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