Emotions run high in Tahiti as reigning champion Moore knocked out

Emotions ran high at the surfing venue in Tahiti on Thursday, with reigning Olympic champion Carissa Moore and local favourite Vahine Fierro knocked out, while Brazil’s Gabriel Medina set up a blockbuster semi-final with Australia’s Jack Robinson.

There was controversy too, with an Australian Olympic surfing judge cut from the panel scoring the competition after a photo circulated on social media showing him posing with beaten quarter-finalist Ethan Ewing and the Australian team manager.