In all of the 15 years we've operated The Surfer Kids NPO, this is definitely one of the coolest things we've been able to do! We're in JBay for 12 days, with 14 of our best up-and-coming surfers, to watch the JBay Open, stop no. 10 on the World Surf League Championship Tour! The kids are beyond stoked to see the best surfers in the world, live and in person! 🌊🏄🏾‍♂️ 🤩 Plus, as fate would have it, Jordy Smith, the only South African on the Tour is currently ranked no.1 !! The forecast looks epic!! Lots of swell and offshore wind for the next two weeks. The kids will also be competing in some side events, specifically for young grommets, prior to the start of the main event. Enabled by a Block,Inc. Discovery Grant!! https://block.xyz/block-impact-investments/discovery-grant/bitcoin-ekasi @jack 🙏🏽🧡

The thrift shop (now moved to a new improved location!) is still one of my favourite mechanisms for circular economy building! 1. Get old clothes donated. 2. Build a 'shop' where you 'sell' donated clothes for token amounts of sats. 100 sats for a pair of pants, 50 sats for a shirt, etc., etc. 3. Invite people to come and 'buy' some clothes, on the condition that they bring small change, in fiat, which must first be converted to sats before any purchase can be made. 4. They pay for clothes with their time and attention, because making a purchase involves learning how to use a basic Bitcoin wallet.

We paint shacks because it helps our circular economy project. It gives us a constructive channel through which to circulate sats into the local economy. Residents of painted shacks receive a stipend of 7,000 sats/week, which they only receive as long they: 1. Do not convert to fiat, whether they choose to save or spend, it must happen with sats. 2. Keep the area clean, and free from rubbish and pollution. No regular cleaning, no sats. It also brings some colour to a bleak environment. It adds some pride to otherwise unimpressive living conditions. It draws attention to our project, and makes for great photos and videos when people visit. We have many reasons for doing this. And. As a happy side effect, it also helps promote some really cool Bitcoin projects, like @SeedSigner !!

Stoked!! It’s amazing to have the @Tando.me logo displayed on one of the shacks! If you’re wondering what they do, it’s a Kenyan mobile app that allows you to spend Bitcoin through the Lightning Network, while merchants receive Kenyan Shillings directly into their M-Pesa (mobile money) wallets. You pay in BTC, they get KES instantly, with zero fees, no need for them to set up anything. And everyone accepts Mpesa. You can literally live almost entirely on Bitcoin in Kenya.

Carefull. Bitcoin is dangerous.

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The kids were ripping this weekend!

In case you're wondering what's the definition of 'hubris'..

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Good morning! Local surfboard shaper in Mossel Bay now accepts Bitcoin for all custom shaped boards!

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Mossel Bay, from the other side of the bay.

Good morning! It's surfing time! 🌊🏄🏾‍♂️🌍🧡🌅

With support from Bitcoin Beach we helped kick-start 23 circular economy projects across the African continent throughout 2023 - 2025. I'm considering the idea of planning an extended trip in 2026, to visit as many of these projects as possible. Maybe 2 -3 weeks, visiting 10 - 15 projects, something like that. If we turned this into an organized group thing, who'd be keen to join? It's just an idea for now, nothing at all confirmed, but trying to gauge interest.

New website, 2026 ticket sales, and short (5-min) documentary from @Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town 2025, all going live early next week! Stay tuned.

Whenever you're spending sats, someone is earning sats. Think about that.

Local politicians visiting our project are introduced to Bitcoin as a medium of exchange first. With the end-goal being saving in Bitcoin as a means to personal empowerment.

Our youngest competitor from The Surfer Kids, Avethandwa (11) surfing at the final junior trials today, before district team selection. He's got a very good chance to be included in the team and will almost certainly compete at the South African Champs in Oct!

Bitcoin being borderless has to be one of its coolest features. Imagine a world where the playing field is leveled by a money that is global.

At Junior Trials today, to choose a district team for SA Champs in JBay, in Oct!