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 flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Will Rhoads
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BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Ben Berend
Will Rhoads
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Jasper Good
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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 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)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
BILLY DEMONG
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Will Rhoads
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
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)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Will Rhoads
Head Coach Martin Bayer
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
ADAM LOOMIS
BRYAN FLETCHER
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Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
NINA LUSSI
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Ben Berend
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
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)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Logan Sankey
2018 Park City Continental Cup
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Taylor Fletcher
Logan Sankey
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Ben
Michael Glasder
Sarah Hendrickson
Bryan Fletcher
Suicide Hill
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Kevin Bickner
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Jasper Good
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Gunnar Gilbertson
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
USAnordic : 2017
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
USA Nordic livestream tent
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
NICK MATOON
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
CHUCK PIEPER
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
AJ BROWN
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 Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Will Rhoads
Will Rhoads
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)
USA Nordic Merchandise
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Iron Mountain, MI
Ben Berend
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Alaskan Greeting Party
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
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)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Will Rhoads
Coach Dave Jarrett
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Sarah Hendrickson
Adeline Swanson
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Jed Hinkley
USA Nordic Junior National Team
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Norge Ski Club
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Nita Englund
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
BRYAN FLETCHER
usa nordic team nomination
Casey Larson
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)
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Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Abby Hughes
Taylor Fletcher
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
NINA LUSSI
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
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.
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 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,
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Bill Demong
Sarah Hendrickson
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
AJ BROWN
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
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)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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.
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
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BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Michael Glasder
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Sarah Hendrickson
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Michael Glasder
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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)
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)
tara geraghty-moats
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
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)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Nina Lussi
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Henry Johnstone
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
ADAM LOOMIS
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
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.
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
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Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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)
Taylor Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
GRANT ANDREWS
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey
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.
Will Rhoads
Dan Englund at work
USAnordic : 2017
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Logan Sankey
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
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.
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Rachael Haerter
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
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Aspen Benett-Manke
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Nita Englund
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
Nordic Combined Podium
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Pieper
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.
Zach Selzman
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Jed Hinkley
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bill Demong
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Sarah Hendrickson
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Nordic Combined Team Event
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
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)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
NICK MATOON
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
GRANT ANDREWS
Tate Frantz
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
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)
