IT TAKES FOREVER!! Any info/stories?

To grow out curly hair.

I'm a guy and my hair comes to about just past my eyebrows. I saw this kid come in to my job the other day with long almost shoulder length red locks, I was like, THAT IS MY HAIR TEXTURE AND SO I AM GETTING THAT STYLE!!!
But I have been growing out my hair now since April 22nd, (my prom day last year is when I got it cut last.) and It is now pushing September and my hair is not moving very fast. This kids hair covered his ears and kinda swept forward a bit, I wish I could take a picture but it was awesome. If I brush my hair, right after I get out of the shower it will go like that and not into tight curls like it does whenever I fluff it up, like it does the first pic. The other two are the length Im at right now. My hair is a bit longer than this now, but not by much. This is the type of hair I'm tlaking about in the pic below (its the harry potter kid) This kids hair looks almost identical to this, except he doesn't have his bangs cut. ACCCKKK Im going to get that hair.