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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

Auction Extensions

As mentioned over the past month or so, protocol upgrades are continuing to be pushed out as they are completed. Last week we saw an update to the frontend for the website at gnars.wtf along with the ability to claim two v2 Gnars per OG Gnar. This week, we have a beginning for auction extensions and a bittersweet end to auction sniping. As many of you already know not having auction extensions led to users competing to get their bids in at the last second, which we called sniping, and led to some great times in the auctions channel. With the introduction of auction extensions, this will no longer be the case, as when a higher bid is received in the final seconds of an auction it will automatically extend the duration of the auction.

That’s Gnarly Contests

A new feature is being tested this week on That’s Gnarly, contests! Athletes can submit clips in the category of their sport for a chance to win up to $250 in prizes. Submissions will be voted on by Gnars and That’s Gnarly editions holders. In addition, you can refer your friends and each referral gains you an extra entry to the contest. Read the twitter thread below for more details.

That’s Gnarly @thatsgnar_ly

That’s Gnarly Contests are now live 🔥

The top clips in each category win cash 💸

The best part?

Coordinate with shredders in your community to get the biggest turnout, and earn yourselves the largest rewards.

🫵 thatsgnar.ly/contest

Gnarving Update

In the next few weeks the gnarving will be here! For those that don’t know, the gnarving is when the duration of each auction doubles – think of it like a Bitcoin halving but for Gnars auctions – and this time the auction duration is going to increase from 40 to 80 minutes. At the time of this writing, there are only 74 auctions left. Interested in learning more about how our auctions work? Head over to onboard.wtf.

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

Additional Funding for ‘GNARS’ly’ Video Part
- This proposal requested 0.35 ETH to fund travel to 3 locations and filming for the final pieces of KnowHow’s GNAR’ly video. He will be traveling to Corfu, Agrinio, and Patra.
- Discord Thread | Proposal
Vlad’s Renew Proposal (1/4)
- This proposal is a renewal for a previously sponsored athlete Vlad (sktbrd.eth). He is requesting 1 ETH per month for 4 months, to cover a 6 month Gnars sponsorship extension. Please read through the proposal for more info about Vlad’s contributions to Gnars.
- Discord Thread | Proposal

GnarsDAO x ComicsDAO – Gnarly tricks Strip comic + page
- This proposal is requesting 0.69 ETH to commission artwork that will be featured as a droposal and integrated into a single-page ad in the Nouns Comic series by Comics DAO. This is a repeat of a past proposal that did not meet quorum.
- Discord Thread | Proposal
Onboarding Bernardo Nassar (Big wave bodyboarder)
- This proposal is seeking 1 Gnar NFT to begin the athlete onboarding process for Bernardo Nassar, a big wave bodyboarder located in Brazil. He is also part of the NXF team, who as mentioned in the previous proposal discovered and are pioneers of “Avalanche”, one of the largest waves in Brazil. You can find his latest submission to That’s Gnarly here. This is a repeat of a past proposal that did not meet quorum.
- Discord Thread | Proposal | Instagram

Community Highlights

Gnars Jam Sessions Podcast

Be sure to tune in every Thursday night at 10:00pm 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 (10:30pm 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!