NASS '09 IS Nearly Upon Us

If you weren't aware and why the hell not, NASS 2009 is happening this weekend! Situated once again in the beautiful Somerset fields of Shepton Mallet, this years event promises to be the biggest and best yet.

Featuring an amazing lineup of music - NERD, CKY, Chase & Status, Lethal Bizzle, Shy FX, The Scratch Perverts and Route One's Favourites, The Nextmen, among many others.
In addition to the tunes, there'll be the usual assortment of skate, BMX, inline and FMX, plus the likes of parkour, mountain biking and streetboarding.

It's not only the pros who can get involved this year either, spot comps allows all comers to get involved and show the big boys how it's done. There's also a video comp for all you budding Scorcese's out there. Shoot some footage at one of the events, edit it within a week and enter it to win big.

As ever, Route One will be out in force, with team riders competing in the skate and inline events, plus the Route One MegaStall back in full effect with bargains galore and the famous sound system deafening anyone careless enough to wander nearby!

Tickets are still available, and will be throughout the weekend on the gate, so if you've not got yours yet and are at a loose end, get down and get involved. It's a weekend you'll never forget!

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Get Your Hands On A Free Nike Vid

Nike SB have been bery generous by letting you download their latest edit: Debacle for free. Available to download or watch here for the next 28 days, it's been referred to as an AM HD Video Project and features the likes of Grant Taylor, Theotis Beasley, Darryl Angel and David Clark among others and is preety awesome.
So don't delay, it won't be around forever...

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Go Skateboarding Day - June 21st

It's a bit short notice, but this weekend sees this years worldwide Go Skateboarding Day kick off. Hosted in a bunch of towns and cities around the UK, it's a great way to catch up with some like-minded people and do what we all do best.

Check out the official site to find out what's going down in your area, show the love and get involved, it's gonna be a beautiful day!

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Zoo York State Of Mind Premiere, A Review

Following the world premier on June 4th, Zoo York's new film "State of Mind" has moved out of NYC and is making its way around the world. And 17th of June was the turn of Route One's Southampton store to host one of the UK premieres.


It's been a while since Zoo York released a new video, and in the past few years their team has evolved and grown. Some have left and made room for fresh young blood to come through whilst some have stayed and continued to kill it. The new film "State of Mind" is a perfect example of a focused skate team who are absolutely killing it right now. Right from the start Brandon Westgate's section hits hard with some seriously sick skating and leads into an awesome film. And there isn't any weakness in the entire film, every section could have been a stand out section from any other film. Chas Ortiz, Forrest Kirby and Zered Bassett are all skating out of their skin right now and all throw down exceptionally good sections.


Mixed up and set around a New York backdrop keeping the Zoo York heritage alive "State of Mind" is a must for every skaters DVD collection. Really good music too.


Premiered in the very cool bar the Orange Rooms, with DJ Richie Rich Ashworth playing hip hop all night and 2 x Secret Wars winner Gustav Balderdash creating a unique piece of artwork for the evening the night went down very well and was a huge success.
Route One would like to thank Chris @ Shiners; Danny, Amy and all the staff at the Orange Rooms, Rich Ashworth and Gustav Balderdash for helping put on the night.
Peace and Love.
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It's Official, Koston's On SB

It looks like we were right, Nike Skateboarding welcomes Eric Koston to the team!

Rumours have been flying around like crazy, but it's now been made official, so we can look forward to some sweet new sneaks heading our way...

Eric had this to say:
"Not only am I psyched to be a part of the great group of guys that makes up the Nike SB team, but I'm equally as excited to work with them creatively. I'm sure many people know that a lot of different Nike's have been the inspiration for my shoe designs over the last 12 years, so I feel like a f**king kid in a candy store when it comes to this partnership between Nike and I.”

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Zoo York State Of Mind Premiere

The Route One store in Southampton is proud to host their second premiere of the year; Zoo York's "State of Mind", Held once again at Orange Rooms, 1-2 Vernon Street, in Southampton.
The night includes DJ Rich Ashworth back on the decks, Gustav Balderdash drawing live again and a massive raffle giveaway!
If the last premiere they hosted was anything to go by, this will be another awesome event and will be packed to the rafters, so get in early kids, it's gonna go off!!!!
For more info, check out the Facebook page.

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R1 Team Rider Paul Bates Hits The East Coast

R1 team rider Paul Bates and friend Seamus Rafferty went out to the Eastcoast of America back in April, here's a few photos. Hitting Phillidelphia to visit some friends they spent a few days skating with Rickay, JonJon, Alf, the Neglected Truth guys and the rest of the Philly locals. Angelo Ferrera, Sal, Alex Nunez amongst other NYC locals were kind enough to show them about the five boroughs of New York sessioning the best spots around the city.



Mute outside Philly Library - Image courtesy of Seamus R.


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