L ALEUTIAN COMMUTE Alex Gray, Josh Mulcoy, and Pete Devries seek out the surf in 2013. "The Aleutian Islands are a remote island chain off the coast of Alaska that stretch towards Russia," says Burkard. "Many of the world's fiercest storms originate in this part of the world, hence it's not conducive to building proper roads." 70 OUTDOOR RETAILER / Winter 2017 R SOME LIKE IT COLD Clockwise from top left: Chilly weather in Tofino, Canada, 2007. Chris Malloy leaps into Alaskan waters near the Kenai Peninsula in 2013. Missing California in a big way in Norway's Lofoten Islands in 2012. Keith Malloy and Dane Gudauskas entertain the crew while they wait for the swell to build in Kamchatka. O.R.