As the defensive line comes rushing off the field, so does Zach Ownbey’s helmet off his head. In one swift motion, he lifts the helmet and flowing out comes his sweaty locks.With a graceful quick flick of the neck, Ownbey flips every sweaty lock back into ideal position.
¨Its gross and it makes you sweat really bad. I wear a skull cap sometimes, but most of the time I just throw it back before I put a headband,¨ said Ownbey.
According to junior Jacob Robertson, “you MUST condition twice a day.” For everyone out there wondering how Robertson keeps his flow so flowing, his conditioner of choice is none other than Suave.
With the intent of looking identical to Tim Riggins, Robertson began growing his flow last February. Seven months later, he estimates about a good 20 people have told him he looks like Tim Riggins.
Although Robertson began growing out his hair based on peer pressure. He has no desire to go back to his short hair, saying that his flow “makes him look older.”
An alternative point of view is that of junior Peyton Stewman. When even bringing up the phrase, “the flow”, she expressed her hatred for the hairstyle.
“No. Wrong. Bad. Needs to stop. I will disown you if you disagree,” said Stewman.
Although many girls at love long hair and the guys that pull it off, Stewman speaks for a vast majority of girls that wish this trend would come to an end.
“It has become a cult thing. It’s not happening because it looks great; it’s become a trend because one group of people decided it was cool,” said Stewman. “But who am I to tell people how to wear their hair? Plus “the flow” is a killer name.” Only a small group of guys began this hairstyle trend, but it has started to spread to all groups of the school.
Theres still a large bunch of guys that have not, or not yet, participated in the hairstyle, but it may only be a matter of time before this changes too.
“Who says I haven’t already started? It’s only just begun,” said Philpot. “Unlike the girls, most guys of Har-Ber High absolutely love the flow. I feel like the flow allows students to be more aerodynamic as they maneuver through the hallways from class to bae then back to class, cause we all know there isn’t a guy who’s got a flow that doesn’t have a bae.”
As eccentric as that may be, Philpot solidates the idea that people love “the flow”, and it is certainly here to stay.