Doug Maki enjoying the ride of his life. Below he discusses whether returning to some of the less-structured practices of days gone by might make us all a little better.
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
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2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Casey Larson (Barrington, IL) of the Norge Ski Club wins his second straight tryout event for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Sarah Hendrickson
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Nina Lussi
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Iron Mountain, MI
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Taylor Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Adam Loomis
Taylor Fletcher
Nordic Combined Team Event
usa nordic team nomination
BRYAN FLETCHER
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Macey Olden
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Nita Englund
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Michael Glasder
Bryan Fletcher
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Adam Loomis
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Bill Demong
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
Bryan Fletcher
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Bryan Fletcher
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Nita Englund
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Trevor Edlund (Woodbury, MN) of the St. Paul Ski Club soars to third in the trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Taylor Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Sarah Hendrickson
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Casey Larson (Barrington, IL) of the Norge Ski Club wins his second straight tryout event for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Zach Selzman
Sarah Hendrickson
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
www.backcountry.com
CHUCK PIEPER
tara geraghty-moats
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
NINA LUSSI
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Keeping the trailer clean…
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Dan Englund at work
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Nita Englund
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Doug Maki enjoying the ride of his life. Below he discusses whether returning to some of the less-structured practices of days gone by might make us all a little better.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Berend
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
ADAM LOOMIS
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Billy Demong achieved the ultimate goal in his sport – Olympic gold! Today he’s leading the next generation as the head of USA Nordic and an advocate for sport.
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ADAM LOOMIS
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Ben Berend
2018 Park City Continental Cup
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
NICK MATOON
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Alaskan Greeting Party
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
USAnordic : 2017
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson (Barrington, IL) of the Norge Ski Club wins his second straight tryout event for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Landon Lee
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Westby Ski Jump
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
Kevin Bickner
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Trevor Edlund (Woodbury, MN) of the St. Paul Ski Club soars to third in the trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Gunnar Gilbertson
Michael Glasder
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Berend
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Jed Hinkley
Tara Geraghty-Moats made history winning the first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for women in Ramsau, Austria in a close matchup with Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen.
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Coach Dave Jarrett
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
NICK MATOON
Will Rhoads
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Stephen
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Jasper Good
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nordic Combined Podium
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
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WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Shane Kocher
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
GRANT ANDREWS
Nina Lussi
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic’s history women’s nordic combined team at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany. From left: Annika Malacinski, Tess Arnone, Alexa Brabec and Tara Geraghty-Moats. (Photo: Tom Horrocks)
Suicide Hill
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
Michael Glasder
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Will Rhoads
Logan Sankey
Alaskan Greeting Party
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
tara geraghty-moats
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Backcountry will serve as the official online retail store of licensed USA Nordic apparel and will provide all USA Nordic athletes with official Backcountry attire.
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Head Coach Martin Bayer
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
BRYAN FLETCHER
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
USA Nordic athletes stand ready for the debut of the women’s FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, showing off their new Podiumwear uniforms. Team includes (from left) Tara Geraghty-Moats, Alexa Brabek, Annika Malacinski and Tess Arnone. (Tomas Matura)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
www.backcountry.com
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Tara Geraghty-Moats made history winning the first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for women in Ramsau, Austria in a close matchup with Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen.
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Tara Geraghty-Moats made history winning the first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for women in Ramsau, Austria in a close matchup with Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Tara Geraghty-Moats made history winning the first FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for women in Ramsau, Austria in a close matchup with Norway’s Gyda Westvold Hansen.
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Sarah Anderson
BILLY DEMONG
Michael Glasder
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Pieper
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Bryan Fletcher
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mt Werner
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Nita Englund
Will Rhoads
USA Nordic Merchandise
Abby Ringquist
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Jasper Good
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Taylor Fletcher
Abby Hughes
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ BROWN
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Sarah Hendrickson
Women’s ski jumping at Latemar Ski Jumping Stadium
2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Val di Fiemme, Italy
Photo: Sarah Brunson/U.S. Ski Team
Kevin Bickner of the USA competes during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Flying Hill Team Event in Planica, Slovenia on March 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jure Makovec (Photo credit should read JURE MAKOVEC/AFP/Getty Images)
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
