The Longhairs Library

Imagine if you couldn’t grow your own hair. Even worse, imagine battling a life-threatening illness, and undergoing treatment that caused your hair to fall out.

There’s not many things in life that never vary under any circumstance. Lifting weights is one of those things. No matter how you dice it, 200 lbs is always 200 lbs and you can count on that every time.

Featured image by Mick Anders Photography.

From his humble beginnings in New Mexico, Sergio Gutierrez had an unlikely journey to long hair. One that was probably much different than most of us, it all started with a bet between he and his mom. You’ll have to listen in to hear the full story but it’s safe to say he won, thank goodness!

In a seeming coincidence, one boy in Mont Belvieu, TX and another in Joshua, TX are being banned from attending school for having long hair.

We were completely unaware of this topic when we started The Longhairs, or how important it would become.

I met a fellow from the Czech Republic at a bar in a mountainous town over a few cold ones. As often happens, the topic of long hair came up. After some light hair talk and telling him about The Longhairs, he looked at me directly across the table and flatly said, "you should cut your hair."

It’s been a little while since we’ve seen old Gustavo around these parts. The last time we checked in with the hair ties for guys designer, he shared a few of his awkward stage hair tips with us. Now he’s deep in his long hair journey and we wanted an update.

Long hair and style run a similar path for men.

Joe Knowles is a burly Canadian outdoorsman with the right mix of long hair, beard and style. He also happens to be the 2-time best dressed man on reddit and let me tell you, this guy has swag!

We got a question from a writer this week:

If you don’t recognize the name Lane Pittman, it’s time to familiarize yourself. He’s the longhaired ginger who’s made such national headlines as: