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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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skiermonday45
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Wait wait, are there actually some behind University Commons? Because that's where I'm living this year and I have been looking for some good ones, would be funny if there were some right behind me. But I'm paying 652 a month....so I don't think this is the "low-income" place you were looking for....

Thing I wanna do down here is go do some drops out of the Oak Street Ramp onto that big snow pile. Thing's already over a story tall just from Saturday's snowfall. 

And anyone who ever walks on the Westbank, you know that huge down ledge right next to Anderson? All my friends and I have always thought that would be a pretty cool one.....except for the fact you would have to come at it at like a 45 degree angle because of the fence in the way.....and then inevitably fall off the other side down at least 20 feet to cement..... So yea if it weren't for the fence...
Dec 3 2007 10:06PM
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travis_halverson
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if you want to do the parking ramp drops, you have to do them right after a storm because they take the snow away pretty quickly. 
The ledge by anderson looks pretty gritty to me. 
Dec 4 2007 1:08AM
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mark311
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The ramps are best right away because they're softer too.  We're supposed to get 3-5" tomorrow, hit that shit up. 

I've wanted to royale ledge for the longest time.  It seems too mellow to work well on skis.

There is 1 rail behind UC.  Go to the road behind it and then walk towards 94.  It's on the east side of the road.
Dec 4 2007 3:02AM
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TSEYFFER
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My girl friend lives in university commons, and if you look behind there there are train tracks, and then behind that inbetween commons and the witch tower is where the rails are at
Dec 4 2007 10:39AM
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SkiingNinja
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took pics with my cell for that yesterday haha. there was another one i saw somewhere with an even bigger pile
Dec 4 2007 11:16AM
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