Rolf Aurness

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. used surfing to help his son recover. He implemented a strict training regimen of dawn sessions at beaches, long-distance swimming and weekend beach trips, including the Hollister Ranch. ) and nephew of Mission Impossible actor Peter Graves.

In the decade following his World Surfing Championship win Aurness fell out of surfing due to the deaths of his wife, mother, and sister. and his sister Jenny Lee Aurness died of an apparently deliberate drug overdose in 1975. His adopted brother, Craig, founded the stock photography agency Westlight and also was a photographer for National Geographic.