2025/2026�Season Kick-off Meeting

November 10^th, 2025

Rochester Nordic Ski Team

Welcome Skiers and Parents!

Many Schools.

Many Trails.

One Team.

Agenda

• Season Calendar
• Meet the Captains
• Registration & Communication
• New Team Wear!
• Ski Camp!!
• **New Practice Format!
• Q & A

Season Schedule Overview�See Handbook and Google Calendar

Important Dates:

11-12-25 Captains Practice Soldiers Field *Optional

11-13-25 Mandatory Equipment Orientation First Year Skiers

11-14-25 Captains Practice Soldiers Field *Optional

11-17-25 Regular Practice Schedule Begins Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

3:45 Check-in Practice 4:00-5:30 PM RCTC Dome

11-25-25 Wear your RNST T-shirt to School Day

12-6-25 Pole Hike & Hot Chocolate Cedar Ridge Farm *Optional

12-18-25 Last Practice before Winter Break

01-05-26 Regular Practice Resumes

01-9-26 Lakewoods Ski Trip *Optional

03-05-26 Last Practice

First Year Skiers Mandatory Equipment Orientation

Thursday, November 13, 2025 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Century High School Cafeteria

Purpose and Importance:

• To prepare you for your first day of skiing
• To be sure that you have the proper size and type of equipment

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What will happen/logistics

• Skiers will be taught how to put your equipment on and take it off
• Please bring your equipment (boots, skis, poles, and glove/mittens)
• Small groups-personalized attention

Captains’ Practice Soldiers Field 

Friday, November 7^th

Wednesday, November 12^th

Friday, November 14^th

4:00 – 5:00 PM

**Captains Practice is Optional

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**No coaches will be in attendance

Kai Andersen Forest Fox Heidi Haselius Stefan Jones

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Century H.S. Century H.S. Homeschool Mayo H.S.

Team Captains!

Captain Laision Coaches

Darald Bothun, David Herbert, Sara Holmes, Kelly Van Camp

Volunteer Coaching Staff

Shawn Baranczyk

Mark Behrends

Jim Bennett

Noah Billings

Darald Bothun

Roberto Cattaneo

Steven Felton

Joey Furst

Joe Gyura

Curt Hale

David Herbert

Sara Holmes

Sarah Johnson

Mikaela Kall

Joey Keillor

Nathan Kennedy

Barry Knapp

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Bob Manulik

Michael O’Connor

Ian Olsen

Brett Ostby

Rich Peter 

Tobias Peikert

Joan Rabe

John Resman 

Anna Sortland

Mike Trantow

Denny Truelson

Kelly Van Camp

Henry Walker

Robb Welch

Peter Wollan

Andy Wood

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Volunteer Coordinators & Monitors

Maureen O’Shaughnessy Judith Stanley

Rose Vondrashek

Pole Hike & Hot Chocolate at Cedar Ridge Farm **Optional

Saturday, December 6^th 10:00 AM

Skiers & Parents

• RNST Emails and Remind App Messages are our primary communication tools.

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• Remind App Change….messages will now be delivered via the app

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• Please download the Remind School Communication App 

*Instructions can be found in the weekly newsletter from 11-9-2025

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• Parent & Skier contact data has already been entered into our system.

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• If you have NOT received RNST Emails or an invitation to join Remind,

please let us know at rnst3128@gmail.com

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• RNST Google Calendar: can be added to your own calendar and synced to your phone. 

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RochesterActiveSportsClub

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• Instagram: Go to Instagram page “RochesterActiveSportsClub”

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Communication

Rochester Nordic Ski Team Website

1. Go to rasc-mn.org

2. Explore > Rochester Nordic Ski Team

3. Register, Rent Skis, Ski Camp, Handbook

4. Register

• RNST Rental Skis only have Prolink bindings on them now

• These bindings only work with Prolink or NNN boots with one bar 

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• The Rental Ski bindings do not work with boots designed for SNS bindings or earlier Salomon one-bar bindings.

• Skiers planning to rent skis from RNST should get boots with one bar that are designed to work with Prolink or NNN bindings.

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RENTAL SKIS Require Boots to work with Prolink or NNN Bindings

Rochester Nordic Ski Team

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Wear your RNST Shirt to School!

�Tuesday, November 25^th, 2025

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Grab some photos with your RNST teammates at your school

 and send them to rnst3128@gmail.com

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All First Year Skiers will receive a complimentary RNST Team T-shirt!

RSNT Borah Teamwear Online Store

Open Until November 17^th 2025

Craft “Advanced” black Nordic Ski Pants are available to order at

Tyrol Ski & Sports until November 19^th

**All teamwear is Optional!

Adult & Youth Sizes Available

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Ski Camp

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Lakewoods Resort / Birkie Trail - Cable, Wisconsin

January 9-11, 2026

Cost is $275 per skier

Includes transportation, lodging, 6 meals & ski trail passes

RASC offsets the cost of camp for every skier from $350 to $275

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Help Send a

Skier to Camp

Your generosity is

greatly appreciated!

• Parents are an integral part of our team –
• Please sign up to Volunteer!

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• We rely on parent support for our Check In/Check Out system. We ask that each parent volunteer at one practice during the season. 

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• We may also enlist your help for our home race. 

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• Please sign up using the link you will see in weekly emails or on the RNST web page at rasc-mn.org/rnst

Parent Volunteers

New On-snow Practice Format

New Groups

• Snowstorms –First Year Skiers Groups A-E
• Frostlines – Returning skiers
• Thor Hammers- Returning skiers
• Skadi’s- Returning skiers

2 Halves of Practice

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Coaching Group

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Games

Skills or Tech Coach

Free Ski

All Skiers

• Rochester Invite 
• Intra-Team Time Trials
• Winona, Red Wing, Chippewa Valley
• WI State Championships (optional)

�Date & Times TBD

�Experienced Skiers/Coach Recommendation

 CXC and other Citizen races

2025-2026 Meets

Competitive Events

On-snow Practice

3:45 Check-in

4:00 Practice Begins

5:00 - 5:30 Practice Ends

*End times vary depending on daylight

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Locations

*Gamehaven

*Quarry Hill Park

*Essex Park

*Chesterwoods Lake

Snow Making at Gamehaven

Questions?

Thank you for coming! Think Snow!