Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
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.
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, 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)
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)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Will Rhoads
Sarah Hendrickson
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
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Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Michael Glasder
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Zach Selzman
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Will Rhoads
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Will Rhoads
Jasper Good
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Taylor 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.
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Nina Lussi
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (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)
BILLY DEMONG
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Michael Glasder
Jed Hinkley
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
NICK MATOON
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
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Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
NINA LUSSI
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
www.backcountry.com
SARAH HENDRICKSON
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)
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
tara geraghty-moats
Jasper Good
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
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TAYLOR FLECTHER (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.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Alaskan Greeting Party
Bill Demong
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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.
Michael Glasder
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Nita Englund
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Jed Hinkley
Silver Mine Ski Jump
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
BEN LOOMIS (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 Park City Continental Cup
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Nina Lussi
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
JASPER GOOD (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)
Ben
Ben Berend
GRANT ANDREWS
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
SARAH HENDRICKSON
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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 Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (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)
Alaskan Greeting Party
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic Merchandise
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Nordic Combined Team Event
Michael Glasder
Will Rhoads
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Will Rhoads
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
2018 Park City Continental Cup
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Tate Frantz
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Ben
Rachael Haerter
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
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)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Norge Ski Club
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)
Will Rhoads
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Bryan Fletcher
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mt Werner
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Suicide Hill
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Keeping the trailer clean…
Michael Glasder
AJ BROWN
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (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
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
tara geraghty-moats
Sarah Hendrickson
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)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-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.
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Macey Olden
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
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’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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Ben Berend
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
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)
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Ben Berend
Stephen
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Westby Ski Jump
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nordic Combined Podium
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Bryan Fletcher
NINA LUSSI
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Ben Berend
Head Coach Martin Bayer
USAnordic : 2017
Michael Glasder
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Logan Sankey
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Stephen
Ben Loomis
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.
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
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.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Shane Kocher
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)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Women's World Cup, Japan 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.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Dan Englund at work
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Ben Loomis
BILLY DEMONG
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BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
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Giant Pine Mountain
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads
www.backcountry.com
Iron Mountain, MI
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)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Taylor Fletcher
Tara Geraghty-Moats
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
CHUCK PIEPER
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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 : WSJUSA : 2017
Jasper Good
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nita Englund
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Sarah Anderson
Kevin Bickner
Charlotte Ripp
Will Rhoads
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
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)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
