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)
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
ADAM LOOMIS
Adam Loomis
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Sarah Hendrickson
tara geraghty-moats
tara geraghty-moats
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
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)
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Henry Johnstone
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight 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.
Taylor Fletcher
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Jasper Good
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Stephen
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
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)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Elise Loescher
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Sarah Hendrickson
Nina Lussi
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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
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic livestream tent
Sarah Hendrickson
BRYAN FLETCHER
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Ben Berend
Zach Selzman
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)
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
KEVIN BICKNER (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
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Pieper
Tate Frantz
Aspen Benett-Manke
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
ABBY RINGQUIST (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.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Giant Pine Mountain
Will Rhoads
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Bryan Fletcher
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Iron Mountain, MI
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
BILLY DEMONG
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Michael Glasder
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Sarah Hendrickson
NICK MATOON
Casey Larson
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
ABBY RINGQUIST (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 (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
BILLY DEMONG
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Ben Pieper
Nita Englund
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
www.backcountry.com
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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
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.
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
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2019 Junior Worlds Park City
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
GRANT ANDREWS
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Alaskan Greeting Party
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Jed Hinkley
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER
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
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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)
Keeping the trailer clean…
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Alaskan Greeting Party
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.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Stephen
Head Coach Martin Bayer
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 Photo Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill 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)
Will Rhoads
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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
Ben Berend
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Logan Sankey
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
ADAM LOOMIS
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Coach Dave Jarrett
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Ben Berend
Silver Mine Ski Jump
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Charlotte Ripp
Taylor Fletcher
Kevin Bickner
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
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)
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.
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
NINA LUSSI
Sarah Anderson
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Ben Berend
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Jasper Good
Michael Glasder
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)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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)
NICK MATOON
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Nita Englund
Ben Loomis
USA Nordic Junior National Team
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Kevin Bickner
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)
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)
Abby Hughes
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Bill Demong
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Nita Englund
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Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
USAnordic : 2017
NITA ENGLUND (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)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Taylor Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Norge Ski Club
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
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)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
2018 Park City Continental Cup
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
USAnordic : 2017
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Ben Berend
Bryan Fletcher
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Abby Ringquist
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Tara Geraghty-Moats
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Abby Ringquist
Shane Kocher
Michael Glasder
Coach Dave Jarrett
Bryan Fletcher
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
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 (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Bill Demong
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (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)
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)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
