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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

ETHDenver Event

If you haven’t noticed yet, the proposal for the ETHDenver Lounge/co-working space has passed! If you’re going to be in Denver for the event, be sure to get in touch with Pin Pusher and Vlad. The event details can be found in the poster below. Shirt orders have been placed and the first live artist has been booked so don’t miss out if you’re in town. Aubtoshi and Nouns OTG will be there as well, it’s guaranteed to be a gnarly time!

DAO Goals and Structure

On Wednesday a community call was held to review our goals and governance structure moving forward into 2023. If you missed it, a recording will be posted to our Gnarly Drive as soon as it is available. You can also review the slideshow prepared by Gami here. It is crucial that we incorporate comments and feedback from as much of the community as possible, so if you have thoughts or ideas about what the DAO should focus on and how it should operate please share them in the Discord!

Gnarving Coming Soon

Brace yourselves, just over 200 auctions left until the next gnarving! The gnarving is when the duration of each auction doubles, and this time the auction time is going increase from 40 to 80 minutes. Interested in learning more about how our auctions work? Head over to onboard.wtf.

That’s Gnarly Updates

The latest weekly drop on That’s Gnarly has been postponed due to some protocol upgrades. The team is currently working on some updates that will allow each NFT to be minted on the same contract moving forward, rather than a new contract for each drop. Please be patient if you experience any errors on the platform, and don’t hesitate to report bugs in the dedicated channel in Discord.

That’s Gnarly @thatsgnar_ly

gm legends 🌊

Going to be pausing drops for the next 2-3 days while we work on the new site

Expect a much improved experience come Sunday

Until then, stay #gnarly

Proposals

Upcoming

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

Passed

Gnarly Smoke Lounge/Co-Working Space at ETHDenver
- This proposal is to sponsor a 2 day event for a smoke lounge and co-working space at ETHDenver. Attendees will be provided free entry with an ETHDenver badge and be provided Gnars DAO talks, giveaways, free joints, and more by the Gnars ambassadors Pin Pusher and Vlad. In addition to live painting and auctions, there will also be a Tony Hawk Pro Skater Contest and a Skate Contest at the local skatepark.
- Discord Thread | Proposal

Set the Stage for Others to Shine
- This proposal is requesting funding for protocol upgrades as previously discussed within the DAO. These upgrades include the implementation of auction extensions, migrating the DAO treasury from Gnosis Safe and Snapshot to DAO executor (similar to Nouns/Lil Nouns), and a variety of frontend and backend updates including voting and delegation UI, gnarving countdown, NNS resolution, and more.
- Proposal

Defeated

Sponsor Ground Catch x Gnars 3-Day Event
- Ground Catch is a filipino skateboarding club founded in 2010. BossJ is requesting funding for a 3 day event in Tuguegarao City where they will host tournaments, information sessions to onboard skaters into Gnars DAO, the creation of obstacles to skate on, content creation, and more.
- Discord Thread | Proposal

Community Highlights

Nico Karolla in Folha de Búzios Newspaper

Recently sponsored Nico Karolla has been featured in a recent article in a popular journal in Brazil! The original can be found here, and an English translation is available here.

Gnars Jam Sessions Podcast

Be sure to tune in every Thursday night at 9:00pm 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.

Daily Drop at Gnar O’ Clock!

Every day on That’s Gnarly a new open edition drops at Gnar O’ Clock (9:30pm EST / 2:30am UTC)during a live show on The Noun Square!

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!

Banner Artist

This week’s newsletter banner was created with the Nouns AI Playground. The Nouns AI pod has put a ton of work into this free tool. If you’re curious, go play around with it at nounsai.wtf and see what you can come up with! Create a cool banner for this newsletter and I’ll feature it in a future publication 🙂