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.
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Adeline Swanson
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)
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BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Macey Olden
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Sarah Hendrickson
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Ben Berend
NICK MATOON
Elise Loescher
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Coach Dave Jarrett
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
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
NINA LUSSI
Adam Loomis
Ben Berend
Silver Mine Ski Jump
Bryan Fletcher
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Bill Demong
Logan Sankey
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
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.
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Will Rhoads
Taylor Fletcher
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
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
Nordic Combined Team Event
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Alaskan Greeting Party
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Tate Frantz
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 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.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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.
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Dan Englund at work
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NICK MATOON
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Casey Larson
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Jed Hinkley
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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.
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Nordic Combined Podium
Aspen Benett-Manke
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.
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
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)
Taylor Fletcher
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Ben
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 Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
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; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Michael Glasder
2018 Park City Continental Cup
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Ben Berend
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Logan Sankey
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Keeping the trailer clean…
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)
Taylor Fletcher
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Nita Englund
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Mt Werner
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Ben Berend
NINA LUSSI
Logan Sankey
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)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Ben Loomis
Ben Berend
Bryan Fletcher
Nordic Combined Team Event
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Gunnar Gilbertson
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Kevin Bickner; 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.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Will Rhoads
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Michael Glasder
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Logan Sankey
Nina Lussi
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
Sarah Hendrickson
Rachael Haerter
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Nina Lussi
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
TAYLOR FLECTHER (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 Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
tara geraghty-moats
Nita Englund
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Will Rhoads
Alaskan Greeting Party
Will Rhoads
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Ben
www.backcountry.com
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
GRANT ANDREWS
Logan Sankey
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
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)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
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2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
www.backcountry.com
Bryan Fletcher
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
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)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Sarah Hendrickson
CHUCK PIEPER
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Taylor Fletcher
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Abby Hughes
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 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.
Westby Ski Jump
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)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined 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)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Stephen
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
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)
Sarah Hendrickson
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
USA Nordic livestream tent
Michael Glasder
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Nordic Combined Team Event
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Norge Ski Club
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
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)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Logan Sankey
NINA LUSSI
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BILLY DEMONG
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
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 Merchandise
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Abby Hughes
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
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
USAnordic : 2017
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (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)
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Abby Ringquist
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
2018 Women's Nordic Combined 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)
ADAM LOOMIS
Giant Pine Mountain
Will Rhoads
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Kevin Bickner
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)
