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.
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
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 – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Jed Hinkley
BILLY DEMONG
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mt Werner
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Michael Glasder
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Abby Ringquist
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
ADAM LOOMIS
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USAnordic : 2017
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS (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)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Suicide Hill
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner
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
Dan Englund at work
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
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 (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Zach Selzman
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
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)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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.
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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NINA LUSSI
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Alaskan Greeting Party
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Merchandise
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
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
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
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)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
USAnordic : 2017
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Bryan Fletcher
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Will Rhoads
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Michael Glasder
Team Photo 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)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Nordic Combined Team Event
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Adam Loomis
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Nita Englund
Nordic Combined Podium
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Michael Glasder
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
usa nordic team nomination
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Will Rhoads
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
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)
GRANT ANDREWS
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Macey Olden
WILL RHOADS (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
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
2018 Park City Continental Cup
2018 Park City Continental Cup
JASPER GOOD (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)
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Nordic Combined Team Event
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Sarah Hendrickson
BRYAN FLETCHER
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
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)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Rachael Haerter
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Giant Pine Mountain
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Bryan Fletcher
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Jed Hinkley
Henry Johnstone
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
NINA LUSSI
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Bryan Fletcher
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NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
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)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
AJ BROWN
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Will Rhoads
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Logan Sankey
Taylor Fletcher
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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 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 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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.
www.backcountry.com
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Abby Ringquist
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
NINA LUSSI
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
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
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Will Rhoads
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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.
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Taylor Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Ben Pieper
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Michael Glasder
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
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Michael Glasder
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Charlotte Ripp
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill 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)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
2018 Park City Continental Cup
USA Nordic Junior National Team
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
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Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Tate Frantz
Will Rhoads
Bill Demong
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Jasper Good
Nita Englund
Ben Berend
Adam Loomis
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.
Sarah Hendrickson
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
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
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Michael Glasder
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 AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads
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)
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
NICK MATOON
Jasper Good
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
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Sarah Hendrickson
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
AJ BROWN
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
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 – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – 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.
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Westby Ski Jump
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Ben Berend
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Taylor Fletcher
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
