the lead packager at local brewer, Shades of Pale, and presides over the Salty Saints Social Club. Greg does have many awards under his belt, or shall we say beard. One of his greatest is being the 4th best freestyle beard wearer in the WORLD! Yep, we said it… the world. One of the coolest things about all this beard chat, Greg’s wife has taken many awards herself! (no, she doesn’t grow a build, she just unconventionally creates them).
The Salty Saints Social Club and Facial Hair Society was founded in 2013.
From their website, The Salty Saints are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. They are dedicated to creating a positive social atmosphere for facial hair enthusiasts by promoting camaraderie, charity and the bringing together of like minded individuals. The club raises money throughout the year through fundraising projects and at the yearly Snowbird Oktoberfest Beard and Moustache Competition to donate to charity.
The Salty Saints are members of the North American Competitive Beard and Moustache Association and the World Beard and Moustache Association. Sadly the 2020 competition had to be rescheduled until 2022 but it will still be happening in Utah! One of the charities that they support is Wasatch Adaptive Sports.
We asked Greg what one unique thing he has discovered about Utah is and he said that MooseHorn Lake is it. His favorite thing is camping in the Uintah’s up but the quiet little lakes.
You can follow what they are up to, find ways to participate in upcoming events, and admire their lovely beards on their Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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