Salamansa locals will receive drinking water for free soon !
Kitesurf NOW suggested to the company initiating this project to consider Salamansa and help the representative (Chris) with logistics during his stay. So great get the news about the project going ahead!
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Gogo, Elvis, Junior and Manuel will be get transport from Ola and will be given access to high speed internet and access to online English courses for Portuguese speakers.
Because Elvis is most advance, he in turn will give English lessons to local Salamansa children....
With great pleasure, we can announce that Junior is part of the team as trainee kitesurf instructor and Manuel to take care of kitesurf material storage. Both Junior and Manuel, locals from Salamansa, will be eager to help kitesurfers visiting Salamansa....
Following UN advise, this time a Portuguese expert groups advised the Cabo Verde government to invest in the sea with specific mentioning of tourism.
Wouldn't it be nice if the government would listen, take action and support us?
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UN coordinator has advised the Cabo Verde government about how to battle the high unemployment rate: invest in TOURISM and invest in WATERSPORTS.
This is been our frustration over the past 5 years. Kitesurf NOW has been doing everything what experts have been telling the government...
It' proven impossible for us to keep and make repairs to the Hiace over the summer so we can provide clients with transport between Mindelo and Salamansa.
First tyres and interior of the bus was stolen. We replaced the tyres and interior and placed the Hiace...
Ola and Marc tried and purchased he new Ozone Reo kites so you can use them from November 2015 onwards. They were already fantastic but this season with D2 material, they feel even smoother and direct!
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What could barely be called a "beach" has been cleaned up by local authorities. This is great news for those sporadic opportunities for kitesurf sessions at Baia das Gatas. Hopefully kites will not suffer so much on the beach.
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A Sony Vaio, a HP laptop, an Asus laptop, 2 Nokia smartphones, a Canon professional camera and 2 waterproof Sony cameras. This is the sad list of items stolen from us !
This sad state of affairs means that we are unable to take pictures of...
Ola and Marc we removed the Kitesurf NOW building in May 2015 to make space for a new building. Architect drawings were submitted and approved by authorities, building materials were shipped over so all was ready to start building after the rainy season in October...