Gnarly News #4
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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
Gnartwork Contest
Round 3 of the Gnartwork contest will be kicking off in the coming days! Keep an eye out on our twitter for the specifics. While you wait for the official announcement, go play around in the Noundry Studio and see what you can come up with. You’ll need the practice for this week’s contest😉
Behind the Scenes
Lots of exciting developments going on behind the scenes. We won’t be leaking too many details just yet, but here are a few hints of some things we are working on that are going to bring a ton of attention to Gnars!
One37pm.com Vayner Media Partnership
RZLT Marketing Campaign
NFT London and NFT Fest Australia
Gnars x NNS Giveaway
The Nouns Name Service protocol has officially been opened to the public! Part of the public launch included prizes from a handful of subDAOs, and Gnars was one of them! If you entered the Premint raffle please check to see if you’ve won. And if you haven’t claimed an NNS yet, what’re you waiting for? Head on over to their site and claim yourname.⌐◨-◨!
Proposals
Upcoming
Sponsor I ⌐◨-◨ <3 XV event
I LOVE XV is ColetivoXV annual event which started as a protest by the local skaters in Rio. In 1997 there was no friendly architecture or good skateparks in Rio. The only good place was where the emperor used to live (Praça XV) cause it had European architecture, also as its located in downtown every bus line ended there, therefore in 1997 all the skaters of the city started to meet there until they released a law that forbids Skateboarding and bicycling in public squares. After years of protests, residents were able to change the city law and I LOVE XV became the most influential skateboard culture event in Brazil. Over 1000 skaters attend the event which by tradition starts with a huge Skateboarding parade.
This proposal includes multiple parts: the construction of a skatable noggles structure, prizes for the best tricks, a series of events to onboard new users to a web3 wallet and obtain their first NFT, and nounish video content featuring Gnars DAO. This event is an amazing opportunity to proliferate Gnars and Nounish culture to a bunch of gnarly people!
Executed
Sponsor the Uganda Bikers Association
3 ETH is going to the Uganda Bikers Association to fund a 225km ride. Includes branded gear, fuel, food, accommodation, photography, and videography.
Proposal | Discord Thread | Website | Twitter | TikTok
Shred to Earn
Coming soon! (I promise!)
Our Shred to Earn competitions will be debuting soon! We’re still working out the details to make sure the contest runs smoothly, but are hoping to get this going as soon as possible. Keep a close eye on our twitter for the announcement with the full details!
Community Highlights
Banner Artist
This week’s newsletter banner was designed by @CarleMontoya! Check them out on twitter and show some support!
Gnars Jam Sessions Podcast
I am once again asking you to show Davin some love and check out the latest episode of the Gnars Jam Session podcast on the streaming platform of your choice. Be sure to tune in live Thursday 10/20 at 8:00pm EST!
In Other Nouns
The first round of The Noun Square Prop house has closed and voting begins shortly. With 35 proposals submitted, the turnout has been fantastic! The Nouns community never disappoints❤️ Good luck to everyone who submitted!
Round 10 of the Lil Nouns Prop House has just begun! Be sure to submit your proposals here before the deadline in 5 days.
Nouns discord is gone forever! Just kidding - but it will be winding down soon. Check out the latest announcement from 4156. This is certainly an interesting turn of events, we look forward to the experimentation that arises upon the closure of the discord server!
Can’t keep up with The Noun Square Noun O’ Clock show? Don’t stress, an anonymous builder has stepped up to provide daily summaries of the happenings over at TNS. Check them out on twitter and subscribe to the newsletter!
WE WANT TO INCREASE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN @thenounsquare AND IT'S AUDIENCE. HOW WE WANT TO DO IT? 1/4
That’s all for this week! Keep proliferating and stay Gnarly ⌐◨-◨ 🤘