Caroline Marks: youngest surfer on world tour wins maiden title

  • 17-year-old trumps Carissa Moore in Gold Coast final
  • ‘I didn’t know it would happen this fast’

Caroline Marks ditched a horse for a surf board on her brothers’ urgings a decade ago and says they have since helped drive her to a maiden World Surf League tournament trophy at the age of just 17.

The youngest surfer on tour looked anything but as she calmly collected 13.83 points in tricky conditions to sweep by three-times world champion Carissa Moore (11.67) in Monday’s final and claim the Boost Mobile Pro on the Gold Coast.

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