ZEROPOD #13 - Bob Burnquist, Grinding for the Greater Good

Zero Rights Reserved: A CC0 Podcast About Nouns, DAOs, NFTs & Ethereum

October 16/2023

On Episode 13 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk sits down with skateboarding legend, philanthropist, and brand new Nouner Bob Burnquist!

Bob talks about his childhood growing up in Brazil under an oppressive regime that actually banned skateboarding in public, and how he made it from those humble beginnings to tearing up the X Games and pulling fakies with Tony in Tony Hawk Pro Skater.

We also chat about his web 3 journey, and why he thinks blockchain is a huge unlock for funding public goods. Two days ago, Bob became an official member of Nouns DAO, and we talk here about what attracted him to our onchain community, and his excitement for future collaboration opportunities.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Legends Skate Jam

01:46 - ZEROPOD Intro

02:43 - Early days in Brazil

04:28 - Skateboarding was illegal!

05:28 - Skateboarding is more art than most sports

06:50 - Skateboarding as a grounding influence

08:42 - Early competition circuit

11:26 - Going Pro

12:51 - What was it like to be part of making skateboarding mainstream?

14:30 - Tony Hawk as the “public hero” for the sport

15:15 - Meeting Tony for the first time in 1993

17:30 - Tony always wanted to help people

19:45 - How has skating subculture stayed strong despite mainstream adoption?

23:40 - How did he first encounter Gnars DAO and Nouns?

26:22 - First Nouns Prop (Prop 142)

28:08 - The importance of niching out communities

31:16 - Nouns compared to other big-ticket NFTs

35:42 -Blockchain as a powerful unlock for public goods funding

40:00 - Similarities between skate culture and web 3

43:10 - Any favourite Nouns props?

45:15 - Impact Onboarding (h/t web3beach by https://twitter.com/carlosjmelgar)

47:08 - The difficulty of being your own bank (and the importance of education)

48:31 - His thoughts on the current Proposal to gift Bob a Noun for his work https://nouns.wtf/vote/402 (has now passed at time of publication!)

54:55 - What is he most excited about working on with Nouns over the next 6 months to a year

58:00 - Outro

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Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk and JackWyldes. Hosted by Toady Hawk. Music by SuperTightWoody.

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