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Peace.
That’s what Caroline Marks, the 22-year-old surfing sensation, feels on the waves.
No phone, no distractions. Just a deep connection between human and Mother Nature. Board and ocean.
Marks describes it as “painting a picture.”
“When you’re on the wave, you’re very free,” Marks said. “It’s an open canvas. There’s never the same wave, and it’s always exciting. It’s a sport you can never really master.”
This love affair with surfing guided Marks to the heights of the sport. Multiple national championships. The youngest surfer to qualify for the women’s championship tour. The youngest woman to compete at a World Surf League (WSL) event. The crowning achievement: WSL Women’s World Tour champion at 21.
Marks is on the U.S. Olympic surfing team for the 2024 Paris Games. Beginning July 27, she will surf far from the Eiffel Tower on the historic waves of Teahupo’o in Tahiti. In her second Olympic Games, Marks has her sights set on the podium after just falling short in Tokyo, losing in the bronze-medal match.
Spending as much time as possible at the End of the Road since its addition to the Women’s Tour, Caroline is a Teahupo’o veteran. In 2023, she secured her first win in Tahiti over…
