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MAST UPDATE #5
Sunday, October 5, 2025 Hello MAST Athletes, Parents & Friends: What a week MAST had! It’s clear that our Fall Marketing Blitz has been a success. We had around 50 participants at Info Night and we welcome our new athletes to the MAST Family! Thank you for joining us. If you weren’t able to attend, here is a link to the presentation. Additionally, our Core Parents are happy to answer any questions you may have (contact info at the end of this email). And the weather could not have been better for our 6th annual MASTers Golf Tournament this past Wednesday! Big thanks to those who participated - and to Ali Krueger & Aaron Cherveney for coordinating the event. We had a blast while raising money for our program. Congrats go to our winning foursome (for the second year in a row): Ian Petersen, Peter Hunter-Hanson, Steve Johns, and Peet Moseley. This year, Ian took the term ‘handicap’ to a whole new level while golfing with a broken wrist. Action items for this week: Register & complete forms, secure your racing equipment & gear, buy your Hyland passes, and add important dates to the calendar. REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: MAST Registration opened online on October 1. No need to wait, register now by clicking below and you’ll have access on the TeamSnap app to your team roster and emerging calendar of events as we determine them. A second registration date and link to register with MPS Athletic Dept will follow in our 10/26 Update. Reminder that both registrations are required and both carry separate fees: MAST $300 and MPS Winter Athletics $75. See the respective registration sites/instructions for scholarship requests. **A note for registering returning athletes. Please manually select your athlete’s current grade and school. Autopopulating will pull from last year. Attached are Condensed MAST Registration Instructions that apply only to the Minneapolis Alpine Ski Team 2025-26 Registration, which is now open! Additional info and all MPS registration information can be found on the MAST website Fees and Registration page. FORMS: MAST requires a guardian signature on the Assumption of Risk and Release of Liability form. This form has to be printed, signed and uploaded into the TeamSnap registration. It is included in the registration form, but we’ve attached it below as well so you can have it ready to upload into registration. This form is required to register with MAST. MPS Transportation Waiver. This will be required of MPS registration, which opens on 10/31. Here is the MPS Transportation Waiver which we will collect at 11/10 Hyland Pass pickup night. MPS requires all athletes to have a Sports Qualifying Physical Examination Form on record. This is required for participation. This will also be turned in with your MPS registration on or after 10/31. Please see more about sport’s physicals in the link to Fees and Registration below. MPS registration will also require the MPS Emergency Contact & Eligibility Form. Again, this will be completed and turned in with your MPS registration on or after 10/31. MAST Equipment Day at Pierce Skate and Ski Wednesday, October 8, 4pm - 9pm. Call ahead to make an appointment. 952-884-1990 Pierce Skate and Ski has been a long-time friend of our team, and they offer special pre-season pricing for racers. Just let them know you ski with MAST. The staff at Pierce asks that you make an appointment in advance if you are purchasing skis and/or boots this Fall. A boot fitting appointment can take up to 90 minutes if done properly, so plan accordingly. If you need poles, tuning equipment, clothing, or protective gear, you are welcome to just walk-in. Any of the Head Coaches is also willing to talk through your equipment needs with you. One other tip: download a clip of your best run from your Sprongo account when you go to buy new equipment. This will help the salesperson to better match the equipment to your skill level. Please see the attached letter from our kind and experienced friends at Pierce Skate and Ski. HYLAND Season Passes - Now on Sale! MAST practices are held at Hyland Hills Ski Area. If you aren’t one of the 25 skiers who paid for Season Passes last Spring already, save the sales tax (which is about $45) on your Hyland Season Pass by sending or dropping a check for $499 made out to “Mpls Alpine” to Brenda Hunter-Hanson to arrive before Oct 29, 2025 at the address below. Season passes will be available for pickup at Hyland Hills Nov. 10 at the Season Pass Pick Up night. Brenda Hunter-Hanson 5312 Colfax Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55419 Alternatively, passes are on sale on-line with Hyland for $499+tax until Nov 1, then increase to $524+tax. Do you follow MAST on Social Media? You should! Stay connected with MAST by following us for reminders, upcoming happenings and cool pics. Thanks to our Marketing task group lead, Heather Hunt, and MAST Captains for keeping the posts coming. MAST Facebook MAST Instagram You can also find helpful information, our current calendar, and past Updates on the MAST website, thanks to Ali Krueger. Check it out! Minneapolis Alpine Ski Team website MAST ONLINE EQUIPMENT SWAP Visit our MAST equipment swap inventory to find (and post) used skis, equipment, and clothing being offered by MAST skiers. Contact your coach listed below to make sure you are buying the right equipment (sizing, etc), if in doubt, and visit our Equipment Guide for guidance. To post items for sale please see Update #3 for instructions or please email [email protected] and [email protected]. If you have sold items, please email the same addresses as soon as possible so we may update our inventory selection. Thank you for recycling equipment and helping keep our community outfitted. CALL for Parent Volunteers: Help us Continue to Improve and Get Involved: The strength of MAST is highly dependent on parental involvement. We are looking for parent volunteers to help fill open positions within MAST. There are 9 different Task Groups, 7 of which are looking for new volunteers: Program Administration, Registration, Communication, Equipment Management, Marketing, Fundraising, and Race Management. Adults of younger racers are encouraged to join the listed Task Groups to give you the opportunity to train in before current volunteers leave with their graduating Senior. We also have volunteer slots for SignUP management, Banquet, Race Food organizing, and one-time tasks that will help Task Groups (keep track of completed waivers, put together team roster, etc). The MAST Board and Task Groups appreciate your willingness to volunteer and help make the 2025-2026 a great season. We really can’t do it without you! It’s fun and you’ll have plenty of support. MAST Volunteer/Task Group Openings ON-HILL Parent volunteers for Practice and Supplemental Needed This is a pretty cool experience for both parents and their athletes. Plus, being a parent volunteer during practice and supplementals gives our coaches more time to coach our racers. The only requirements are that you know how to ski (racing experience not needed) and you must complete the MSP Parent Background Check. You get to hold a radio, drill holes, replace gates, slip, and be up close, watching our mighty racers and coaches. Coaches will give you instruction as to what you can do to help. You can come out one night a week, 2 nights a week, stay for 1 session, stay for all sessions. Recruit a fellow MAST parent to join you and make an evening of it! Please reach out to a coach with questions. Their contact info is at the bottom of this email. “Volunteering on the hill is as close as you can get to experiencing what your racer is experiencing. You see the course from all angles and feel the energy from the racers up close, either at the starting gate if you help start or along the course if you gate judge or do course maintenance. I highly recommend volunteering to be on the hill.” - Steve Moore SAVE THE DATES
We hope you’ve had a great start to October! Savor it - the snowflakes will fly before we know it. COACHES and SUPPORT TEAM, Mpls Alpine Ski Team (Jen Peterson - Communications) Key Contacts if you have questions (preferred to replying to this e-mail): CORE PARENTS for each school (for questions about registration, season schedule, etc): Washburn/Page Erik Addy [email protected] 952-270-0934 Southwest/Anthony Bill Bray [email protected] 507-301-7109 MAST-All Other Schools Owen Moldow [email protected] 612-730-4818 COACHES (for questions about ski equipment, sizing, skiing instruction and technique). Head Coach Southwest/Anthony Boys Joel Hedrick [email protected] 612-716-3186 Head Coach Southwest/Anthony Girls Paige Alampi [email protected] 612-718-1440 Head Coach Washburn/Page Boys Matthew Polland [email protected] 612-220-1010 Head Coach Washburn/Page Girls Eleanor Goodnow [email protected] 612-723- 9559 Head Coach MAST Boys (All other Schools) Andrea Savage [email protected] 612-508-6214 Head Coach MAST Girls (All other Schools) Andrea Savage [email protected] 612-508-6214 FOLLOW MAST: MAST Facebook MAST Instagram Comments are closed.
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