![]() ![]() At the age of 11, in 2013, she took home wins in the Girls’ U16, U14, and U12 categories at the ASF Championships and became the youngest girl to ever make the USA Surf Team. Within two years, Caroline was winning… well, just about everything. “She started having fun, and then she got super into it. “One day she started coming to the beach with us,” said her oldest brother Zach. Her brothers and her father all surfed, and they surfed a lot. ![]() Her family lived across the street from the beach in Melbourne Beach, Florida, and her family was a surfing one. Then, when she turned 8, something clicked. “That’s all she did was go to do competitions. “Believe it or not, she used to be a Texas barrel racer on a horse,” her father Darren remembered in the WSL’s rookie profile. Now, though, at the age of only 16, she’s officially become the youngest person to ever qualify for the WCT-and she did it in only three years. When Caroline Marks was very young, a future as a professional surfer was not something anyone expected. ![]()
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