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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

On August 30th, Paul Blouin, owner of the Woof Bar & Bistro (website - articles - profile) held the 'Monsieur Bear Montréal' contest (articles - photos). This was the very 1st Bear contest that this great French Canadian city had ever seen. I (Forrest - profile) was there and I filmed the event as well as livestreamed it - both here on PlanetBears as well as on TubeBear. The livestreaming had a bunch of kinks of it (disconnection, sound issues) so I was glad that I filmed it.

I also kind of convinced my partner and hubby, Roger (galleries - profile) to be a contestant. He was reluctant at first, thought it over, then agreed to do it. He was nervous and anxious the whole week prior to the contest, yet once he got up there, he was a natural.

The video is just under 10 minutes long. Originally it was 16 yet I decided to edit it down, and this way I was able to place it here as well, on my YouTube page - BearGhetti. Hope you enjoy it.

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Monday, September 1, 2008

Last Saturday night the Woof Bar (website) held the very first Monsieur Bear Montréal contest. 5 guys competed and it was Robert Pettigrew who took the title. Check out the pics from the event here. On a personal note, my partner Roger (galleries - profile) was one of the contestants and he was runner-up, and from what I understand, he was very close to winning. Nevertheless he had fun and he looked great in his business suit and leather gear.

As I mentioned, we were there broadcasting the show live thru TubeBear - however we did have issues, mostly wi-fi issues. The connection would fade out, and each time it did we lost the broadcast, so there was a lot of reconnecting going on. The good news is that we taped the whole show, which means you'll be able to see it soon.

Once again, check out the pics here from the contest, and below is a RIM (Recorded Instant Message) Roger and I (Forrest) made the day after the contest.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

TubeBear is going to be livecasting the 'Monsieur Bear Montréal' contest tonight - Saturday, August 30th - 10PM EST - at the 'Woof Bistro & Bar' (website - articles - profile) which is at 1661 Ste Catherine street in the Gay Village of Montreal.

This is going to be the 1st Bear contest ever that this city is going to see, so it's not only going to be fun but a bit monumental. Woof bar is also new and it's the 1st bar that is catering to Bears and their admirers. The owner is real cool and sympathetic, so we're all hoping this is going to be the start of a really good thing.

I (Forrest) will be broadcasting live from the bar, so if you cannot make it in person, then come by and watch it online, either on PlanetBears or on TubeBear. Make sure to send in some messages during the show.

ps - my hubby Roger (galleries - profiles) is going to be one of the contestants for Monsieur Bear. This is the first time he's ever done anything like this so he's a bit nervous but he's also excited and he's out to have fun. Make sure to come by and root for him, in person on online.

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

[Members ~ click here and here] Jacques aka PandaMontreal has been kind enough to share with a bunch of pics that were never posted here on PlanetBears. He sent in so many that I'm going to divide these updates, this being the 1st one (click here to see all of his photo sets in the PlanetBears' Galleries section - click here to see his TubeBear profile).

In this update, there's 2 sets. The 1st set Jacques calls it his 'Black & White' set; pics of him on a black chair in a white setting. At the end, I added some photos from his 'Dreamland' series; photos of him in bed surrounded by his collection of teddybears.

In the 2nd set, you get to marvel at the magical work of GianOrso (gallery - profile). the Italian GianOrso is truly a master photographer, and in my opinion he has taken some of the best photos ever of Bearish men found anywhere in this universe. Well GianOrso came to visit Canada a few years back and Jacques was fortunate enough to have a photo session with him. As a bonus, there's a bunch of 'behind the scenes' photos in which you get to see GianOrso photographing Panda.

In the next update, which will be in a couple of days, we will be posting Jacques' 'Sex-capade' set - a hot little jerk-off solo session. 

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Friday, August 29, 2008
The ever so cute and cuddly Jacques aka PandaMontreal (website - gallery - profile) was at the pride parade in Montreal which took place a week ago or so, and he sent in a slew of pics. Click here to view them, and make sure to send him a big thank you. Panda is one of the coolest guy's in the universe, hands down. I just visited his house, and he has 1316 teddy bears lined up all over his bedroom wall. It's one of those 'you have to see it to believe it'.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

There is a lot to do this Labour Day weekend in Montréal. Even tho all of these events are unrelated (meaning: none of them are endorsing the other), if you plan on coming into town this weekend, there's a lot of great Bear events to attend.

First there is 'Monsieur Bear Montréal' which will be taking place at the Woof Bar that is run by Paul (website - articles - profile). This is happening on Saturday night - August 30th, and I (Forrest) will be there livestreaming for TubeBear. Also ~ Roger (galleries - profile) has decided to become a contestant, so make sure to come and root for him huge.

Then on Sunday, August 31st, join up with the UpBear bunch (website - articles) for their morning brunch. They will be meeting up at the Restaurant Palais Montcalm. UpBear is maintained by JF (JBearWoof) and Jacques (PandaMontreal).

Later on, check out Bear Crusader (website - articles) as they are playing at the bar 'La Place à Côté'. Check out their YouTube page and MySpace page. Bear Crusader consists of Steve (MTLScream) and Sylvain (MusiBear).

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Head over to the brand new Woof Bistro & Bar 'cause they will be hosting the very first Monsieur Bear Montréal contest (French poster). This is the very 1st Bear contest the city has ever seen so you don't want to miss out on this memorable event.

The Woof Bar opened its doors in June and it is also the first and only Bear bar in Montreal. The owner Paul (TubeBear profile) has been working seriously hard on getting the word out that he wants to make this bar the place for Bears and admirers to hang their hats. It is located on 1661 Ste Catherine street, in the heart of the Gay Village.

Getting back to the contest, there are some fine prizes to won for the contestants as well as for spectators. Cash prize, DVDs, and much more. However the real prize is that Montreal will be seeing its very 1st Bear contest. It's about time.

Also, Roger (gallery - profile) and I (Forrest - profile) are going to be there, and we will be livestreaming the event so if you can't make it to Canada, then make sure to login and catch the action online. I will also be filming the event...

Also, I've been trying to convince Roger to participate in the contest. I think he's hot but he's super shy. Why not email Roger and tell him you'd love to see him be a contestant as the 1st Monsieur Bear Montréal.

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Friday, August 22, 2008

It was just a couple of days ago that I mentioned that the Bear Boutique was about to go live. Well it's alive, kicking, and it's a bouncing brand new baby Bear boy.

This online shop is direct from France, and it's maintained by a very handsome couple - Axel (Thorn on TubeBear) and Pascal (Pakko). As I mentioned in the last update, Roger and I got to meet them and we took a few pics while we were in Chinatown (here). So head on over to their site and take a look at the t-shirts and baseball caps (coming soon) they have to offer. Roger was wearing one of their shirts the other day ~ which read 'Woofez Moi' ~ and more than one person asked him what it meant and where he got it.

Voulez vous Woofez avec moi, ce soir...?

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Bear Boutique website is not quite ready... yet... but they are planning on opening up shop really soon (as in the next few days). This online shop is run by 2 hot gentlemen who live in France ~ Axel (profile on TubeBear - Thorn) and Pascal (Pakko). They have come up with a real cute design for t-shirts and baseball caps and, realizing that there is no one in France working on Bear goods, that they would take the initiative and start something up.

Axel and Pascal were in Montreal not too long ago, and we (Roger and I, Bob Forrest) met up with them for an afternoon. We headed into Chinatown, ate, and had a few laughs. The visit was short but we did take a few snapshots (snap #1 - snap #2 - snap #3 - snap #4 - snap #5 - snap #6 - snap #7) of our afternoon together, and Roger is going to model some of the t-shirts for their website, and I'll add the pics up once they are ready.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The island of Montreal is going to see its very 1st Mr. Bear contest (or it's the very 1st one that I have heard of). It is going to take place at the Woof Bistro on Ste Catherine street on August 30th.

Woof Bistro is a brand new bar/resto which opened its doors on June 20th (article) to fine food and whatever you fancy to drink. And if you haven't been to the Gay Village in Montreal this year, well they did something great by closing off a huge chunk of Ste Catherine for pedestrians only, and Woof Bistro has a great terrace for those who enjoy fresh air while looking Bearishly sexy.

So, if you think you have what it takes to be the very first Monsieur Bear Montréal (French poster) then make sure to drop by the Woof Bistro, and if you have any questions or comments, contact the cute and cuddly owner Paul (profile).

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Here are the recent photos of Alain, aka BearMontreal (profile). As I mentioned in the preview, BearMontreal is this 6'2'' dark and handsome Bear, born in Europe and has been in Canada for over a decade. He's trilingual (English, French and Italian) and he is of Italian descent.

He is a friend of Roger's (gallery - profile), and while chatting on TubeBear, BearMontreal wanted to have some photos of him taken. He mentioned me (Forrest - profile) and that I took pictures, so off we went into downtown Montreal for an impromptu photo shoot. It was already late so we were only able to get one set of photos in, however Alain stated he would really like a set of pics taken of him in the shower. Altho it's not been scheduled yet, we will be getting together in the near future to fulfill this shower scene.

For some previews, click here - preview #1 (small - large) - preview #2 (small - large) - preview #3 (small - large) - preview #4 (small - large).

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Here are some older photos that were at one time posted on 'The Bears Factory' website. Well that website no longer exists, so I decided to post them here on PlanetBears for the very 1st time (they weren't posted on the old bear-pics page either). These pics were taken at a 'Slave Sale' during July '04 at 'The Parking' bar in Montreal. Click here to see them. Also check out the guest stars - see if you can spot Pugsley (gallery) and PapiBear (gallery).

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Here is the 3rd and final set of Ben Goodman. Members, click here. Ben (profile) and I are trying to schedule another meeting, hopefully near the end of August... we want to work on another set of photos... we might even dabble with a bit of bondage.

In this photo set, you get to see Ben in a snazzy suit. He's on a business trip and he's now retiring back in his hotel room after a long day of work. He is just about to get undress and put on some leather so as to hit the evening Montreal scene when he decides to quickly login to TubeBear to see if he has any messages. He has one from Frank (galleries - profile), which he checks out. It's one of Frank dancing to some disco. He then gets another message from Forrest (profile), and he chats with him a bit, all the while getting undressed.

Click here to see some previews - here for some 800x600 pixels (pic #1 - pic #2 - pic #3) and the 1600x1067 pixels (pix #1 - pic #2 - pic #3).

It's a fun set, and there's video from this set as well, which will be coming soon (by early next week).

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

There was a time that I used to go into town on August 1st as that was the day of Pride in Montreal. Now they've changed things and I'm not even sure exactly when it's happening (well... I do... they now focus on a full week rather than just one day)... so this year, in MTL, Pride starts July 29th and goes right until August 3rd.

Anyhow, I'll try to figure which is the 'big day' (which is the 'parade day' for me) so I can check out the sites and bring my camera and take a ton of pictures. It's always a fun day and there's so much eye candy, it makes your head spin.

Here are some pics I took from prior Prides - between '02 and '04. I have others, it's just a question of finding them. However I think I'll skip on searching my archives and just wait for the upcoming Pride so I can take some new pics.

Click here to see the pics from Pride '02 - '04.

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Monday, July 14, 2008

In these past few months, I have been adding more and more photos from prior events I attended. Some of them used to be on BearPress, some on bear-pics and some I've never added before. I know I should get around to adding new pics from more recent events, but I just never seem to have the time to go to anything lately... in any account, most of you have never seen these pics so they are still fun to look at, in a retrospective kind of way.

These pics were taken back in June '04 at an event called Fuel. It was being held in Montreal at a bar called Parking. They asked me to come and take some photos so I did. I got to meet Bo who has since gone on to be somewhat popular as he's been doing a lot of adult movies. Bo was crowned Mr. Fuel '04 by the end of the evening. He's a really nice guy as well.

So, maybe one day PlanetBears might be an area in which all Bear groups can send in their pics from their past events and we can archive them here. Wouldn't that be a fun idea... thousands and thousands (and thousands) of pics from thousands of Bear events. Maybe one day.

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Here's someone who's got all the right ingredients to being a Daddy Bear; he's good looking, debonair, he's thoughtful, has a nice sense of humour about him, witty while intelligent, modern while paying attention to traditional ways. His name is Richard and he's a husky Bear from Montreal. Check out his gallery here.

These pictures were taken back in January '07. Now there's the long version as to why I never added these pics and there's also the short version. So here's the mid-length version: I met Roger (website - gallery - profile) just shortly after taking these photos, and when you meet the man of your dreams, everything else is placed on the shelf. I was also working on a Valentine's themed movie (it was January and I had a couple of weeks to work on it), and Richard's in it as well as Jacques aka PandaMontreal (website - gallery - profile) and Friedrich (gallery)... I have all the film for it, it's just a question of editing it... anyhow, that got shelved as well.

Fast forward to today and I'm re-discovering all this material I have, so I'm trying to add as much of it as possible, all the while working on some newer material.

Anyway, there you have it. Richard is truly a nice guy, make sure to send him a message via his profile. Click here to see some previews.

Read more here.

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Click here to see some pics taken 4 years ago at an event called Skin Sinz in Montreal (taken July '04). I never added these pics to the site (bear-pics at the time) because I took them and gave them to Pugsley (gallery) for him to put on his site ~ 'The Bears Factory'. However that site no longer exists (I'm not sure why... I haven't heard from Pugsley in awhile), so I figured I'd add the pics here on PlanetBears. There's almost 80 photos so click the thumbnail to see them.

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Friday, June 27, 2008

[PlanetBears/bear-pics members - click here] When I first opened up TubeBear, I started featuring profiles of guys I thought were cute and had great photos. One of the very first gents I featured was a cute guy with the nickname Thudd (profile). His name is Ben Goodman and he lives in Ottawa with his equally cute partner Furry Fukker (profile)... fast forward a couple of months and Ben emails me, saying he's coming up my way for the opening of a new Bear bar in Montreal and would be interested in doing a photo shoot. It had been a long time since I've done a shoot (I mean, I've been taking photos of Roger for a year straight, but nobody else)... so let me rephrase, it's been awhile since I did a shoot with someone other than my partner, but luckily Ben and I worked really well, he's truly photogenic, cute, and we all had a good time over the weekend, especially when Ben's partner would crack jokes.

There's 2 sets added today in the Galleries - the 1st set is of Ben in Old Montreal, and the 2nd set is him in the hot tub at the Big Boys Guesthouse. I have one more set of photos left which I will add next week - it's him in (and out) of his business suit chatting on his webcam and laptop, and there's also Video that goes along with it.

I'm hoping that we'll all get together soon to repeat the process because I truly enjoyed working with Ben. He's a real good looking Bear, has a gentle smile, soft brown eyes, and all the while is funny, witty, energetic and intelligent.

Click here for a preview.

Read more here.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The other day I mentioned of a Montreal based company called BJ Bear Design (article) run by Jean-Maurice & Jean. What I forgot to mention is that they are looking for models to showcase their goods. The link is here and it's in French, however what it states is that they cannot offer money but you do get a t-shirt, a hat and a $50 gift certificate, and the fame of being a Bear model. For more info, contact them.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Some news to share concerning, Bear Crusader, composed of Steve (TubeBear profile) and Sylvain (TubeBear profile) and , the Montreal based band. 1st they have a new webpage design. They have new videos for you to check out on their YouTube page, and there's new MP3s for you to check out on their MySpace site. They have some upcoming shows such as the Ottawa Bears BBQ on July 19th and they will be in Montreal on August 31st.