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Jack Robinson forced to change board design before Olympic surfing finals

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Jack Robinson is into the Paris Olympics semi-final in Tahiti , but he will be surfing with a painted-over board design.

The design was in honour of Hawaiian great Andy Irons , who surfed with an attention-grabbing red sun design on the underside of his surfboard.

The rising sun design is considered offensive in parts of East Asia , where it is associated with Japan ’s militaristic past including during the second world war.

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semi-formal

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English

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53

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not offensive

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short-lived

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