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 athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
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
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Giant Pine Mountain
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.
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Logan Sankey
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Suicide Hill
Adam Loomis
Adam Loomis
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Taylor Fletcher
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Iron Mountain, MI
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Shane Kocher
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Taylor Fletcher
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Jasper Good
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
ADAM LOOMIS
Bryan Fletcher
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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.
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Nita Englund
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nordic Combined Podium
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
www.backcountry.com
Rachael Haerter
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Sarah Hendrickson
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
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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)
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
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Dan Englund at work
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Alaskan Greeting Party
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Coach Dave Jarrett
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Will Rhoads
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Henry Johnstone
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
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)
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
NINA LUSSI
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
TAYLOR FLECTHER (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)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Bill Demong
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
Ben Berend
BILLY DEMONG
Jed Hinkley
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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.
Alaskan Greeting Party
Will Rhoads
Sarah Hendrickson
Elise Loescher
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ BROWN
Ben Berend
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Will Rhoads
Ben Loomis
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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.
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Logan Sankey
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Adam Loomis
Will Rhoads
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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BRYAN FLETCHER
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
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Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
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)
Logan Sankey
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
tara geraghty-moats
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
Bryan Fletcher
Head Coach Martin Bayer
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)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
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)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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www.backcountry.com
Silver Mine Ski Jump
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NICK MATOON
Will Rhoads
Stephen
Ben Berend
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)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Michael Glasder
2018 Park City Continental Cup
BRYAN FLETCHER
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
tara geraghty-moats
JASPER GOOD (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)
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
NINA LUSSI
Zach Selzman
Adam Loomis, 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
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Ben
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Will Rhoads
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Norge Ski Club
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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.
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Mt Werner
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Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Abby Hughes
USA Nordic Merchandise
Casey Larson
2018 Park City Continental Cup
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Michael Glasder
AJ BROWN
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Logan Sankey
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
BRYAN FLETCHER
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Nordic Combined Team Event
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
Bryan Fletcher
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
NICK MATOON
Sarah Hendrickson
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Bryan Fletcher
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Taylor Fletcher
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Ben Berend
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson (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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Abby Ringquist
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
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’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)
Sarah Hendrickson
NINA LUSSI
Macey Olden
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Anderson
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
