Teen Surfer Rides Memorable Wave to Tokyo

Teen Surfer Rides Memorable Wave to Tokyo
Surfer Caroline Marks of team USA during a Olympic exhibition a the USA Surfing Junior championships at the Lower Trestles in San Clemente on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP
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Before Caroline Marks ever won her first surfing contest and long before ever earning a spot at the Tokyo Games as her sport makes its Olympic debut, there was simply this: Trying to impress her big brothers.

That’s what lured her to the waves.