ASP World Tour

Event 1 - Quiksilver Pro - Snapper Racks
(Gold Coast, Australia) - 9th

Event 2 - Rip Curl Pro - Bells Beach
(Torquay, Australia) - 17th

2007 Ben’s 1st year on the Foster’s ASP World Tour, otherwise known as “the Dream Tour”.

Rip Curl release the “Dunn-It” ad campaign, highlighting Ben’s past achievements and congratulating him on qualifying for the WCT.

Fosters ASP World Tour

Event 1 - Quiksilver Pro - Snapper Racks
(Gold Coast, Australia) - 5th

Event 2 - Rip Curl Pro - Bells Beach
(Torquay, Australia) - 9th

Event 3 - Billabong Pro - Teahupoo
(Tahiti) - 33rd

Event 4 - Rip Curl Pro Search - Arica
(Chile) - 17th

Event 5 - Billabong Pro - Jeffreys Bay
(South Africa) 33rd

Event 6 - Boost Mobile Pro - Trestles
(CA, USA) - 5th

Event 7 - Quiksilver Pro - Hossegor
(France) - 33rd

Event 8 - Billabong Pro - Mundaka
(Spain) - 33rd

Ben with a baby kangaroo in Queensland shortly before competing in his 1st event as a World Tour regular at Snapper Rocks.

(Age 20)

At just 20 years of age Australian Ben Dunn has confirmed his place on next years World Championship Tour (WCT). Ben is the youngest Australian qualifier since Mick Fanning 5 years earlier.
This is Ben’s path to glory in qualifying for the 2007 Foster’s ASP World Tour. 

Feb 19, 2006: 25^th place Costao Pro Floripa; Florianopolis, Brazil = 900 points $1,100
May 21, 2006: WINNER Hyuga Pro pres by Billabong; Miyazaki, Japan = 1500 points $10,000
Jun 18, 2006: 3^rd place Billabong Costa do Sauipe Pro; Bahia, Brazil = 1460 points $2,700
Jul 30, 2006: 19^th place Honda US Open, Huntington Beach, California = 975 points $1,200
Aug 27, 2006: 3^rd place Rip Curl Pro; Seignosse, France = 2190 points $5,000
Oct 29, 2006: 9^th place Onbongo Pro Surfing; Sao Paulo, Brazil = 1250 points $1,500
Nov 22, 2006: 17^th place OP Pro Hawaii; Haleiwa, Hawaii = 1000 points $1,700

Total: 9275 points
2006 ASP WQS Rating: 9th

Other highlights for the year were:

1^st place Bros Neilsen Pro Junior (QLD)
1^st place Lost Pro Junior (USA)         
1^st place Quiksilver Pro WCT trials (QLD)
1^st place Hyuga Pro, Miyazaki, Japan

Being Voted the number 1 surfer in Australia’s Surfing Life (ASL’s) Annual   Hottest 100 Issue

(Age 19)

• 1^st Australasian Pro Junior Series
• 1^st Billabong Pro Junior Series
• 2^nd Energy Australia Open, 4 Star WQS

Competed in 13 WQS events

End of year WQS ranking – 71

View footage of Ben surfing at 19 years of age.

(Age 18)

• 2^nd Australasian Pro Junior Series
• 1^st place in three Pro Junior events in Australia
• Finalist in the Worlds Under 18 Championship
• Finalist in two Pro Junior Events, California and France
• Competed in 7 WQS events

End of year WQS ranking – 132

(Age 17)

2003 was a very successful year competitively for Ben. He achieved 2 major goals this year by becoming:

• The Australian under 18 Champion for the 2^nd consecutive year

As well as

• The World under 18 Champion

He also finished 2^nd in the Australasian Pro Junior Series (open to surfers aged 20 years and younger)

(Age 16)

• Australian under 18 Champion
• 1^st place Rusty Gromfest (Under 16)

(Age 15)

• Ben becomes the World Under 16 Champion
• 1^st place Rusty Gromfest (Under 16)

(Age 14)

• 2^nd Australian Youth Titles (Under 16s)
• 1^st Rip Curl Gromsearch – Central Coast (Under 16s)
• 1^st Rip Curl Gromsearch – Central Coast (Under 14s)
• 1^st NSW State Junior Titles (Under 16s)
• 1^st Saltwater Wine Classic – Old Bar (Under 16s)
• 1^st Easter Classic – Byron Bay (Under 16s)
• 1^st Zone Titles – Newcastle (Under 16s)

(Age 11)

Ben enters his first ever surfing contest held at Coffs Harbour finishing in 4^th place in the under 14s division of the Regional Titles.

Ben Dunn enters the world on January 8th at 7.30pm. He weighs in at 5lb 8oz.