Proposal 28

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Travel Grant Proposal - IndoGNARS 2

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TL;DR

Intro; Reports from previous proposals. Travel Grant to create surfing content in Indonesia; Deliverables: IndoGNARS 2 short movie, 2 VLOG episodes, 16 Social media posts, 10 NFTs on Zora, Press Releases and a Movie Premiere Event.

Requesting: $7.888 USDC

Intro

Aloha guys, I am Luiz Hadad, Brazilian, 34 years old, surfing since I was a little kid and have been a Gnars surfer since September 2022.

I've been in the blockchain space since 2017, working as a community builder in different projects, such as Muda Outras Economias and SurfHive. I also participate as a researcher at Sherlock Communications PR company, and as an advisor at Kanna and Play4Change.

During these past years, I've been trying my best to represent Gnars in and out of the water, as a surfer and community member.

gland-compressed-prop-renewal Picture from my last time in Indonesia recording IndoGNARS

When I became full-time in crypto, I was able to have flexible working hours and dedicate myself to my biggest passion: spending time in the ocean surfing barrels and chasing big swells.

I am a partner at Surfguru, Brazil's biggest online surfing community and forecast website, with 300k unique users and 2.5M visits per month.

In 2022 we launched SurfHive, a community inspired by SkateHive, with the goal of bringing more surfers onchain. We have 99 surfers from all over the world producing content regularly there.

I've had a couple of proposals approved at Gnars. Two surfing sponsorships, one travel grant to Indonesia, and two proposals to create educational content through Surfguru. Surfguru currently has an active proposal to produce educational and onboarding content. I am collaborating on it, with @crisciacm and @marinioac.

Highlights and Reports

To bring transparency and accountability, I started writing sponsorship reports. You can check my first one from the 6-month term, from December 2022 until June 2023. And the second one, with highlights and learnings from my last sponsorship term, from December 2023 until June 2024.

Last year I approved a travel grant to Indonesia. The main deliverable from the Travel Grant proposal is the IndoGNARS movie. Content is available on YouTube and you can mint it on Zora. 100% of the funds go to the Gnars treasury.

Every supporter on my last 2 props (Indo Travel Grant and Sponsorship Renewal got an IndoGNARS NFT airdropped to their wallets)

Watch IndoGNARS on YouTube

I produced heaps of social media content while recording IndoGNARS, most of it posted on Instagram, X, and SurfHive.

The recent release of IndoGNARS got media coverage from surfing and crypto websites, such as:

Surfguru: IndoGNARS: Uma Jornada de Surf, Cultura e Inovação na Indonésia por Luiz Hadad
Criptotendencias: IndoGNARS: Una Jornada de Surf, Cultura e Innovación en Indonesia por Luiz Hadad
BeInCrypto: Surfistas na Web3: Atleta Tem Salário em Cripto e Comunidade Apoia Documentário
Cointelegraph Brazil: Crypto News: News on BlockchainRio, Mocaverse Closes with Toncoin, Hathor Network Allies with Dinamo, and Other News

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Travel Grant Proposal:

My proposal requests funding for the IndoGNARS 2 movie.

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Indonesia is at the top of every surfer's bucket list. It's where the most perfect waves in the world are located. I am going to stay there for 2 months. Here's the project overview:

July 29th until August 8th - Boat trip in the Banyak islands - We will have a videomaker onboard and I am taking a GoPro 12 with me.
August 8th - September 28th: back to Bali and stay committed to the search for perfect waves in places like Desert Point, G-land, Nias, and Mentawai Islands.
Connect with Thiago Okazuka and Alan Rangel, two gnarly videomakers that are currently in Indonesia, to record the surfing and lifestyle content.
Mint the top 10 waves on Zora during the trip, and have a social media post directing to it (50% of funds go to Gnars)
Edit the movie during October
Upload the movie exclusively on Gnars Youtube Channel
Launch IndoGNARS 2 in November with a movie premiere in Espírito Santo for 50 people

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Content Deliverables:

We will produce gnarly surfing content during the trip:

1 Surfing movie: IndoGNARS 2, to be released exclusively on Gnars Youtube Channel;
16 social media posts during the trip (2 per week on Instagram) + lots of Instagram stories showing the trip, behind-the-scenes content, talking about Gnars, equipment, surfing spots... From July 28th until September 28th.
Collab Posts on social media will be aligned with Pod Media. As we're the Red Bull of web3, we need action sports content coming in fresh all the time.
Top 10 waves/moments of the Movie will be uploaded as NFTs on Zora (50% of minting revenue will go to Gnars)
Record two episodes to the VLOG "Surfing the web3" at the NXF Slab YouTube Channel. Lots of content that we record often don't make the final video. I will use it in the VLOG to show the behind the scenes of the surf trip, different waves, gnarly wipeouts, my friends' footage, Indonesian culture, relationship with crypto, and Gnars.

Example of a VLOG episode, that we recorded in Saquarema

Content Distribution

I will use my partnership with the Sherlock Communications PR agency to promote the content to reach a broader audience, just like we did with IndoGNARS.

PR promotion will happen for the IndoGNARS 2 movie launch, VLOG Episodes, and movie premiere. We will have distribution channels that can raise awareness for the content created and ultimately for Gnars.

Our releases are being sent to media partners like Surfguru, Folha Vitória, A Gazeta, O Globo, Infomoney, Portal do Bitcoin, Be in Crypto, Cointelegraph Brazil, Criptotendencias, The Defiant, and BlockNews.

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An example of good PR work is the news of a 4m wave in Baía de Vitória, Espírito Santo - This wave got heaps of media coverage because it was in epic conditions and had good timing on the press releases.

We edited a video of this session in the NXF Slab Vlog, which now has 4k views in 1 month, and highlights Gnars everywhere!

IndoGNARS 2: Movie Premiere

When the movie is ready, we will do a Movie Premiere in Espírito Santo, either in Brizz Bar or Aloha Restaurant, for at least 50 people

The 1k will be invested as follows: $ 200 Gnars merchandise and stickers $ 150 DJ / Live Music $ 500 food and drinks $ 150 after movie

Bonus: Attending Coinfest Asia in Bali

I've participated in a couple of events and podcasts during the past 6 months, mostly in Brazil and Latin America. My plan is to keep participating in them, but this time in Asia, while on the Surftrip.

I've applied to speak at the Coinfest Asia 2024, in Bali (22nd and 23rd of August 2024). Hopefully, I'll be selected and we'll be able to represent Gnars in the Conference as a speaker.

I also connected with Yoddah.eth this week. We will get together and explore ways to nounify Bali during August and September!

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