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.
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Suicide Hill
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Ben Berend
Landon Lee
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
BRYAN FLETCHER
NINA LUSSI
Ben Berend
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Will Rhoads
NINA LUSSI
BILLY DEMONG
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben Pieper
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Macey Olden
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
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.
Taylor Fletcher
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Zach Selzman
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Ben Berend
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Abby Ringquist
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
CHUCK PIEPER
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Bryan Fletcher
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
AJ BROWN
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)
tara geraghty-moats
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
www.backcountry.com
Casey Larson
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.
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Adam Loomis
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Michael Glasder
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
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Media Day : USAnordic 2019
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
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)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Elise Loescher
Will Rhoads
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Nina Lussi
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Dan Englund at work
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
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)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
NINA LUSSI
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Gunnar Gilbertson
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Adam Loomis
Nita Englund
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Ben Loomis
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)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Will Rhoads
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
AJ BROWN
Sarah Hendrickson
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Kevin Bickner
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
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)
Taylor Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Pieper
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
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)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Stephen
Abby Hughes
Ben Berend
tara geraghty-moats
Adam Loomis
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Jasper Good
Ben Loomis
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Nina Lussi
Ben
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Norge Ski Club
Michael Glasder
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
GRANT ANDREWS
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Iron Mountain, MI
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Coach Dave Jarrett
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ADAM LOOMIS
BILLY DEMONG
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Anderson
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor 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 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)
usa nordic team nomination
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
BRYAN FLETCHER
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Jasper Good
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Logan Sankey
Alaskan Greeting Party
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Alaskan Greeting Party
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Will Rhoads
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.
USAnordic : 2017
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Logan Sankey
Tara Geraghty-Moats
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)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Abby Ringquist
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Mt Werner
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)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Shane Kocher
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Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Logan Sankey
Bryan Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
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)
USA Nordic livestream tent
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
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Will Rhoads
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Sarah Hendrickson
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Bryan Fletcher
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.
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.
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Logan Sankey
Taylor Fletcher
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Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
USA Nordic Merchandise
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Ben Berend
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Bryan Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
NINA LUSSI
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Jed Hinkley
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)
Adeline Swanson
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
NICK MATOON
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Tate Frantz
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
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)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Aspen Benett-Manke
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Sarah Hendrickson
Michael Glasder
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
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.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Nordic Combined Team Event
Kevin Bickner
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
2018 Park City Continental Cup
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
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KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)