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2 ADAM WHITE 3 COLE STAMPER
FLORIDA REGIONAL OHIO REGIONAL
TENDER: MIKE RUSS TENDER: FOREST STAMPER
BRUNETTE MASONRY MASON STRUCTURE
LYNN HAVEN, FL LEXINGTON, KY
Adam White has been hustling as Wheatley, KY native Cole Stamper
a mason since July 23rd, 1999. A has been a bricklayer for the past
date he remembers all too well. two decades, and has been with
White recalls, “It was the hardest his company, Mason Structure, for
day I’ve ever had. “ He was looking the past 15 years. In 2016 Stamp-
for a job, and a friend asked him if he wanted to assist on a brick er qualified for the World Championship in Las Vegas, but didn’t
house. He hasn’t looked back since. “It was something that wasn’t place. He admits he went into that competition without much prac-
easy…it’s a hard trade, it’s a hard job, but with that comes respect tice, so he decided to put in a little extra time getting prepared this
and recognition that not everyone in the world can do this job…I year. It’s safe to say the preparation worked. With an adjusted brick
take a lot of pride from that,” White said. count of 612, Stamper and his mason tender (and brother), Forest
Stamper, cruised to victory. Not only did they take first place, but
To keep his competition skills sharp, White would race a few guys also won the regional title, SPEC MIX TOP CRAFTSMAN.
at work, mostly for fun, but it also served as great training. Appar-
ently it worked; in his second try at the Florida regional, Adam Cole first found out about the SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 about
White and his mason tender Mike Russ took first place, with a a decade ago. It wasn’t until 3 years ago that he decided to give it a
brick count of 480. shot, and was surprised to find that he was just as quick as every-
body else. Of course, being fast isn’t the only skill required to win.
White is married with two children. His daughter Bianca is 13, and You also have to be precise, and a few too many deductions has
his son Taylor is 14. Taylor will be celebrating his 15th birthday cost Stamper in the past. This year, his goal is to lay 750 brick in Las
during the world championship event. Vegas with no deductions.

4 SCOTT TUTTLE 5 JOHN KERR
UTAH REGIONAL BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIONAL

TENDER: BRIAN TUTTLE TENDER: DARRIN REED
QUIK TROWEL MASONRY GLOBAL MASONRY
CLEARFIELD, UT VANCOUVER, BC

Every year since the start of the You won’t find many bricklayers
SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500®, with more enthusiasm than the
the Tuttle brothers have been a part 2018 British Columbia regional
of the World Championship. Scott winner, John Kerr. The 50-year-old
Tuttle and his brother Brian hold brick mason owns Global Mason-
two SPEC MIX TOP CRAFTSMAN titles, a Toughest Tender title, ry in Surrey, British Columbia, and for him, masonry is a family
and one first place finish. Last year, they took second place in Las affair. His two daughters and son all work for Kerr, and his oldest
Vegas, and this year, as expected, they’re back. daughter, Sammy, 23, might soon be a force to reckon with in the
regional competitions.
The Tuttle’s took down seven other teams of bricklayers in West
Jordan, Utah in early August with a brick count of 608. John has competed in eight of the past ten British Columbia re-
gionals. This is his second time qualifying for the nationals in Las
Scott has been married for twenty years and has a 15-year-old Vegas (2014). Kerr learned a ton from his first run at the World
daughter and a 9-year-old son. He would love to pass his knowl- Championship, and this year he plans to get in plenty of practice.
edge on to them, as he believes he has another 20 years of laying “Taking that extra step before the regionals was something I hadn’t
brick in front of him. For now he has a chance to build on his leg- always taken seriously,” he said. Kerr may be a fast bricklayer, but
acy by showing them how it’s done when he lines up to compete in grinding through 522 brick an hour without any deductions re-
Las Vegas at the world championship event. quires a game plan. “You can go in blind if you want, but practice
helps. It’s the high part that’s tough; laying mud backwards.”

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