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Gnars are a new way to fund extreme athletes

We prefer a world where kids aren’t sold energy drinks by their heroes. So as a community of action sports enthusiasts, we’ve formed a DAO to rethink how extreme athletes get sponsored.

Gnars are NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain

Based on Nouns open source and CC0 artwork, they’re stored fully on-chain with no external dependencies. Each one gets you a DAO vote and memberships are available at auction, forever.

Gnars are dedicated to supporting the artistry of extreme athletes

News and Updates

That’s Gnarly is LIVE!

The thatsgnar.ly platform MVP is live and the first curated mint has just gone live! Vlad’s ‘Ode to Mark Gonzalez’ has been voted as the first open edition to be minted on the platform. Check out the video here and mint an edition for only 0.0069 ETH! While it’s still quite early for the platform, this is only just the beginning of the Gnars media revolution!

First Gnars Droposal!

Between now and the time that the next edition of Gnarly News comes out, minting for the first Gnars ‘droposal’ will go live! Inspired by Nouns Proposal 190, this will be the first NFT open edition launched by Gnars DAO via proposal. In addition to That’s Gnarly, this is a fantastic method the DAO is exploring for proliferating content and creating additional revenue for the DAO. When the mint is live, this link will redirect you to it. We’ll also be sure to tweet it out, so keep your eyes on the Gnars DAO twitter!

Proposals

Upcoming

We have lots of exciting proposal ideas constantly in the works. Please take a look and give feedback in the discord forum!

Active

Start the Gnars Revolution – #thatsgnarly
- This proposal is requesting 50 Gnars from the treasury to seed the That’s Gnarly platform with rewards for athletes. As mentioned above, minting of the first edition kicks off tonight at the beginning of the Gnars Jam Session!
- Discord Thread | Proposal
Gnarly News Newsletter (Hey, that’s me!)
- This proposal is requesting funding for this newsletter! It covers retroactive funding for past newsletters and funding for the next 3 months of newsletters.
- Discord Thread | Proposal
Sponsor Nico Karolla
- Nico is a certified jet ski rescue operator with over 10 years of experience in nautical activities. He has been invited to be part of Carlos Burle’s rescue team and will be leading a class for advanced piloting of big waves and towing big wave surfers. He has participated in big wave championships pulling riders, worked with Red Bull and the World Surf League, and more. When not working with big waves, he is a teacher in a piloting school for boats and jetskis where he teaches basic certificate piloting and advanced water safety courses for the military, firefighters, and lifeguards.
- Discord Thread | Proposal

Passed

China Banks Crail – First edition minted by Gnars
- This is the first “Droposal” coming from Gnars DAO! Inspired by Nouns Proposal 190, this photo will be released as a Timed Open Edition for a price of 0.015 ETH for a period of 7 days. Proceeds will be split between Gnars DAO, Kevin Kowalski (skater pictured), and Tim Aguilar (photographer).
- Discord Thread | Proposal

Community Highlights

SkateHive and the Gnars Shredding Report

Check out the latest Gnars Shredding Report published on SkateHive! If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out SkateHive and SurfHive, where you can publish content and get paid for it!

More Gnarly Decks!

Check out these sick noggles decks made by Gnars athlete Will Dias! We love to see the creativity he puts into his work. If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the video he shared on his first noggles deck that was included in Gnarly News #12.

Banner Artist

This week’s newsletter banner is a photo of a mural created by Pin Pusher! Check him out on twitter! He is a founding member of Mural DAO and his animated short has been sponsored by Gnars DAO in Proposal 23.

Gnars Jam Sessions Podcast

Be sure to tune in every Thursday night at 8:00pm EST to catch the Jam Session live in action! Don’t stress if you can’t make it, all episodes will be published as a podcast for you to stream at your convenience.