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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.
- 1970
- World Surfing Champion, 1970
- 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Jul 6, 2018 · He was the World Surfing Champion in 1970, but the talented goofyfoot son of the hugely popular television actor James Arness (born James Aurness, who played Marshall Matt Dillon on...
Rolf is the son of actor James Arness and Virginia Chapman. After his parents divorced, his father went on to marry Janet Surtees. James Arness is known for his famous role as Marshal Matt Dillon in the Gunsmoke series.
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Jun 25, 2015 · 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 ...
Aurness is the son of Gunsmoke actor James Arness and nephew of Mission Impossible actor Peter Graves. In the decade following his World Surfing Championship win Aurness fell out of surfing as his wife, mother and sister all died.
Feb 18, 2014 · Three amazing things about Rolf Aurness. First, of course, he won the 1970 World Surfing Championships, in Victoria, Australia. 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 ...
