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.
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
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Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben
AJ BROWN
Will Rhoads
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Abby Ringquist
Kevin Bickner
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
Taylor Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Alaskan Greeting Party
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Stephen
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
tara geraghty-moats
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
SARAH HENDRICKSON
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)
Jasper Good
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ BROWN
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)
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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.
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner
SARAH HENDRICKSON (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,
Bryan Fletcher
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Norge Ski Club
Taylor Fletcher
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Abby Hughes
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Livestream tent
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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)
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Bryan Fletcher
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
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)
Henry Johnstone
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Abby Ringquist
USAnordic : 2017
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 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)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Bryan Fletcher
Bill Demong
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
NICK MATOON
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Ben Berend
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Bryan Fletcher
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Ben Berend
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Alaskan Greeting Party
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Westby Ski Jump
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
BILLY DEMONG
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Pieper
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Zach Selzman
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)
Taylor Fletcher
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Will Rhoads
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
Adam Loomis
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey
Jasper Good
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
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Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Iron Mountain, MI
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
Ben Loomis
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
NICK MATOON
Abby Hughes
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Adam Loomis
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Sarah Hendrickson
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Nordic Combined Team Event
Adam Loomis
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Charlotte Ripp
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Sarah Hendrickson
Logan Sankey
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Adeline Swanson
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner
Ben Berend
Sarah Hendrickson
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
GRANT ANDREWS
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
tara geraghty-moats
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Jasper Good
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
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.
Casey Larson
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Head Coach Martin Bayer
usa nordic team nomination
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Kevin Bickner
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
BRYAN FLETCHER (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)
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)
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 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.
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
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.
Nita Englund
Bryan Fletcher
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
BRYAN FLETCHER
NINA LUSSI
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
ADAM LOOMIS
Bill Demong
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Silver Mine Ski Jump
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)
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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)
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Will Rhoads
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Nina Lussi
Jasper Good
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Stephen
Rachael Haerter
Will Rhoads
Will Rhoads
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
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)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Will Rhoads
CHUCK PIEPER
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Ben Berend
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-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)
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)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Michael Glasder
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
www.backcountry.com
Landon Lee
Will Rhoads
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend
CASEY LARSON (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 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
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
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, Chaux-Neuve, 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.
NINA LUSSI
NICK MATOON
www.backcountry.com
Logan Sankey
Will Rhoads
Logan Sankey
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Keeping the trailer clean…
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
ADAM LOOMIS
Will Rhoads
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Macey Olden
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Michael Glasder
Suicide Hill
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Will Rhoads
Nita Englund
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Coach Dave Jarrett
Michael Glasder
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
GRANT ANDREWS
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
