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Tips for scouting urban

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lifesadream
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Anyone got some good general tips on finding urbans. I'm gonna try to scout some this week for the winter. Thanks
Nov 3 2009 11:36PM
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TWoods
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Look in hilly areas. Look for things that might not be conventional rails, but other cool urban features.

Google earth street view actually can work pretty well, surprisingly enough.
Nov 3 2009 11:38PM
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Funnel
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A car and money for gas.
Nov 3 2009 11:42PM
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Brock.
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one thing i can tell you is that you want a rail that is smooth. if its got really thick paint than you will encounter some painful problems.
Nov 3 2009 11:43PM
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Doug.
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be creative
Nov 4 2009 3:13AM
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dubaiski
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google earth

bring something to chip of uneven paint

Nov 4 2009 4:59AM
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billtro11
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FIND. Set-up. STOMP.                   There are so many independent variables regarding urban. If it looks too sketch it probably is.  Watch out for 5-0.  Be a gentelman when they show up.  "yes officer. no officer" and you will be straight.
Nov 4 2009 9:46AM
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BWalmer
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I usually go with sir or ma'am, just cause the LAST thing you want to say is occifer - and under stress it's likely to happen (even if you're stone cold sober), and once you say it you'll be finding yourself touching your nose and walking straight lines (in ski boots) very quickly - even though your not driving at the moment, they'll likely hassle you (especially if you're underage).
Nov 4 2009 9:51AM
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WadeM
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1) Look from areas with hills.

2) Areas with lots of appartment buildings cause you'll be finding more rails at that sort of areas, or atleast over here in Finland

3) Here in Finland we usually have one sorts of rails at one part of the city and a different types at another part e.g. lots of thin, round, brown ones at one part and loads of fatter and flat grey ones at one part so you can expect a little bit what you'll be finding. Based on that you can basicly search places with easier rails or harder rails.

Just my 2 cents on what I've learned..

Nov 4 2009 11:04AM
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skithesprings
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drive around, look out the windows.

drive back behind buildings, thats where i always found the best hidden gems
Nov 4 2009 11:09AM
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J.Braun
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use anything possible, you may see a mail box, but i see a tap
Nov 4 2009 2:03PM
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apcaipse
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If you seriously tap mailboxes, you're an idiot. It's illegal to do anything to mail boxes. They're government property and it's illegal to fuck with them. And they're generally found in front of peoples houses, who will be pissed your touching there stuff.
Nov 4 2009 4:12PM
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Brock.
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yeah things like electrical boxes and mailboxes look like fun but you can and most likely will get in shit fo hitting them. look for signs and fences. they usually aren't as hight risk.
Nov 4 2009 6:07PM
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quixotic
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....what? They are called police OFFICERS. They don't give sobriety tests and become huge dicks if you call them officer....
Nov 4 2009 6:10PM
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willmiller
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Yeah for sure. Also if you find a good feature, throwing an upside down trash can down can make a quick and fun jib
Nov 4 2009 6:14PM
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doublexl
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one of my friends has this sick intuition for finding urbz. we were longboarding one day up in these hills and we walk past this apartment complex with a small gap between the two buildings. he just rund off and is all NO WAY! dope rail, i doubt a skier could hit it though. total snowboarder set up.
Nov 4 2009 6:18PM
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Testicles
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Nov 4 2009 6:26PM
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BWalmer
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read what I said a little closer...

I said occifer.
Nov 4 2009 6:32PM
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GNARBARSTAR
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have a pre built drop in!
Nov 4 2009 6:37PM
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3ski6guy0
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remember to drive around buildings like schools
Nov 4 2009 6:41PM
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adamlukowski
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But if they want to search you, do what donavon does and "Give em da fo"

Or Amendment 4

Nov 4 2009 6:51PM
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quixotic
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I'm not sure what point you are trying to make...
Nov 4 2009 8:03PM
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doublexl
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....noooo ociffer i hasnt been drinking....
Nov 4 2009 8:12PM
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iridepc
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ya look in hilly areas with schools and churches. i have found half the rails i know from google earth satellite view
Nov 4 2009 9:19PM
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skithesprings
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nooooooo occiferr. i swear to drunk im not god!
Nov 4 2009 9:49PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
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If you want to be quick and discrete about it, find a well lit area with enough room/snow to get speed

Creativity is key, next to snow

Nov 4 2009 9:58PM
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ski-swagga
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if youre scared or worked up over the officer being there you might accidently get youre words jumbled, like people do when they're drunk. so since you did that they might think you're drunk and do a field sobriety test.
Nov 4 2009 10:08PM
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ct_steeze
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hahah
Nov 4 2009 10:08PM
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BWalmer
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I'm gonna tell you a funny story, at least it's funny now it wasn't when I was on the side of the road.

One night I was driving home from a friends house and I got pulled over (it was 2am, and around here if you're on the road at 2am and you do ANYTHING wrong and a cop sees you're gonna get pulled over instantly). The cop comes up to my car, asks for license, registration, ect. and then asks "where are you coming from" I told him a friends house and he asked "have you had anything to drink" (now, I had a drink or 2 a few hours earlier, but it was out of my system by then cause we had a couple of drinks with dinner, then played cards and watched movies till 2am, and I'm over 21, so there's no reason for me to lie) and I answed, "yes, I had two drinks around 8 or 9". Then here's were it becomes a problem...He asks "do you know why I pulled you over", my answer word for word, "no, occifer, I don't", this statement is IMMEDIATELY follwed by "please step out of the car" and a fun road sobriety test (which I passed because I wasn't even remotely drunk). In the end, it's just a funny story because nothing happened after I passed the test, I got back into my car and drove home.

But, if I wasn't drunk, why did I say "occifer", because being confronted by a police officer in any situation where you know you might have done something wrong causes a lot of stress (the whole time he was at the window of my car I was freaking out trying to tell myself that I was sure I was sober and that there was no reason to freak out, but because of the stress, I was pretty freaked). Now, being approached by a police officer at an urban set up that you (and he/she) know you should be at will cause stress, and 85% of the time you will screw up and say "occifer" (that's an actual statistic I learned in Drivers Ed, believe it or not), it's something like, you say the thing you keep telling yourself not to say. (for Family Guy watchers - "What's your name?" "Uh, Uh, Pea...Tear...Griffon, yeah Peter Griffin...crap").

Hope that helps clear up my statement and maybe even gives you a laugh at my expense (don't worry, everyone I tell that to laughs). So, whenever confronted by a cop always, always go with "Sir" or "Ma'am", it's much harder to screw up, haha.
Nov 4 2009 10:26PM
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quixotic
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I see. That is a funny story. I've been in several sticky situations with police before, and I can keep my cool now around cops. You simply need to be confident and not live in fear of the police.
Nov 4 2009 10:31PM
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Parrish
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Now that is golden.
Nov 4 2009 10:37PM
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dandougherty
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you got a good chance at schools, you just gotta him like early on a sunday morning
Nov 5 2009 8:50AM
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bananas
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or if your not religios, churches always  have the best hand rails
Nov 5 2009 9:56AM
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Craig114
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i never go out scouting without either a box of little debby snacks of a bag of rold gold pretzels!
Nov 5 2009 3:15PM
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R.Fahey
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i still don't think you get it.  but i'm not even going to try to explain it further.

BACK to the point!
Look at a lot of schools.  Most schools have good handrails, and you know you're good on most weekends or late at night.  Avoid Apartment buildings... people get shitty if they're trying to sleep and you're making noise outside of their house... you would.

hospitals normally have good rails, but again, they have their own security.  Google street view is epic... think of hill areas in nearbye locations, and just look.  start with aerial view, then go to street view. 
Nov 5 2009 3:30PM
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