Kudos to this dude who wore the same shirt in every school photo for 7 years

Now this ... this is dedication.
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Chloe Bryan
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The formative middle and high school years are a great time to learn what you're passionate about. For Justin Taylor, one of those things was a Billabong t-shirt, which he wore for each of his school photos between sixth and twelfth grade.

Taylor, who's now the Global Director of Digital Marketing at Nike Basketball, tweeted the highly fashionable photographic evidence on Monday.

Check out this surfer chic look, y'all:

"When I was a kid, being into surfing was super cool and what all the cool kids were into," Taylor said via Twitter DM. "But the cool clothes to wear were expensive, so my parents went out and bought me a few things, including this shirt."

Understandably, Taylor wanted his cool new shirt to be front and center, so he wore it for his sixth grade school photo. The next year, he coincidentally wore it again -- so he just decided to keep the whole thing goin' until senior year.

Now, the internet is enjoying both his commitment to the bit and his hairstyle journey throughout the years. (That gel!)

And, yes, the shirt still fits. As they say in Point Break, surfing's the source, man ... swear to god.

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Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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