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.
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BILLY DEMONG
Sarah Hendrickson
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Keeping the trailer clean…
Bryan Fletcher
Dan Englund at work
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Jed Hinkley
Will Rhoads
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight 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)
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, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
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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
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Logan Sankey
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Sarah Hendrickson
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Taylor Fletcher
NINA LUSSI
Ben Berend
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
BILLY DEMONG
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner
Kevin Bickner
Bryan Fletcher
Abby Hughes
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Sarah Hendrickson
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US 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
Will Rhoads
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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 (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.
Nita Englund
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
2018 Park City Continental Cup
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Suicide Hill
AJ BROWN
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
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)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NICK MATOON
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
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.
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bill Demong
Casey Larson
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Nordic Combined Team Event
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
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Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
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)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Charlotte Ripp
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (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)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Landon Lee
Bryan Fletcher
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.
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MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Will Rhoads
Bryan Fletcher
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Coach Dave Jarrett
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
2017 WSJUSA : 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)
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
www.backcountry.com
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Adam Loomis
Kevin Bickner
Zach Selzman
Bryan Fletcher
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER
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 livestream tent
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Ben Pieper
NICK MATOON
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USAnordic : 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
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)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
BRYAN FLETCHER
Kevin Bickner
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.
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Will Rhoads
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Ben Loomis
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Silver Mine Ski Jump
Jasper Good
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
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
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
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BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
NINA LUSSI
usa nordic team nomination
Bill Demong
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)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tate Frantz
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
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)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
Adam Loomis
Will Rhoads
Nordic Combined Team Event
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Bryan Fletcher
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Shane Kocher
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Michael Glasder
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)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
USA Nordic Merchandise
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Stephen
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Ben
NINA LUSSI
Michael Glasder
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
Adam Loomis
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (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)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
tara geraghty-moats
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
BEN BEREND (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
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
AJ BROWN
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)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Bryan Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson
Nita Englund
USAnordic : 2017
NICK MATOON
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Bryan Fletcher
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA 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)
CHUCK PIEPER
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Jed Hinkley
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)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Will Rhoads
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Ben Berend
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
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)
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
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)
Westby Ski Jump
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Michael Glasder
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
