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Rolf Aurness (born February 18, 1952, Santa Monica, California) is an American surfer who won the 1970 World Surfing Championships held at Johanna in Victoria, Australia, beating Midget Farrelly in the finals. He is the son of the famous Gunsmoke actor James Arness.
Jul 6, 2018 · Rolf Aurness Biography and Photos. Surfline. Jul 6th, 2018. Updated almost 4 years ago. Link copied to clipboard. Originally published: 12/14/2000. He was the World Surfing Champion in 1970, but ...
Rolf Aurness was born on February 18, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for ISF World Surfing Championships (1964), Blue Cool (1972) and Pacific Vibrations (1970). He was previously married to Amilda Cuddy.
Jun 25, 2015 · Photos: Witzig. Forty-five years ago, Rolf Aurness flew to Australia and absolutely ran the field to win the 1970 World Championships. Rolf was 18, and barely out of the Juniors division. Not only did he win convincingly, at a time when the Aussies were at their first and maybe greatest peak of high-performance domination (see: Evolution), but ...
Feb 18, 2014 · That was 44 years ago today. He won it unanimously, in excellent beachbreak surf at Johanna, up the coast from Lorne. Aurness was just 18 but collected and poised beyond his years, and he beat the finest, most progressive surfers from Australia, California, and Hawaii, in...
Gentle-natured goofyfoot surfer from Pacific Palisades, California; winner of the 1970 World Surfing Championships, at age 18, just months before dropping off the surf scene entirely. "He was the most magic surfer I've ever seen—apart from Tom Curren," surfboard shaper Marc Andreini later said. "Rolf simply floated across the water as if it ...
Jun 5, 2019 · * * * In May of 1970, a tall, lean 18-year-old California goofyfoot named Rolf Aurness became the World Surfing Champion by overwhelming a stellar group of finalists —including Midget Farrelly, Peter Dro...
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