Editor’s Note: Banana George Blair passed away in October 2013 at the age of 98. Our story, Banana Battles Back, which is featured below, is the only video documenting Banana’s final time barefoot water skiing. Our thoughts are with his wife Jo Ann and their family and friends.
This barefoot-water-skiing, Guinness-Record-holding and drumming nanogenarian is an international sensation who’s unlike anyone you’ve ever met.
Meet “Banana” George Blair
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