Getting in trouble for urban sessions?

Jay_Birddd · 2013-04-20 18:44:17

Whats the worst that could happen if you get caught hitting some urban features, say on a college campus? A fine or something? Or nothing at all?

Tyler.A

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Depends who you get busted by. Some cops can be chill and just tell you to leave, others can be absolute douchebags and fine you

Apr 20 2013 6:46PM

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A fine at the very worst. Almost no one I know has ever been fined for anything....I've never heard of anyone being fined EVER, even on the internet. It's usually just a warning. Go have some fun

Apr 20 2013 6:47PM

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I've heard of a couple people getting fined. It's never happened to me. Sometimes cops even think what you're doing is sick but they usually still make you leave.

Apr 20 2013 6:52PM

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Jay_Birddd

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Word thats what i thought

Apr 20 2013 6:55PM

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a_burger

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If the college seriously sucks they may sue you for destruction of property. That's the worst I can imagine happening, realistically fines or more likely if the same cops catch you twice. First times probably a warning.

Apr 20 2013 6:57PM

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gingersteeze270

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Ya boy go a criminal trespassing ticket a long with a 300 dollar fine and year of probation. FTP

Apr 20 2013 6:57PM

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As long as you think rationally about what you say, are polite and give them respect its unlikely they will do much other than give you a warning and ask you to leave/clean up after yourself depending on the location. If you act like a douche and talk back etc your more likely to piss them off and they will start on the fines.

Apr 20 2013 6:59PM

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I got kicked out of a campus before but we got lucky. The cop that came was super nice and even tried to help us find a new rail to hit off the campus. It really depends on who comes to kick you out.

Apr 20 2013 9:22PM

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one of my friends almost got tasered. So I guess that is pretty bad

Apr 20 2013 9:24PM

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joshua

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Your friend must have been doing something out of line...

I have never gotten in trouble. We jumped off a 2 story walkway today, two officers showed up and asked to see the shots, commented on how much work it must have been, and just in general were pretty stoked on it. That was the first time we have ever encountered police.

Then again, it depends on the town. I live in a medium sized town in Northern Ontario, where there is a fair amount of troubled youth. I think people are just stoked we are doing something other than getting tanked/high.

Generally speaking, if you aren't:

A) Trespassing (hopping fences, ignoring signs, etc.)
B) Wrecking property (scratching nice painted rails, hitting monuments, etc.)

Then you probably don't have much to worry about. Also be respectful. They have every right to kick you out if they feel it is the best thing to do, so don't get snippy if they decide to shut you down. Always be polite and respectful to anyone who questions what you are doing and it will go a lot smoother if police/property owners/security, etc. do not approve.

Apr 20 2013 9:47PM

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gingersteeze270

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It was for trying to jump off the roof of a children's hospital. Yeah they were pissed many cops showed up. Shoulda been a bigger fine but got reduced. I did have a lawyer. I've hit more urban spots then most of you and this is the only trouble I have had otherwise they just tell u to leave.

Apr 20 2013 10:14PM

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keatdogg

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Step one of hitting urban is to put a lawyer on retainer. Preferably Jackie Chiles.

Apr 20 2013 10:22PM

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djensen

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A lot of college campuses are private property and they can make the rules themselves. I know you might not want to but just ask a police officer or someone high up at the location. Good luck, and I hope to see a video.

Apr 21 2013 4:36PM

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Apr 21 2013 4:46PM

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Bachto

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Do this^ i hate when kids say cops are ass holes when it's usually the kid who was being the ass hole first. Granted some cops can be complete douches about stuff but about 80% of the time it's the kid who starts it /rant

Apr 21 2013 4:55PM

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Unfortunately not haha

So the story is that we were over at a high school in Utah (yes utah, where they should be used to getting urban calls) setting up to hit a down rail. The down rail was right after a gated fence thing. I guess someone called the cops and told them that we were "pulling down the fence with a rope and our car". The "rope" was our banshee bungie which was strapped to the rail and wasn't even touching the fence. Anyways, this cop comes flying into the parking lot like a bat outta hell and we just chilled in the open cause we knew he was there for use. Anyways, he like runs out of his car and starts yelling at us to come over to him and informs us that he "knows we are tearing down the fence with our car" to which we reply "no, were actually just skiing, look at our ski stuff". He then says "I swear to God if any of you have a rope I'm gonna fucking arrest you". Anyway, this whole time my buddy Jake has the rope to the banshee bungee like hanging out of his pants. At that point he grabs the rope and starts pulling it outta his pants to explain the situation (he had never really had any runnins with the cops so he was kinda nervous). Cop freaks out yelling "I knew it you bastard", pulls out his taser, and informs my friend that he's under arrest. Luckily another cop rolls up right as this is happening and immediately knows exactly what were doing. He tells the other cop "hey man I think they're just trying to ski, its called urban". Suddenly the other cop realizes that hes been cursing his ass off and threatening with a taser for no reason and suddenly turns into the chillest, most appologetic guy in the world. He then begins asking us if were "training for the x-games". Long story short they made us pack up, but yes my friend got threatened with a taser for hitting urban. In the end it was funny as hell making fun of our buddy cause it looked like he was about to shit himself

Apr 21 2013 11:42PM

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hire big black for protection.

Apr 21 2013 11:45PM

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Haha do some research on who you are talking to.

Apr 21 2013 11:57PM

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Black.Bird

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Brad who? Sorry don't know him..

Apr 22 2013 12:00AM

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homestar

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Haha that's actually a sick story. It seems like the people that report you never even know what you're doing. One time I was filming some guys hitting this arrow statue at a local high school. Apparently somebody called the cops and reported a group of snowboarders bungie jumping off the statue. Nobody there was even snowboarding either. All skiers.

Apr 22 2013 12:04AM

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I really enjoyed reading that, I can just imagine your friends face right now hahaha

My two cents:

One of my friends and I set up for an urban rail that goes along the side walk next to a school, in the city next to our town. We didn't have a bungie so he would whip me in with my ski pole and we spent a lot of the day there. Had some kids talk with us and were like "yo nigga just came here to hit dis rail whaaaa?", and good times were had. Through out the day we say three cop cars drive by us maybe 20 feet from the rail while I clearly had skis, a face mask, ski pants, etc. but none of them stopped to ask us what we were doing or anything. idk if it was the same cop but either way the cop/cops didn't acknowledge us even being there. It really does depend on what city/town you go to and where the feature is I guess.

And while I was reading your post OP all I could think of was this edit: