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Building a Bitcoin circular economy in a South African township | Partnering with The Surfer Kids | Inspired by Bitcoin Beach.

Avethandwa (11) skates the Bitcoin Bowl almost every day!

https://m.primal.net/PXqF.mp4

Absolutely love watching these kids improve, surfing better and better every day!

https://m.primal.net/PWHK.mp4

love it!! grassroots Bitcoin education continues!!

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Stoked with our first surf series competition this weekend!

Over 50 surfers from the local Eden district surfing federation pulled in, and surfed for prizes, all paid in sats!

https://m.primal.net/PSfB.mp4

Recruiting gr. 6 & 7 pupils from our local primary school (TM Ndanda) for the next Bitcoin Diploma course.

Looking to graduate our current cohort in March and start with a new one in April.

https://m.primal.net/PRVA.mp4

While competitive success is not The Surfer Kids' primary objective, we do want to give those kids who are hungry for it the best chance at success.

But there aren't enough local surf comps for the kids, and so, when they're at the big events they struggle with nerves. They're not used to dealing with the pressures of competition.

To fix this, we're launching our own little surf series and inviting all members of the local Eden surfing federation to come and compete.

First event is this weekend.

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Movie night tomorrow night!

Next three months will be special El Salvador Movie nights, where we'll screen various documentaries on Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador, starting with: Follow The Money - Bitcoin in El Salvador, by nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgcwaehxw309akxjemgw3hxjmn8wfjkccte9e3k7mgqyzh0p44jz2p87wapmescjcf7d4yzfuvp74nmzgzjw0qk390a4u9jxlprakr

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Makes me happy to see kids learning to surf. Makes me even happier to know their coaches earn 100% of their salaries in Bitcoin.

https://m.primal.net/PKpL.mp4

Good morning! It's a beautiful day in the Southern Cape!

Replying to Avatar Anita

If youโ€™re into #Bitcoin and want to feel how living on it works come to #SouthAfrica and travel along the Garden Route.

Youโ€™ll find many places accepting BTC on @btcmap you can visit nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec @bitcoinloxion @bitcoinwitsand purchase food, clothes, electricity and pay your municipal bills at any PicknPay.

Iโ€˜m trying to visit as many places I can to incentivize the early adopter merchants to stick to accepting it. Some waiters are intimidated other cashiers seem to be totally used to it.

Love it!! Was awesome to see you again!!

Replying to Avatar Joe Nakamoto

From nostr:npub1zkr064avsxmxzaasppamps86ge0npwvft9yu3ymgxmk9umx3xyeq9sk6ec to bitcoin beach with Luk!

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(Ps - he shreds ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธ )

Yeah, that kid rips!

An interesting new add-on to this year's road-trip (following Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town) was a visit to two primary schools, to see what they're doing with Bitcoin Adoption.

One of those two schools had their entire first rugby team kitted out in a brand-new "STUDY BITCOIN" kit!

As things stand now, Volschenk Primary School will attend the Oakdale and Willie Le Roux Rugby Events, lining up with their new kit, facing thousands of spectators.

All-in-all, in 2025, they will play more than 40 matches against neighboring schools, and some of their opposition teams will be sponsored by large South African banks. It's not uncommon to see Absa, FNB and Standard Bank on the uniforms of schools' sports' teams.

I will definitely attend at least one of those games to see the crowd's response.

If you wanna help this brave team of little giants do more for Bitcoin adoption, please consider supporting them here:

https://btcpay.btc.aw/apps/21L4cAFUcQYS3biSxQ9Y7pRaVAHE/crowdfund