I met Ken Banno in Texas, back when all us volunteers were going through our basic Marine training. He was just a small, Japanese guy when I first saw him. Yes, please don\u2019t hate on me too much, I did not recognize him. In my defense, I never did follow surfer culture much. If he\u2019d been a worlds famous singer I probably would have recognized him. But a surfer? It took me a while. Yes, I did know his public persona, and I fully recognized him on screen or holo, but no one expects a worlds famous Japanese celebrity surfer to show up in the middle of \u201cOh-My-God-Hot-and-Dry\u201d Texas to go through Marine training. So yeah, it took me a while to recognize Buckaroo Banno walking around in our midst in the flesh. Go ahead. Sue me. I\u2019m not perfect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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