USANS Story Project 10-DEC-2015 BREEN
HAPPY TO BE ALIVE- Eddie the Eagle trained in Lake Placid and took the world by storm…
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USANS Story Project 9-DEC-2015 WAKEFIELD
JACKS of ALL TRADES, MASTERS of SKI JUMPING- Wally Wakefield in 2006 with fellow Masters Hall of…
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USANS Story Project 8-DEC-2015 NORBY
SERVING THOSE WHO SERVED- Dave Norby shown above in 1970 at Battle Creek, MN, recalls WW II…
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USANS Story Project- 7-DEC-2015 BREEN
Mark Breen poised and ready on the Salisbury (CT) inrun. MARK BREEN Salisbury Winter Sports Club Rhinebeck,…
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USANS Story Project 6-DEC-2015 JONES
MUCH MORE THAN A COACH- Dan Jones and Jon Farnham at the Lebanon Outing Club end of…
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USANS Story Project 5-DEC-2015 FLETCHER
THE TIES THAT BIND- The Steamboat gang from the '90's welcomed the young Fletcher brothers. PENNY FLETCHER…
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USANS Story Project 4-DEC-2015 HOLLAND
Above is the AP photo that ran in newspapers across the world showing American Ron Hansen, Calgary…
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USANS Story Project- 3-DEC-2015 MACKEY
TAKING (AND GIVING) INSPIRATION- Logan Mackey getting ready to launch one in Coleraine, MN. LOGAN…
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The 2015 STORY PROJECT has begun!
Join the USA Nordic Community in sharing some of our greatest Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined stories. It is…
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USANS Story Project 2-DEC-2015 SUNDGAARD
A young Kip Sundgaard launching off the Old Battle Creek ski jump in 1966 or '67. KIP…
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USANS Story Project 1-DEC-2015 WARD
Craig and his father at Willoughby 40m jump in Aspen in '64 at age 8. CRAIG WARD…
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USASJ Story Project- 2014 ROUND-UP
Thanks for a great year of stories in 2014! A great month of stories comes to…
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USASJ Story Project 31-DEC-2014 DON WEST
Editor's note- Don West was an exceptionally positive force in ski jumping for as long as I…
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USASJ Story Project 30-DEC-2014 CLINT JONES
THE JUMPS IN SOCHI. After some crazy travel, Clint Jones felt fortunate to arrive in one piece.…
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USASJ Story Project 29-DEC-2014 the GUNDRY FAMILY
Editor's note- Ski jumping has long been a family affair. Thanks today to the Gundry family- Eli,…
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USASJ Story Project 28-DEC-2014 MIKE GLASDER
MIKE GLASDER USASJ national team member, credits Norge Ski Club, its volunteers, and especially Scott Smith…
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USASJ Story Project 27-DEC-2014 JOHN BENZIE
STRETCHING THE ENVELOPE. JOHN BENZIE TRIED EVERYTHING (AT LEAST) ONCE. Shown here on scoop tip Fischers in…
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USASJ Story Project 26-DEC-2014 TOM FULTON
TOM IN HIS 3-EVENT SKIS AT THE FORD SAYRE CARNIVAL in 1962. Back in the day it…
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USASJ Story Project Christmas Day 2014
FOR CHRISTMAS- THE STORY of HOPE. Hope Krueger, shown above at her first tournament at Norge Ski…
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USASJ Story Project 24-DEC-2014 BILLY DEMONG
THE YOUNG BILLY D LETTING IT FLY! .... with the ageless and omnipresent Don West working the…
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USASJ Story Project 23-DEC-2104 NINA LUSSI
LEAVE IT TO THE FRENCH. Nina, shown coming over the knoll on Lake Placid's K90, shares a…
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USASJ Story Project 22-DEC-14 DOUG LANTZ
DOUG LANTZ STRETCHING OVER 'EM in 1964 in Salisbury, CT. Bernie or Roger Dion watching from the…
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USASJ Story Project 21-DEC-2014 FRANK PENNEY
COLORADO SKI HALL of FAMER FRANK PENNEY had a storied career as an athlete and went on…
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USASJ Story Project 20-DEC-2014 VESNA DAMLJANOVIC
PASSION RECOGNIZED. Vesna, far left, no. 176, had a fascination for ski jumping from a young age…
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USASJ Story Project 19-DEC-2014 JERRY BORGEN
ALL ROADS LEAD TO RED WING! (ON THE SNUS BOX TRAIL)- Harris Anderson and Bill Ward concocted…
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USASJ Story Project 18-DEC-2014 CHARLES BRAINARD
THE FIRST EVER BIATHLON EVENT IN THE USA WAS HELD AT CAMP HALE, CO in FEBRUARY 1957.…
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USASJ Story Project 17-DEC-2014 TOM RICCHIO
Tom Ricchio showing some classic style on a bluebird day in Coleraine, MN. TOM RICCHIO Age…
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USASJ Story Project 16-DEC-2014 HANS BEREND
SETTING THE BAR HIGH. The ski jumps at Villach with burgers and brats grilling, an Austrian Band playing,…
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USASJ Story Project 15-DEC-2014 MARTIN JONES
KING OF THE HILL- Gary George (left) is a constant presence at the Blackwater ski area, home…
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USASJ Story Project 14-DEC-2014 ROY WEAVER
1974 JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM from CENTRAL DIVISION. Says Roy- Ray Catell is on far left, then Darryl Beale,…
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USASJ Story Project 13-DEC-2014 DAVE ROBINSON
Dave Robinson circa 1974 taking it to the now defunct but once renown Bear Mountain, NY (just…
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USASJ Story Project 12-DEC-2014 HUNTER GIBSON-SMITH
5 GENERATIONS! A century old legacy that began in Norway continues today- Hunter in Park City…
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