Gnars DAO

Gnars DAO is self-described as an extreme sports club with a community treasury, referring to the fact that it is a DAO. It states that the Gnars DAO community acts as stewards to Nouns athletes, which is another community of extreme sports athletes.The stated purpose of Gnars DAO is to enable extreme athletes to reach their audience without selling traditional products that may harm their fans.

Gnars funds extreme sports athletes with a treasury that holds more than $200,000 and has sold more than 420 membership non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Gnars are actually NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain and are based on Nouns open source and CC0 artwork. Each NFT represents one DAO vote. Members of Gnars gain access to benefits through other partnered projects, such as Nouns DAO. Gnars DAO allows users to make production, merchandise, events, and protocol decisions.

Some extreme sports that are sponsored through Gnars DAO include inline skating, skateboarding, snow skiing, snowboarding, and BMX. A notable extreme athlete who has already partnered with Gnars DAO is inline skater Joe Atkinson.