{"id":2425,"date":"2024-08-03T00:21:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T00:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2024-08-03T00:21:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T00:21:06","slug":"olympic-surfing-judge-removed-from-the-paris-games-after-very-inappropriate-photo-circulates-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2425","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Surfing Judge Removed From The Paris Games After Very Inappropriate Photo Circulates Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian surfing judge Benjamin Lowe has been removed from the judging panel for a recent Instagram story posted with fellow Aussie surfer Ethan Ewing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"pw-med-background\">\n<div id=\"med_rect_atf2\" class=\"pw-tag\" data-pw-desk=\"med_rect_atf\" data-pw-mobi=\"med_rect_atf\" data-google-query-id=\"CI7SscHG14cDFTCrOgUdaLUGRQ\">\n<p>The Photo consists of Lowe (right) with his arm around Ewing (middle) and his coach Bede Durbidge (left), with the caption \u201cThese 3 Straddie Boys doing their stuff at the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An Australian surfing judge has been removed from The Olympics&#8217; judging panel after a photo circulated online of him embracing an Australian competitor in Tahiti this week.<\/p>\n<p>A commentator shared the photo on his social media showing judge Benjamin Lowe posing alongside Ethan\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lSAQ0cMQAI\">pic.twitter.com\/lSAQ0cMQAI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 9News Australia (@9NewsAUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsAUS\/status\/1819101067877273826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The International Surfing Association quickly came out with a statement on Thursday announcing the removal of Lowe to \u201cprotect the integrity and fairness of the ongoing competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, many people on social media found no problem with the relationship between Lowe and Ewing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s ridiculous. Of course, Aussies will hang with Aussies, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t judge impartially. What\u2019s not impartial is eliminating an international judge from the panel,\u201d wrote one user on X<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>\u201cPretty sure the surfing community would all know each other !! So what having a hug,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, with the men\u2019s semifinals, bronze medal match and gold medal match to take place on Aug. 3, Lowe will not be there to judge, leaving just two Australians on the judging panel.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-men-s-olympic-surfing-competition-coming-to-an-end\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Men\u2019s Olympic Surfing Competition Coming to an End<\/h2>\n<p>The men\u2019s semifinals are set to begin at 1 o\u2019clock EST on Aug. 3 with the first heat consisting of Alonso Correa from Peru and Kauli Vaast from France. The second heat will be Gabriel Medina from Brazil and Jack Robinson from Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Media was the favorite to win gold in the pre-event odds according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxtbets.com\/best-bets-2024-olympic-surfing-at-teahupoo-pre-event-odds-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nxtbets<\/a>\u00a0at +200, with Robinson having the second-best odds at +320.<\/p>\n<p>All four will be competing for their first career Olympic medals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian surfing judge Benjamin Lowe has been removed from the judging panel for a recent Instagram story posted with fellow Aussie surfer Ethan Ewing. 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