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Hurricane Marie’s Incredible Newport Detonation

Newport caught perhaps the biggest brunt of the storm, and things got really real, really quick.

BY Ricky Lesser |

Newport caught perhaps the biggest brunt of the storm, and things got really real, really quick.
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    Cheyne Magnusson Getting around the bend. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    Unidentified charger about to avoid a lot of heads. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    A seldom-surfed left shadowed by the wedge was not forgotten. A handful of surfers and boogies scored virtually an empty lineup while the circus had its eyes on the jetty north. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    The grand arena. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    Sets. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    The whole morning the birds kept flocking around because everytime a set came they had to bolt. Then like a the good birds they are they landed back in the same little area. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    Same unidentified charger getting after it. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    The shore pound looked more like keikis in Hawaii than California. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    There were wide ones too! Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    A jetty local picking up the leftovers on the second day of swell. Photo: Ricky Lesser

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    Rob. Photo: Ricky Lesser

Hurricane Marie definitely left her mark on the California coastline. In fact, she still is. But Newport caught perhaps the biggest brunt of the storm, and things got really real, really quick. A handful of chargers converged on the spot and put on a show that might not be seen for a long time.

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