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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USAnordic : 2017
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)
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Michael Glasder
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
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.
usa nordic team nomination
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
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 : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
ADAM LOOMIS
Adam Loomis
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
ADAM LOOMIS
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
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.
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TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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 LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Westby Ski Jump
Will Rhoads
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
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)
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 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Nita Englund
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Will Rhoads
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Michael Glasder
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Aspen Benett-Manke
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Head Coach Martin Bayer
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
SARAH HENDRICKSON
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist
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 (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Charlotte Ripp
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
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.
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Henry Johnstone
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Ben Berend
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (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)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Sarah Hendrickson
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Alaskan Greeting Party
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, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Suicide Hill
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Adam Loomis
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
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.
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Nordic Combined Team Event
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben
Ben Berend
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)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
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.
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
AJ BROWN
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
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 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)
Abby Hughes
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Alaskan Greeting Party
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Kevin Bickner
Stephen
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
www.backcountry.com
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Ben Berend
Adeline Swanson
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
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Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Jasper Good
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Zach Selzman
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
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)
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)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Silver Mine Ski Jump
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Jasper Good
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Michael Glasder
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Abby Hughes
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)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Michael Glasder
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Bryan Fletcher
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
BILLY DEMONG
BRYAN FLETCHER
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Nina Lussi
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)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nordic Combined Team Event
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
AJ BROWN
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
Will Rhoads
Jed Hinkley
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
USA Nordic livestream tent
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Taylor Fletcher
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
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)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Anderson
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Keeping the trailer clean…
Nita Englund
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
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Berend
BRYAN FLETCHER
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Nita Englund
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Pieper
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Michael Glasder
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Landon Lee
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)
Mt Werner
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Michael Glasder
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Sarah Hendrickson
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Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Will Rhoads
USAnordic : 2017
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Taylor Fletcher
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Norge Ski Club
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
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)
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www.backcountry.com
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
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
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Taylor Fletcher
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Kevin Bickner
Nordic Combined Team Event
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
CASEY LARSON (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.
Elise Loescher
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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 LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Shane Kocher
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.
