Youth Classes

• You form your own team of 6-7 students, and find an adult team manager. Once your team is formed and you have a team manager, all members register with Community Ed.
• Your team selects a Challenge.*
• For 12- 16 weeks, you work with your team and create a solution to your Challenge.
• Your team presents their solution at a regional tournament and has the opportunity to advance to regional, state and global tournaments.
• If a team advances to Global Finals, they will complete with teams from around the United States and the world. **

* Challenges may be Fine Arts, Improvisational, Scientific, Technical, Engineering, Service Learning, or Early Learning/Rising Stars.
** Global Finals are held in Kansas City, Missouri

Check out the Team Challenges for this year!

In order to help with the team formation process, we have created a spreadsheet for people to share contact info of interested students.

Fill out this form to add your child's contact info to the DI Students Looking for Teams spreadsheet. View interested students' contact info on the DI Students Looking for Teams spreadsheet. Individual school tabs are listed at the bottom of the form. (If using a mobile device, hold "view" and open in a new tab.)

Note: This is not a way to register your child to be on a team but it is a place to assist with team formation. We encourage you to form a team of students from your same school. 

DI Classroom Guidelines

Background Authorization Form – all team managers need to fill out this form

Team Manager Registration

Facility Request Form

Team Training Registration Form

DI Supply Reimbursement Form

Team Managers will find instructions for creating DI account and what materials are recommended to read and print.

DI is a wonderful program to be involved in! The team manager will have many activities to focus on during the year, so each parent will need to help show support for their child's team. Here are some ways for parents to show their support:

• Be willing to be a Team Manager Assistant
• Assist with the instant challenges by preparing and/or picking up the materials ahead of meeting times
• Store props and materials at your house
• Come to a meeting and teach a new skill (such as sewing, painting, building, etc)
• Provide snacks for the team meetings
• Volunteer at the tournament for 1-2 hours
• Ask the TM if they need help with anything
• Provide a social night for the team (such as a bowling night, movie night, cookout, etc.)

Congrats to the following teams that will be continuing onto the state competition on March 21 in Blaine:

• Anybuilds, (Jagtap and Reddy) from NW/MR/GW
• Da Cheeeeeeeeze, (Zeroni and Freeman) from WMS/CMS
• Team Lightning (Roy and Maji) from KL
• TOLA4 (Paulsen and Nielsen) from NW
• Jar O'Pistachios (Frazier and Bellaver) from CMS
• Shadows (Khatri and Jamadar) from KL/PC
• Agitated Activists (Rudys and McNeill) from CMS/EMS
• The Dragons (Backer and Jung) from NW
• TBA - Theories by Appeal (Magan and Tyagi) from WMS/CMS
• Picture Perfect (Bodor and Rheault) from CMS

Annual Registration Fee - $225 (scholarships available to qualifying families)

Minnesota State High School League Membership & Insurance - $100 (approximate)

Race Fee - $50 per race (approximate); five races per season

Team Race Jersey - $60 (approximate) Jersey's can be used for more than one season. 

The annual registration fee covers coaches, training and team equipment. You must provide your own bike and helmet. You are responsible for your transportation to and from practices and races. Questions? Call 763-745-5205.

No problem at all! We are glad you want to try something new. Come to the first practice with your bike, helmet and an open mind. You may discover this is the perfect sport for you! There are no try-outs to be on the team. All students in grades 6-12 are welcome and accepted.  Students are grouped by similar age and ability.  

High School mountain biking is a co-ed sport and boys and girls train together. However, races are always separated by gender.

Typically students race against riders in their own grade level. Riders with previous race results may sometimes "move up" a grade level or two depending on their past race performances. Deviation from racing within your grade category is done rarely and on a case-by-case basis only.

We compete against all high school teams in Minnesota at every race, including Lake Conference schools.

Lake Conference schools who have teams include Edina, Minnetonka and Hopkins.

We take attendance at each practice.

If you are sick or will miss practice (or a race) for another reason notify Bo Bollom as early as possible by email at dtbollom@comcast.net or text at 763-226-5906.

If you are absent from school, you are unable to practice or compete with the team that day.

• The coach will let you know what training and skills sessions you miss if you are absent from practice.
• If you are going to miss a race, Coach Bo will need to remove your name from the week's start list.

If you have two unexcused practices you will need to meet with the coaches to discuss.

If your grades or attendance at practice start slipping, Coaches may request a meeting with you and your parent/guardian to discuss. Please remember, parents and school officials report to us on school attendance and grades. Your schoolwork is your first priority.

Each participant is required to purchase a race jersey. This jersey can be used in consecutive years.

Spirit wear and cycling jackets are also available for purchase during the summer months. These purchases are optional.

Registered team members will be alerted of apparel availability via Team Snap and also at preseason activities.

Yes, the Wayzata Mountain Bike Team allows sports lettering for students in grades 9-12. Formal criteria includes team practice attendance, race participation, race results and volunteer hours.

Yes, there are both team podium and individual podium awards at each race. At the state awards banquet in November, there are individual and team awards based on season point totals.

You are responsible for arranging your own transportation to and from all practices and races. We encourage you to coordinate rides with other participants by:

• talking with them during the May informational meeting or the August orientation, or
• by using our communication hub on Team Snap.

Students should be picked up promptly at the end of practice. It is often dark when we finish riding.

The Minnesota League is completely volunteer run. On race days, we ask that all parents/guardians sign-up for a short volunteer shift during race day. When they are not racing, student riders are also expected to volunteer by:

• cheering on your teammates
• operating team walkie-talkies
• managing the team tent and supplies
• managing team race food
• helping with course tear-down

Each year, our team volunteers in the community by:

• cleaning and fixing bikes for FreeBikes4Kidz
• doing trail-building work in the community

Our team is as much about character development as it is about race competition. Participants learn to:

• lead by example
• be loyal
• persevere
• encourage one another
• work together to meet challenges
• practice discipline and good sportsmanship

This is not a superstar-focused team; it is a cohesive and caring group that happens to be developing great fitness, racing well and achieving goals!

After you register online, you will receive an invitation to register through the NICA Pit Zone.

Riders must be registered in the NICA Pit Zone prior to practicing with the team or racing.

Registering with NICA Pit Zone assures you will be covered under the national insurance protection.

Team Snap is a private website for paid and registered members of the Wayzata Mountain Bike Team. It is our communications center and houses information on practices, races, photos, forms and team information.

After you register, you will receive an email inviting you to join Team Snap.

We don't require that mountain biking be your only fall sport. We believe now is the time to try new sports and activities to discover your strengths and interests and offer you the flexibility to do that. But please be aware of the following facts.

• Mountain biking is a physically demanding endurance sport.
• Students who try to manage two fall sports often struggle with balancing two sports, their schoolwork and good self care. Becoming rundown can lead to illness and/or falling behind in school.

Minnesota Cycling League

National Interscsholastic Cycling Association (NICA)

You will grow close to your teammates socially and share many experiences together. In the event of family or personal crises, school suspensions or other private developments in your life, make sure you let the coaches know. Coaches will protect your privacy and protect you from inquiries from your teammates.