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, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Tate Frantz
Annika Belshaw 5th place
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NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Bill Demong
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Sarah Hendrickson
Logan Sankey
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Sarah Hendrickson
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Will Rhoads
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)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Bryan Fletcher
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Abby Ringquist
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Stephen
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nina Lussi
NINA LUSSI
Adeline Swanson
Kevin Bickner; 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
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Taylor Fletcher
Landon Lee
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Logan Sankey
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.
Will Rhoads
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Kevin Bickner
Ben Berend
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Michael Glasder
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Taylor Fletcher
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.
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.
Logan Sankey
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Michael Glasder
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)
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
USA Nordic livestream tent
Ben Berend
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Stephen
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
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)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Westby Ski Jump
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
NICK MATOON
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Michael Glasder
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Nina Lussi
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Michael Glasder
Nita Englund
tara geraghty-moats
Jed Hinkley
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Pieper
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Taylor Fletcher
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Elise Loescher
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Adam Loomis
USA Nordic Livestream tent
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
Bryan Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Hughes
NICK MATOON
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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Bryan Fletcher
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Kevin Bickner
NINA LUSSI
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Logan Sankey
Dan Englund at work
GRANT ANDREWS
Jed Hinkley
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.
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
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)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
BRYAN FLETCHER
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Adam Loomis
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
BILLY DEMONG
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Coach Dave Jarrett
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (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)
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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 : 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.
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Zach Selzman
Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Michael Glasder
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
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)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Nina Lussi
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
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BRYAN FLETCHER, 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)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
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COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Nordic Combined Podium
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Aspen Benett-Manke
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Iron Mountain, MI
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
BRYAN FLETCHER (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)
Mt Werner
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Head Coach Martin Bayer
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
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ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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)
Jasper Good
Alaskan Greeting Party
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Ben Berend
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Suicide Hill
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Abby Hughes
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Jasper Good
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 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)
USAnordic : 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Bryan Fletcher
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Casey Larson
Nordic Combined Team Event
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
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Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben Berend
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Logan Sankey
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 BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Coach Dave Jarrett
MICHAEL GLASDER, 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
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
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)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
BILLY DEMONG
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Bryan Fletcher
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
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Charlotte Ripp
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
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 Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Jasper Good
USA Nordic Junior National Team
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)
