Did I tell you how much I love the month of November?
I love November because of it's perfect light for pictures, the uncrowded spots and the first potent swells of the season combined with the last days of warmth before the winter comes for real.
But honestly, among all these reasons, I love November because I can get to see as many hairy faces as I want. I have a little fetish for mustaches and beards, and I just love to photograph all those mustached man I see on my way.
But, what is Movember? Why all this fuss about mustaches at this time of the year?
Well, Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches and beards during the month of November to raise awareness of various cancers, such as prostate cancer. The Movember Foundation runs the Movember charity event, housed at
Movember.com. The goal of Movember is to "change the face of men's health".
By encouraging men (whom the charity refers to as "Mo Bros") to get involved, Movember aims to increase early cancer detection, diagnosis and effective treatments, and ultimately reduce the number of preventable deaths. Besides annual check-ups, the Movember Foundation encourages men to be aware of family history of cancer and to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
With this said, I gathered 30 portraits of men (mostly surfers) from all around the world photographed in my adventures to remind my male readers to not just let it grow, but to actually take an active part of the movement.
Let it grow boys, and don't forget to donate at
Movember.com!!
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| Alain, Playa Maderas, Nicaragua |
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| Danny, Australian surfer in Playa Maderas, Nicaragua |
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| My friend Fran and his famous Zipps log in Sitges, outside Barcelona |
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| A very good looking Costarican near Puerto Viejo |
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| Carlos fan of extreme sports. Fuerteventura, Spain |
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| Wil in an expo in San Sebastian, Spain |
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| Juan in his fab t-shirt in Sitges, Barcelona |
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| Carlos. Hossegor, France |
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| Servio, Akela surf co-founder in Cocoa beach, Miami |
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| Luca. TFR Hossegor house, Hossegor, France |
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| Me & Vincent. Photo taken by Kayla Rocca, edited by me. Playa Maderas, Nicaragua |
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| Lorenzo in one beautiful full moon night in Playa Maderas, Nicaragua |
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| Luca & Andrea. Capbreton, France |
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| Mikel. San Sebastian, Spain |
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| The "Grandppa Surfboards" boys being boys soaking up the sun in San Sebastian, Spain |
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| Phillip and his unmissable hat in Playa Maderas, Nicaragua |
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| Andrew, rasta surfer. Playa Maderas, Nicaragua |
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| Michael, most known by Jesus or black Jesus after a surf in Playa Maderas, Nicaragua |
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| The sweet Sam. Playa Maderas, Nicaragua |
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| Tom's warming up in a typical morning in Playa Colorado, Nicaragua |
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| David, normally poses in all pics. This is a moment of pure ease, one night out in Istambul, Turkey |
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| Andi is a host of a program called Virus Voyage in Switzerland. Here at 7.00 am in Hossegor, France |
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| Andrew from Cali, caught him sipping coffee near Les Estagnots in Hossegor, France |
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| David Gant, actor and protagonist of Sea Legend short film, here caught at the premiere in San Sebastian, Spain |
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| Andi, great light, mustache, and overall perfect for this pic. Hossegor, France |
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| Pascal, Swiss entrepreneur. Hossegor, France |
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| Unknown surfer. Zarautz, Spain |
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| Monsieur Le Chipiron caught in Zarautz, Spain at the noserider comp |
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| Surfer (don't know his name) at a Reef party in Hossegor, France |
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| Andi being a perfect english man at Zurriola beach in San Sebastian |
