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“At 15, little girl that becomes a woman,” Marks said.

That’s when she started dealing with a new challenge. When Marks was 15, she became the youngest female surfer ever to qualify for the World Surf League Championship Tour. Caroline Marks’ Championship Tour breakthrough To keep up with Marks’ momentum, the family decided to move across the country to California, where there were more opportunities for her to train and compete. Over the next few years, she made a name for herself at National competitions. “And in order to do that, I had to start surfing.”Īt age nine, Marks won her first “contest,” a neighborhood competition that took place on the beach across the street from her house. “I just really wanted to impress them,” she said. But her older brothers loved to surf and Marks was drawn to the water as a way to earn their approval. Marks’ first passion was horseback riding - specifically barrel racing: a rodeo event where riders attempt to complete a set pattern in the fastest time. “And we were right across the street from the beach,” Marks adds. The family’s backyard featured a motocross track, quarter pipe, pool, and hot tub.

“We were that house in the neighborhood that every kid went to,” Marks explained on the latest episode of “My New Favorite Olympian.” Growing up in Melbourne Beach, Florida, as one of six kids, Caroline Marks knew her family’s house was the “fun house.”