Sunny Pires – HAWAII Project Jan – Feb / 23
tl;dr
Sponsoring the Pro-surfer Sunny Pires during his training in Hawaii.
Who is Sunny Pires?
Sunny Pires is a 17-year-old Pro-Surfer who grew up in Búzios, Rio de Janeiro- BR. Sunny’s dad, Charles, is the local lifeguard and has taught him all about Surf since he was a little kid, even naming him after the legendary Hawaiian surfing champion of the 1970s, Sunny Garcia.
- 3x champion Hang Loose Surf Attack
- 2x Champion Rip Curl Grom Search
- Vice-champion Brazilian tour under 14
- Champion Pena Little Monster under 12
- Top 9 Carioca Professional of 2022
- 6x time Champion Rio de Janeiro State under 18
Sunny Pires and Nouns Waves
Rickyday, a member of NounsBR community, introduced Sunny to Nouns DAO and submitted a sponsorship proposal to NounsBR. NounsBR funded Sunny with 2 ETH and Nouns Waves has started. The money was used to travel to competitions in Brazil. Sunny comes from a humble background, and his parents struggle to fund his travels to compete. Most of the time, they give up on certain championships because of the cost. Sunny trainer is his dad and Rickyday is helping him with all nounish social media and marketing strategies for a better Nouns Culture delivery. We all believe in his potential to be on top of the world surf league!
Please, see below some of the media coverage and results during the NounsBR sponsorship.
- Announcement of sponsorship - Video
-
First championship with NounsBr noggles at Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro.
Video -
Second and third championships at Quisamã and Saquarema beach, Rio de Janeiro. Video
-
Official recognition by the Mayor of Búzios as a new prodigy! And noggles hat!
-
Six time champion of the state of Rio de Janeiro under 18 years old.
-
Retweets and some posts about Sunny on Twitter.
-
Sunny Pires surfing video with Nouns branding. This video is for global viewers. It has English subtitles and QRcode at the end leading viewers to NounsBR website. We aim to bring more web2 people to the web3 ecosystem.
Official Video
Why is it important to fund Sunny’s trip to Hawaii during Jan-Feb 2023?
Sunny is being trained to travel and compete in international events after finishing high school. For this purpose, Sunny needs to surf all waves and improve his network with professional surfers, photographers, and potential sponsorships. Hawaii is the surf’s Mecca worldwide. All the best surfers from around the world are there during this Jan-Feb season. Additionally, there are no waves like the Hawaiian waves in Brazil. So all the best Brazilian surfers under 18 years old go to Hawaii on their way to professionalization.
The main goal for Sunny is to know better the Hawaiian waves and have the chance to participate in local championships to compete with great Hawaiian athletes. Sunny’s name will get bigger if he achieves good positions in those championships. And the brand that is with him, too.
Nouns visibility
- Stories on Instagram about his day-by-day trip.
- Post on Instagram Feeds weekly (Reels or photos).
- Nounish video of his season in Hawaii.
Sunny already has two hats and two t-shirts, and we will make more t-shirts. The art was created by ilustradora.eth .
Budget
A trip to Hawaii is expensive even for Americans and if we consider the Dollar/Real differences (5,3x), and the cost of living in Brazil, the disparities would be even bigger for a Brazilian surfer.
One of his sponsors, Bar do Zé, a famous restaurant in Buzios, had already paid for the airplane ticket, but Sunny still has to maintain himself in Hawaii.
Budget breakdown
Sunny will be hosted by a friend and surf photographer costing 1.300,00 USD / month.
- Food: three meals / day in cheap places, around 60,00 USD / day (1800 USD / month).
- Photographer and filmmaker for Sunny’s Hawaiian season 1.500,00 USD
- Rickyday management for Nouns brand – 1 ETH
Total 1 month = 4.84 ETH
Total 2 month = 7.41 ETH
(ETH = 1.200,00 USD)
1,5 month is the minimum ideal to stay there - 6 ETH
Go Sunny!
