Gnars

About

Taiku, @taikupark on IG, is the first bike park in the Dominican Republic. Ever since the pandemic started, mountain biking has seen a huge spike in popularity all over the country and has gone from having only several spots to ride to over 10 popular local trails and two bike parks. Taiku seeks to become a hub for outdoor enthusiasts by having bike trails, hiking trails, yoga & wellbeing activities and also building “glamping” tents, pretty cool if you ask me.

The owners of Taiku are friends of mine, so when I approached them with the idea of having a trail sponsored by GnarsDAO and showed them what the community is all about (nouns, lilnouns, etc) they loved it.

Ask

I am requesting 2.5 ETH to develop and build a trail sponsored by GnarsDAO with features featuring the signature noggles and allow the community to propose ideas on what to name the line.

These are rough drafts of ideas we have had to feature the noggles through the trail. All wooden features (drops, berms, etc) will have the noggles painted on them making it a true nounish trail.

Taiku has already hosted the first downhill race ever in the Dominican Republic and it was freaking cool. Videos and photos below… https://www.instagram.com/reel/CeuBBiLF6Zq/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

https://www.instagram.com/p/CewjZHEv66L/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (photo #7 is me)

My nounish track record

I was one of the winners of the lilnouns prop house round 8. Wakeboarding Proliferation. https://prop.house/lil-nouns/round-8/1457

Completed✅
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGh44pOms7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I also currently have a prop up on this weeks lilnouns prop house to replicate sktbrd.eth’s skateable noggles at a local skate park in Santo Domingo, DR.

Here I share extra pictures of Taiku

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CaAQjeprbPE/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Taiku will host the national mtb fest next march. A big multiday event where all mountain bike fanatics will gather for the different races and activities, it would be dope to have Gnars present with the sponsored trail.

Looking forward to see what the community thinks!!!

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