#surfing the kali yuga

[surfingkaliyuga]

“Surf Kali Yuga“ mural created by the Olifant Surfing Club on July 3rd, 2020 in Dnipro, Ukraine.

I wish I could simply enjoy seeing my logo painted on a wall somewhere in a country right behind our eastern border. Unfortunately, the artist behind the project, Artem “Jesus“ Murakhovsky, was killed in action defending his homeland from the Russian invaders.

I was always aware of the initiatives popping up here and there and bearing either my name or my logo, but the Olifant Surfing Club was not one them. I must admit that I deeply regret not learning about them earlier and not contacting Artem. Even if only to compliment his work, because while I greatly appreciate my logo in this form, he painted many better things later in his street art career.

From what I could gather about him he was born May 3rd, 1993, and he was a lifelong denizen of Dnipro. He held a degree in computer programming and another in mathematics from Oles Honchar Dnipro National University. As a militant nationalist he participated in Maidan and was injured during a fight with Titushky. Later he joined the Azov Regiment for a tour of duty. After the Russian invasion he volunteered for the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade "Sicheslav". On March 20th, 2022, he died during combat in Avdiivka, a tank shelled his position while he was preparing to throw a grenade. His parents, Valentina and Oleksandr, gave a short interview for Le Monde after his death, he was also survived by his siblings and a fiancée.

Reducing someone's life to a few bullet points feels unnatural, but, regrettably, I can't add anything personal, as I didn't know Artem. But we shared common values and he stumbled upon a concept and a piece of graphic design I threw out into the wider Internet all those years ago. Writing a few sentences about him is all I can do now, but in the unlikely event I ever visit Dnipro I'll be sure to visit his final resting place.

Surfers never die, they just relocate to the beaches of Valhalla.

[antihose]

[lepartidelamort]

[music-sadness-shetland]

[dusollstdiesirae]

I love those who wait eternally for a moment that will never come. Those who anticipate, plan, and await, wishing for their time to come when it shall always be outside their grasp.

[garlicbreadmafia]

[hatejvke]

[dusollstdiesirae]

I love those who immerse in mundanity, who rely upon the trends and topics long past so they may rely upon their long lost relevance for their own.

@adulthoodisokay

[plutobags]

TREASER HUNT NO. 2 / $PSYOP [FOUND]

Congratulations to @stygianfrog on finding the PLUTO BAGS treasure chest with 1 MILLION $PSYOP.

Anon hired a New Mexican task rabbit to go digging for treasure in the high elevations of the Southwestern Mountains, to send a photos of whatever contents.

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

california is getting some massive swells right now. and what are californians doing? surfing them, of course.

[surfingkaliyuga]

Surfer: Year Twelve

This is getting really old, really fast. At least the previous year was quite eventful and, what's even more important, fruitful. After a very rocky start I managed to change my trade. Somewhat. It's more like I have not two, but three jobs now and it's not going to change anytime soon. When I finally achieve some semblance of balance, I'll be happy(ish).

I also managed to finally get back to exercising. Muscle memory is almost magical as I was able to regain most of my muscle mass in a few short months. Right now I'm about 15 kilograms heavier than I was a year ago. And it's mostly lean mass too. I'm tall enough that it's not terribly noticeable, but my general well-being is certainly on the upswing.

Frankly, I probably could complain about this or that, however, I'm not in the mood. While looking for something interesting connected to my name, I found a rather tragic story, one of many I'm sure, but this one has a tenuous connection to my blog. Let it be the main contribution to my yearly sermon. Read it here.

Until the next year's communiqué.

[lepartidelamort]

[dusollstdiesirae]

And Zarathustra spoke thus unto the people:

I teach you the Ubermensch. Man is something that is to be surpassed. What have ye done to surpass man?

[garlicbreadmafia]

[benihana-circumcision]

I thought surf the Kali Yuga was just a white supremacy term

the kali yuga is a concept in hindu cosmology, an "age of strife." It is not necessarily fascist.

in 1934, fascist esotericist and all-around unpleasant character julius evola wrote a book titled Revolt Against The Modern World (fun dogwhistle. love catching primmies using that one) where he argued that we are currently in this particular Yuga, and that we need to Retvrn to thee Worlde ov Trädition by doing fascism really goodstyle. This book got traction and rendered him an ideological leader in fascist italy.

This sort of marinated in the background of neonazism for decades up until someone on /tg/ got really mad at women and said "Man just embrace being the bad guy. Surf the Kali Yuga". And then fuckin bored ape yacht club put it on merch and joe rogan started talking about it

tl;dr do your research because you just made an assumption and wordlessly ceded ground in the infowar without doing your due diligence

[sizzlingcandyjellyfishhhhhh]

don’t mind me. I’m just surfing the kali yuga