This week on Generation Free we meet 21-year-old Rayne Moses who is building a business around his love for skateboarding.
Generation Free showcases inspiring, emotive stories from South Africans of all ages, cultures, regions and classes who are creating a better country.
This week we meet 21-year-old Rayne Moses who is building a business around his love for skateboarding and his passion for helping young South Africans to dream big.
Rayne, who is also a rapper, launched his youth development project in Gugulethu in March last year. Together with his two business partners, Kurt Daley and Ntlantla “Ice” Dukwe, they organise skateboarding events and manage their own Nebula clothing brand.
His intention for starting Nebula was not only to realise his long-held dream, but also to make a difference in the lives of young people.
During the week he and his team conducts tutoring and skateboarding sessions with children from Gugulethu and believes that time spent on developing skating skills must be balanced with time dedicated to education.
“How far you go with skateboarding and how good you become is really up to how much effort you put into it – and that applies to anything.”
Rayne says as an individual you have to find a specific way you want to make a difference in the world and not rely on someone else to solve it.
He’s not sure if he’s going to vote in this year’s national elections and thinks parties should solve issues together.
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