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Urbin At The U??

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skiermonday45
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So has anyone ever attempted to do an Urb on the University of Minnesota campus? There are some rails with a lot of potential here and me and a couple of friends want to do them. I know security will probably be a bitch since I live here but I'm wondering if anyone has any first hand experience or knows any rails near campus in a less traveled spot.
So far I found a sweet down rail smack in the middle of the super block, so chances are we could get maybe 2 hits if we set up fast as hell, and I have heard of another one that sounds like its a little more of the beaten path so it could be a better bet...Apparently some snowboarders already tried did it once too.
Jan 23 2007 12:13AM
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mark311
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that 20-something stair at centennial hall? do it up, that thing's sick. the landing is kind of weird; make sure there is plenty of snow on it or you'll fuck up your skis and/or your face.

security on campus is kind of hit or miss; your best bet is to be as low-key as you can (i.e. least amount of people/equipment as possible), and to not hang around in one spot for too long. anyone who skates there knows what i'm talking about.
Jan 23 2007 12:24AM
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TSEYFFER
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no way! show me!
Jan 23 2007 12:34PM
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TSEYFFER
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so the are big like hardings? any room for inrun?
Jan 23 2007 12:42PM
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TSEYFFER
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no way dude, lets hit them this weekend!
Jan 23 2007 12:45PM
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travis_halverson
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yeah, they have room for inrun, but they are in a residential area,so it would have to be during the day
Jan 23 2007 12:45PM
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TSEYFFER
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yeah we should do them during the day sunday, travis you too
Jan 23 2007 12:50PM
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TSEYFFER
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that sounds good to me
Jan 23 2007 12:52PM
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TSEYFFER
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haha, its all good
Jan 23 2007 12:55PM
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skiermonday45
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Cool, I'll have to go look for those ones.
Mark~Yea I'm talking about that one by Cenntennial, I'm thinkin you're probably right on about the security thing, we were thinking about trying to bring in our drop-in ramp since it's so flat there, but that would probably just make it a little more obvious so we'll see.
Jan 23 2007 2:07PM
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horner
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The drop in ramp is gone... we don't have one any more
Jan 23 2007 2:55PM
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horner
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yeah, the thing was beat to shit anyways, it served us well.
Jan 23 2007 2:59PM
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TSEYFFER
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yeah that down rail is sketch, cement all on the one side, but it is definately do-able, you could easily do it first try, and then get out of there
Jan 23 2007 3:45PM
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mark311
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yeah, but at least the right side of it, non-stair side, is at a slope, and it's brick=slippery. Theres a couple of picnic tables in the area above it; bring a piece of wood for a ramp and set it against one or two of those. weekend mornings would be my best suggestion to do it. i almost topsouled it once but got owned on the landing, ie hole in hand. yum.
Jan 23 2007 3:59PM
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darrel
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yeah theres snow on the brick side(i believe from what i saw last weekend) of the centeniel rail, thats funny cuz i was just walking by it and i was thinking if anyone has done it, and everyone in the cafeteria will be able to see you if you do it.
Jan 23 2007 7:44PM
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mark311
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best camera angle- inside the cafeteria, looking out. super easy to get people inside eating, then the entire rail, or just the bottom/landing.
Jan 23 2007 10:52PM
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darrel
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yeah that would be a cool shot....
Jan 24 2007 1:10AM
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TSEYFFER
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if you guys ever see a white truck driving around at the U with oakley stickers on it, and a drop in and massive amounts of skis and lights and a generator in the back end that would be me, my gf lives in frontier hall, so give me a holler and we can hit up urban
Jan 24 2007 11:57AM
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zachpope18
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yea theres a big quad kink up university about a mile past the campus, narrow stairs and has brush/trees on either side so its not easy, its where i tore my acl last yr
Mar 16 2007 9:18AM
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J_Hull
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POPE! Where have you been? You never come to Hyland anymore and you live in the cities! I better see you on Sunday (aka Hyland's last day of the year). I'll let you use my comp pass if you don't have one already. Call me.
Mar 16 2007 9:49AM
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zachpope18
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yea Ive been there everyday at open this week but my knees still not 100%, ill be there sunday too
Mar 16 2007 10:39AM
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zachpope18
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and i just got a new phone so dont got ur number, go to hyland today or call me
Mar 16 2007 10:44AM
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mnjib
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yea pope has been out a bunch these past two weeks its been great seeing him back on hte sticks fo sho!
Mar 16 2007 11:41AM
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J_Hull
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Next year I better see out more! Doesn't help I'm only there every night after 6.
Mar 16 2007 1:51PM
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hylandrepresent
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you know washburn high school? behind it there are two rails, on after the other, i think it might be possible to have enough speed to get from the first to the second rail.
Mar 18 2007 1:18AM
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TSEYFFER
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those have skate stops on them
Mar 18 2007 12:18PM
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zachpope18
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yea they just added those stop deals this year
Mar 19 2007 2:13AM
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hylandrepresent
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damnit
Mar 21 2007 9:40AM
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darrel
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2-3 blocks from arbys, or 2-3 blocks from the main part of the university? where are they exactley because ive looked around there and couldnt find them.
Dec 1 2007 2:38PM
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SkiingNinja
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i've got one i really wanna do on campus. its a dfd but barely. super mellow single barrel. pretty long. would be way sick but im home for the weekend. maybe next weekend
Dec 1 2007 3:32PM
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SkiingNinja
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who all goes to UofM twin cities? i don't know any freeskiers from there. i'm simon and i go there and it would be cool to meet some of you guys/do an urban
Dec 1 2007 3:33PM
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James-
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I don't go to the U of MN but I go to Hamline University which is really close to the U of MN saint paul campus.  I'd really like to do an urban sometime soon!
Dec 1 2007 8:32PM
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darrel
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i go to the uof m. should get together and hit some urban or just go to the park. PM me.!!!
Dec 1 2007 9:52PM
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A@ron
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we should get together sometime soon and make some igloos on swiss miss
Dec 2 2007 12:34AM
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darrel
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im down with some igloos on swiss miss. we can make some love on that shit. dont tell ronson though. hahahahahhaa. or you could come and hit some urb with us. (me,keith,kjlell,and regneir)  later bro.
Dec 2 2007 3:56AM
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darrel
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yeah i found the 2 double kinks. and  theres a pretty nice down rail but without a inrun.
Dec 2 2007 6:31PM
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TSEYFFER
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I don't go to the U of M but iI go to UW river falls which is about 30 minutes away, but anyways, those double kinks are back in the ghetto, they are not very big but fun...

if you look behind university commons thats where they are, behind the train tracks

Dec 3 2007 1:01PM
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SkiingNinja
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ive got a fun one to do...
Dec 3 2007 2:11PM
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mnjib
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hell yea that rail is super sweet.
Dec 3 2007 2:22PM
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darrel
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well if they are behind university commons, then i think were talking about different rails. i found 2 by the lookout tower thing. its just up university ave going towards st. paul.
Dec 3 2007 5:16PM
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TSEYFFER
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those are the ones im talkin about, by those low income apartments
Dec 3 2007 5:31PM
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matt_h
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wow wow wow travis did the quad kink too
Dec 3 2007 6:46PM
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