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They’re more likely to be found on a saddle than a surfboard. Just give them a lasso and watch them go. The Hawaii team is right at home at this week’s National High School Finals Rodeo in New Mexico, where 1,500 ropers and riders are competing. “Everybody asks us, ‘How did you get your horses to New Mexico?’ like we paddled a boat to get here,” said Marla Loando of Kona. “Somebody else asked me, ‘Oh, they have cows in Hawaii?’ I told them, ‘Yeah, they do.’ ” And, believe it or not, they even have cowboys, called Paniolos, on the islands. Mahalo, Paniolo. And giddyap! The Associated Press
