USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Logan Sankey
Tate Frantz
Will Rhoads
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Ben Pieper
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Ben
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
GRANT ANDREWS
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.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Macey Olden
Will Rhoads
BEN BEREND (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
Dan Englund at work
Westby Ski Jump
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Bryan Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
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 LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Taylor Fletcher
Logan Sankey
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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
Giant Pine Mountain
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
ADAM LOOMIS
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.
Michael Glasder
Michael Glasder
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Sarah Hendrickson
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)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
www.backcountry.com
Ben Pieper
tara geraghty-moats
BRYAN FLETCHER
Keeping the trailer clean…
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
KEVIN BICKNER (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)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Michael Glasder
KEVIN BICKNER (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)
Ben Berend
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Bryan Fletcher
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Nordic Combined Team Event
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
NINA LUSSI
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Jed Hinkley
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Norge Ski Club
NICK MATOON
Michael Glasder
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
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 – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Loomis
USA Nordic livestream tent
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Sarah Hendrickson
Abby Ringquist
Shane Kocher
GRANT ANDREWS
NINA LUSSI
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
Nordic Combined Podium
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Rachael Haerter
Michael Glasder
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Bill Demong
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Bryan Fletcher
Iron Mountain, MI
Gunnar Gilbertson
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
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)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
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)
Adam Loomis
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
ADAM LOOMIS
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Nina Lussi
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
BRYAN FLETCHER
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
BEN BEREND (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)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Flight 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)
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Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
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Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
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)
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
NICK MATOON
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
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.
Adeline Swanson
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 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 (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)
Logan Sankey
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Hughes
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
USAnordic : 2017
Alaska Recruiting Fall 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)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Taylor Fletcher
AJ BROWN
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Taylor Fletcher
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
USAnordic : 2017
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Henry Johnstone
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping 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)
Casey Larson
Jasper Good
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
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)
Silver Mine Ski Jump
tara geraghty-moats
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Ben Berend
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
TAYLOR FLECTHER (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 (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Kevin Bickner
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Bryan Fletcher
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Elise Loescher
Michael Glasder
Alaskan Greeting Party
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
BILLY DEMONG
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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
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
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
usa nordic team nomination
Taylor Fletcher
Will Rhoads
Nina Lussi
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Suicide Hill
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Tara Geraghty-Moats
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)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Hughes
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Adam Loomis
Logan Sankey
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
CHUCK PIEPER
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
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Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
www.backcountry.com
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Will Rhoads
Ben
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.
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)
Nita Englund
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Jasper Good
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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 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)
