Where’s ‘Someplace Else’ for Chris Burkard? “With no roads to the ocean we relied on ATV to travel the distance from the village to the coast. As we crested the final hill we were treated not only with a view of the distant snow covered volcano, but a reeling a-frame reef. It was a moment I had hoped for, but didn’t expect to see. Clean waves and a clear day in place known as the ‘cradle of storms.’ The distant volcanoes and cliffside made the surfers seem like just specks within the vast Alaskan wilderness