MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 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)
Michael Glasder
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.
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
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.
Nordic Combined Team Event
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)
Ben Berend
JASPER GOOD (PC – 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.
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Casey Larson
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.
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, 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)
Ben Pieper
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Abby Hughes
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Dan Englund at work
Stephen
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Adeline Swanson
Ben Berend
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
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)
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.
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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.
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)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Michael Glasder
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Logan Sankey
Taylor Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Nordic Combined Team Event
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
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)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Westby Ski Jump
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Kevin Bickner
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Michael Glasder
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Ben Pieper
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Nordic Combined Podium
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Iron Mountain, MI
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
AJ BROWN
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic livestream tent
BRYAN FLETCHER
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Michael Glasder
usa nordic team nomination
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
BRYAN FLETCHER (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
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
NINA LUSSI
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Ben Berend
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Stephen
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Bryan Fletcher
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Will Rhoads
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Nordic Combined Team Event
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)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Bryan Fletcher
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)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Shane Kocher
BRYAN FLETCHER
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Sarah Hendrickson
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Taylor Fletcher
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Jasper Good
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Kevin Bickner
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
Bryan Fletcher
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Abby Ringquist
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)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Jed Hinkley
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
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MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
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.
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Zach Selzman
Nita Englund
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
NICK MATOON
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Logan Sankey
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Taylor Fletcher
Tate Frantz
Taylor Fletcher
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Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
GRANT ANDREWS
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Nita Englund
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Charlotte Ripp
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
USA Nordic Junior National Team
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
BILLY DEMONG
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
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.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Aspen Benett-Manke
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Jed Hinkley
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Alaskan Greeting Party
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
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)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Ben
Sarah Hendrickson
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Adam Loomis
Michael Glasder
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
USAnordic : 2017
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Nina Lussi
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Will Rhoads
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Giant Pine Mountain
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Bryan Fletcher
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Taylor Fletcher
Bill Demong
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
ADAM LOOMIS
Abby Ringquist
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Bryan Fletcher
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Suicide Hill
Adam Loomis
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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)
Will Rhoads
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Bryan Fletcher
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)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
NINA LUSSI
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
NINA LUSSI
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (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
GRANT ANDREWS
Nina Lussi
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Mt Werner
tara geraghty-moats
Jasper Good
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Will Rhoads
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Macey Olden
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey
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)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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Tara Geraghty-Moats
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Ben Berend
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)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Abby Hughes
Michael Glasder
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Landon Lee
Sarah Hendrickson
www.backcountry.com
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Alaskan Greeting Party
Taylor Fletcher
Logan Sankey
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
