There is a lot of talk about reform going around the political circles these days. You might be attending the Copenhagen Climate Conference or maybe you are discussing the party-line polemics of the Public Option with your fellow caucus populist. But let’s be clear my friends, none of this has any bearing on a radical inside reforming reef break on the frigid fringe of Europe’s Arctic Circle.

photo cred: thanks to Erik from here.

The world’s tallest man-made chimney is called GRES-2 in Ekibastuz, Khazakstan. Below is a photo of a natural geological ‘chimney’.

In arctic Europe there are cliffs that go right into the ocean. When winter comes, the snows and gales start up and the beaches welcome waves from all around.

I was surprised to find these two photographs below showing what looks like a point break.

Pictures from the Bering Sea.

Photos of this coastline show a left point break.

From an island that formerly was a part of Russia.

These images are taken from a few of the many remote Aleutian Islands. The islands, like the Hawaiian Islands, are formed by volcanic activity. Among the Aleutians there are 57 separate volcanoes. The coastline below shows a mash-up of reefs and beaches.

A point break wave on another Aleutian Coast.

Here are two wave setups on an Alaskan Island. Though there wasn’t much swell when these images were taken, it looks like the wind is calm, and the other weather and topographic factors are good too.

This is how to get there:

Here is a neat pic of some waves along a sand spit in the Aleutian Islands. The spit is approx. 1.5 mi long.