An Australian surf judge has been dismissed from the Paris Olympics after a photo emerged of the official together with Australian surfer Ethan Ewing and national team coach Bede Durbidge.
Ben Lowe is a long-time judge on the World Surf League and was among the judging panel at the Tokyo Olympics. He had been in Tahiti over the past week judging heats as the best surfers in the world tackled the monster Teahupo’o wave in the hope of an Olympic medal.