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Urban "Bust Fund Account"

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.Gladiator.
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So I am driving back home after a failed ski trip up in Duluth and it was just really wanting to do some urban. But, the day before, I know some buddies who went to a certain spot and got busted by the cops and a left with a decent fine. So that turned me off from trying some urban.

I remember reading A Q&A with either Clayton Vila or Cam Riley that encourage the kids to do urban as much as they can to expand that part of the free skiing industry. Now I just remembered, I'm completely broke and the fear of getting busted and stuck with a huge fine straight up took that idea of practicing urban out of my head.

And I don't know this may be a stupid idea and I may get a lot of hate for it, but I was just thinking of ways to encourage more people to do some urban skiing and take the fear of getting a hefty fine out of the picture and I came up with maybe a urban skiing "Bust Fund" account through GoFundMe.com or something where The powers that be on this site would have an anonymous donation tab that goes into the urban bust fund account so kids can worry less about the fine. And maybe the incentive for people to donate would be somewhat like the donation tab towards the Newschoolers site where you get some type of icon after your screen name as well as knowing that if I get busted for street skiing in the future, Newchoolers can help me out! I'm not saying the account run by Newschoolers would pay the whole fine, the fund could just pay maybe half or so. I don't know, opinions?
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Feb 18 2015 5:48PM
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ALaw
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Just don't be stupid about the spots you pick. Pay your own damn ticket.
Feb 18 2015 5:57PM
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steeze4days
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Interesting but how would we know that the money is actually going towards peoples tickets?
Feb 18 2015 6:07PM
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.Gladiator.
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steeze4daysInteresting but how would we know that the money is actually going towards peoples tickets?


I thought about this as soon as I posted it. There's A LOT of logistics that would have to go into this. Is probably more of a fantasy idea than anything else haha
Feb 18 2015 6:12PM
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John18_6
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.Gladiator.a certain spot and got busted by the cops and a left with a decent fine


if it's private property, you can definitely get a fine. if public, you can't unless you are doing something other than skiing that is actually illegal or you are putting other people in danger. I want more info on what happened and what the fine was for, was it a park? business? home? (don't ever ski at someone's home without permission)
Feb 18 2015 6:12PM
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.Gladiator.
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john18061806if it's private property, you can definitely get a fine. if public, you can't unless you are doing something other than skiing that is actually illegal or you are putting other people in danger. I want more info on what happened and what the fine was for, was it a park? business? home? (don't ever ski at someone's home without permission)


Oh really, I actually didn't know about that public property law...that definitely changes things! My buddies were skiing at this park with picnic tables and walking trails . So obviously it was public property if you are right about that, I'm not exactly sure why they got fined
Feb 18 2015 6:20PM
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John18_6
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.Gladiator.My buddies were skiing at this park with picnic tables and walking trails . So obviously it was public property if you are right about that, I'm not exactly sure why they got fined


They might have been in the park after hours (10pm-6am), or the cop got the impression that they were vandalizing the picnic tables, or maybe that he thought they moved them without intention of putting them back. Skiing handrails on park property is not illegal unless the cop can prove that you are doing damage, which at the most is scraping rust/paint of the handrail.
Feb 18 2015 6:27PM
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hoodcrew
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hit urban at 6 in the morning/ the break of dawn while ppl are sleeping

great start to your day
Feb 18 2015 8:19PM
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NMMedia
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john18061806They might have been in the park after hours (10pm-6am), or the cop got the impression that they were vandalizing the picnic tables, or maybe that he thought they moved them without intention of putting them back. Skiing handrails on park property is not illegal unless the cop can prove that you are doing damage, which at the most is scraping rust/paint of the handrail.


They can also get you on destruction of property/vandalism even in public places. They don't really have to prove anything to hand you a ticket, if they think you are damaging something they can just do it. You could fight it just like you could fight a parking/speeding ticket in court, but its a toss up wether or not the judge decides to let you off or make you pay the fine. So you aren't really safe private or public. In most experiences dealing with cops if you are friendly and compliant with what they are saying you will usually just get off with them telling you to stop and leave.
Feb 19 2015 12:01PM
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assatrailz
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Ski away from the cop
Feb 19 2015 1:33PM
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