Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Ben
Nita Englund
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
AJ BROWN
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
USA Nordic livestream tent
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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.
Shane Kocher
Will Rhoads
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Tate Frantz
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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.
GRANT ANDREWS
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Sarah Hendrickson
Bryan Fletcher
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Michael Glasder
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
NICK MATOON
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
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)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Iron Mountain, MI
GRANT ANDREWS
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Bryan Fletcher
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Ben Berend
Keeping the trailer clean…
Jasper Good
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Michael Glasder
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Westby Ski Jump
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Giant Pine Mountain
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
USA Nordic Merchandise
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
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Ben Berend
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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 (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER
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)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Sarah Hendrickson
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
www.backcountry.com
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Michael Glasder
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 started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Ben Berend
Nita Englund
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Nina Lussi
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Norge Ski Club
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
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.
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Michael Glasder
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)
www.backcountry.com
Ben Loomis
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BILLY DEMONG
Will Rhoads
Nita Englund
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
BRYAN FLETCHER
AJ BROWN
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Will Rhoads
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)
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
tara geraghty-moats
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
NICK MATOON
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Logan Sankey
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Head Coach Martin Bayer
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Abby Ringquist
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Landon Lee
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Will Rhoads
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Abby Hughes
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Macey Olden
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Kevin Bickner
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Elise Loescher
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Nordic Combined Team Event
Nita Englund
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Rachael Haerter
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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)
Bryan Fletcher
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
NICK MATOON
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)
Logan Sankey
Ben Berend
Gunnar Gilbertson
Abby Hughes
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
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 Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
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
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Zach Selzman
Sarah Anderson
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (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)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
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Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Alaskan Greeting Party
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Will Rhoads
2018 Park City Continental Cup
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Will Rhoads
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Michael Glasder
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Sarah Hendrickson
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Pieper
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Adam Loomis
BRYAN FLETCHER
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
2018 Park City Continental Cup
SARAH HENDRICKSON
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
tara geraghty-moats
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Head Coach Martin Bayer
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
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
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Michael Glasder
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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.
Casey Larson
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
NINA LUSSI
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
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, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Coach Dave Jarrett
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Adam Loomis
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Abby Ringquist
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Taylor Fletcher
USAnordic : 2017
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
NINA LUSSI
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
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.
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Will Rhoads
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 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.
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Mt Werner
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Jed Hinkley
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Michael Glasder
Charlotte Ripp
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
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 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Portrait, 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)
