Urbas began skating when he was about eight years old.[1][2] His first coach was Mojca Kurbos.[1] He joined Elena Babitskaia and Valeri Babitski by 2001.[3] They coached him until the end of the 2004–05 season.[4] Gordana Smrekar became his coach the following season.[5] During his career, he practiced mainly in Slovenia and occasionally traveled to Philadelphia to train under Uschi Keszler.[1]