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It's not too often that Florida turns on. But when it does... look out. Come hurricane season, Florida's balmy, normally placid waters stand up on their own two feet and give birth to some real beauties.

BY The Inertia | Staff

It's not too often that Florida turns on. But when it does... look out. Come hurricane season, Florida's balmy, normally placid waters stand up on their own two feet and give birth to some real beauties.
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    This is a view compliments of Hurricane Sandy. After the storm passed, we had a few days of blue sky and clean surf. This was beauty created by the beast. Photo: Mark Wilson

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    I shot this at a lone stretch of beach in central Florida during Hurricane Leslie. For 2 days this place was on fire with mostly right tubes really opening up. There was a lot of water moving that day, and as I was being ripped north down the beach. I came up and this left was holding up and draining right at me just as a ray of light came out of the clouds to touch the top of the wave. Photo: Mark Wilson

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    It's Boca Raton, baby! Peeling like an orange. Photo: Trin Schloot

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    Boca Raton. Yup. Boca Raton looking heavenly. Photo: Nick Crobaugh

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    Florida legend David Chambers, making it happen as usual. Photo: Tupat

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    I have never caught a hurricane swell before really so to be able to chase Sandy down the coast in Florida was great. Photo: Tupat

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    Hawaii? Fiji? Tahiti? No, Matt Zimmer is enjoying this crystal clear turquoise barrel on the Florida Panhandle. Photo: Rich Brooks

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    2012. Addison Miles finding a little shelter during Hurricane Sandy. Photo: Chris Frick

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    Hurricane Sandy, 2012. Sam Hammer. Photo: Chris Frick

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    Pete Mendia seems to find himself in the most ridiculous barrels as consistently as possible. Photo: Tupat

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    This was shot during hurricane Irene in south Florida. We live for hurricanes down here, and this was a damn good one. Photo: Matt Degreff.

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    Pete Mendia, pulling into one of the heaviest waves Florida has to offer. Photo: Mike Jones/Azhiaziam

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    Unknown, enjoying the best of a franken-storm. Photo: Chris Steffen

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    The morning of a shark attack in New Smyrna Beach. As you can see, there were waves. Photo: Patrick Eichstaedt

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    Florida has brown water and then you get days like this, when you might think you're in the islands. Shea Lopez giving a Ponce Inlet lip a lesson. Photo: Patrick Eichstaedt

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    Kelly Slater made an appearance for the storm as well. Here he is chasing monsters in West Palm Beach. Yup, West Palm Beach. Photo: Mike Jones/Azhiaziam

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    South Beach, bringing the heat. Photo: Mike Jones/Azhiaziam

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    Another view of historic South Beach. Photo: Mike Jones/Azhiaziam

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    A-frames for days in South Beach. Photo: Mike Jones/Azhiaziam

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    Chris Ward - Hurricane Sandy. All I can say about this swell is I'll probably never see anything like it again, I was totally unprepared for such a historical event. I was I could go back in time. I'm yet to see a photo that did this swell justice. Palm Beach, FL . Photo: Patrick Ruddy

It’s not too often that Florida turns on. But when it does… look out. Come hurricane season, Florida’s balmy, normally placid waters stand up on their own two feet and give birth to some real beauties. And to top it off, the Sunshine State has pumped out some of the planet’s best surfers. Kelly Slater, anyone? The Hobgoods? Lisa Anderson? The Lopez brothers? Yup, all from Florida. There’s something in the water.

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