Watch: Caroline Marks - CAMP

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We don't see a lot of solo surf flicks from the girls. And I can't recall any of 'em ever having a backing track with the gain control set to overdrive.

But here we are: Caroline Mark in a fantastic vid from the Ments, SoCal and the Waco surf pool, while Social Distortion provide the tunes. Nice way to start the working week.

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freeride76 Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 2:05pm

wow, easily the best surfing I've seen from Caz.

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Baron von Spatula Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 2:48pm

^^^ oh yeah, top marks!!!

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Astroboomboy Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 4:18pm

Hot stuff,can’t get enough!

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thermalben Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 4:25pm

Love her backhand attack.

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Alex Papas Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 4:29pm

jeeeesus ripping!!

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andy-mac Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 4:32pm

Wow, ripping!!

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zenagain Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 4:35pm

Rips!

Surfs like a bloke.

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PCS PeterPan Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 4:56pm

Surfs like a bloke that rips , like !

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zenagain Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 6:04pm

That's like what I meant.

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fcalmon Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 5:01pm

In these conditions, the best female surfer in the world. By a mile....
Probably in any condition to be fair.

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monkeyboy Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 5:05pm

Very impressive. More of that please.

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warddy Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 5:11pm

Whoever her competition coach is should be sacked on the spot …
What she’s capable of should be blitzing the field

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mibs-oner Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 6:10am

To be fair macaronis has a knack of making you surf out of your skin

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Beggsie Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 5:13pm

Fucking ripping like a young occy !!
Could watch that to amp for a surf it’s that good !!

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Robwilliams Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 5:53pm

.too easy in the warm and ripping and pitting in the cold too.

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Alana_a Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 7:03pm

Huge potential as the vid above proves but her contest surfing in particularly her back hand attack lacks variety imho. It bores me.
Exciting talent that will no doubt go all the way someday. Just wishing she’d mix her turns a little more.

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gedsta Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 1:57pm

Couldn't agree more.

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Solitude Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 7:04pm

Backhand getting even better. Less arm swinging which I like. If she can land a few more airs regularly who’s going to beat her?

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jetson.rover Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 9:08pm

Put her there in a heat with Occy in the 80's and it'd be 50/50 who gets the win.
And in that wavepool she would get the win with those air reverses lol.

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Paul McD Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 9:51pm

Fucken sick!! Thought i was back watching Occy in Pump.
More of this from all surfers please. Simple formula.
Her bottom turn is as good as they come. So deep and so much drive.

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Psychosocial Di... Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 10:28pm

So sick.... She absolutely rips

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Psychosocial Di... Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 10:39pm

Whack. Whack. Whack.
Power and grace.

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conrico Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 10:50pm

What did those poor waves do to deserve that?! Brutal!

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eat-your-vegies Monday, 4 Jul 2022 at 10:58pm

That first backhand snap got me

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rob tas Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 4:37am

great to see some womens highlights coming through

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lilas Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 5:30am

She is absolutely ripping, but I feel she is under-surfing her true abilities.
Way too much safety surfing in her turns. You never really see her push all the way through her backhand turns properly. Tatiana Weston-Web on her backhand is way more brutal and critical as she pushes all the way through the turn.
I think Caroline's forehand is way more impressive and has quickly surpassed her backhand, although, it's still missing some extra energy in the later half of turns.
Also as another person mentioned, lack of variety in her turns also appears to show up.
It's one thing to hit the lip in surfing, but it's another level to drive all the way through and out of it.

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Yendor Wednesday, 6 Jul 2022 at 7:17am

Jeebers, how old is the girl... Give her a bit of time. For mine she's absolutely ripping and has already ironed out a lot of her style kinks in the short time we've seen her on the world stage.

Tatiana is hacking powerful turns now but in the early stages of her career I couldn't stand her style.

If Caz keeps progressing at this rate she'll be hard to beat. Bravo to her coaches, hopefully she can keep her head tight because that'll be the true test of her success. Dominating the tour is about a lot more than raw surfing talent.

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lilas Thursday, 7 Jul 2022 at 6:28am

@Yendor
Yes, I agree, [and stated as such] that she is absolutely ripping. No question of that. My question was How much more COULD she be ripping? Others raised valid points for improvement and that's all I was doing. Yes, us arm chair judges are pretty harsh at times but that drives these performers to try harder.
I also know she is young with lots of improvements yet to come, and I really look forward to watching her progress.

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Beggsie Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 8:14am

Fuck off
I guarantee she’s surfs harder better faster than 95 percent of people on this forum
Enough said !!

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Psychosocial Di... Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 10:30am

I guess it depends if your coming from a competition or freesurf angle lilas...
Perhaps a little more technical detail work for the elite contest world, but if I witnessed this display in person I reckon I'd near shit myself...
Either way, she friggen tears the bag!

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lilas Thursday, 7 Jul 2022 at 6:21am

@Psychosocial Di
She is a competition surfer so everything was said within that context.
Competition surfing tends to dumb-down the potential of most surfers IMHO, so I'm not pointing the finger specifically in her direction. Callum Robson is high on that list. The video's I've seen of his surfing Pre-Tour, was so much more dynamic and risky.
You need to complete your waves to win heats, so surfing at 70-80% often means you make more heats.
,,,and to reaffirm my first few words of my previous post.....yes, She absolutely rips! That was never in question.

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memlasurf Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 1:52pm

I just wish I could get waves consistently this good in my back yard. Shit they look fun.

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vbaaccess Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 5:57pm

Great low long driving bottom turns which setup everything else on the wave. That's why here backhand is so strong. Better than a lot of guys.

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mugofsunshine Tuesday, 5 Jul 2022 at 7:04pm

Surfs a million times better than I do but I wish she would just hold that bottom turn a tiny bit longer on her fore hand and go more straight up.
So good to see a stand alone 3min clip from one of the girls.
More please

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Tooold2bakook Wednesday, 6 Jul 2022 at 9:00am

Shred. Great surfing

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lilas Thursday, 7 Jul 2022 at 6:40am

@swellnet
Would be great to see more Vids of Females ripping.
Is there any reason that there is very few articles posted, that feature Female Surfing Videos?
I am not an social media participant, but I am guessing there are a lot more videos out there than the current percentage that gets posted here?
This is a genuine question and is NOT to berate swellnet :)
Just curious as I have chosen to avoid the insidious social media trap and therefor find myself unaware of what's out there.

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Swany Thursday, 7 Jul 2022 at 7:30pm

Amazing.. lower, more compact bottom turns. So solid. Could watch surfing like that all day.