Snapped: NASS Festival

From 11th to the 13th of July, the Bath & West Showground welcomed the NASS Festival: three days of raw action sports, music and party-hard living. Land at NASS and you'll find yourself smack bang in a world where ravers and athletes go BIG. TGtB went along and had a butchers at what was going on...

NASS was a three day festival held at the Bath and West Showground, which brought together 15,000 lovers of music, skating and BMXing to celebrate their lifestyle. Tents were pitched for a long weekend in the action sports and music world: purpose built skate and bike parks and 5 stages of dubstep, drum and bass, punk and rock.

Between the massive music acts and  raw action sports professionals ruthlessly competing for gold, NASS pushed boundaries. To ride or to party? You decide!

Legends such as Tony Hawk and Matt Hoffman have performed at NASS in years gone by, making way for the new, up-and-coming talent, including BMXers like Mark Webb, Matt Priest, Daniel Sandoval, Kevin Peraza, Big Daddy; Skaters such as Austen Seaholm, Ben Nordberg, Chris Oliver; and inliners Brian Aragon, Chris Haffey, Jeff Stockwell.

This was the only festival for true fans of skating and BMXing. Nothing else compared.