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 : WSJUSA : 2017
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Coach Dave Jarrett
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Stephen
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
NICK MATOON
Kevin Bickner
Henry Johnstone
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Michael Glasder
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Michael Glasder
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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 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
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 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)
Kevin Bickner
Westby Ski Jump
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
Nordic Combined Team Event
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic livestream tent
USAnordic : 2017
2018 Women's 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)
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
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)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Ben Berend
Sarah Anderson
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
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.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
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
Ben Pieper
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Michael Glasder
Charlotte Ripp
Iron Mountain, MI
Will Rhoads
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Silver Mine Ski Jump
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
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.
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
Mt Werner
Alaskan Greeting Party
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Will Rhoads
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Logan Sankey
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Bryan Fletcher
NINA LUSSI
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 BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Ben Loomis
Ben Berend
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Ben Berend
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
NICK MATOON
Gabby Armstrong, 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
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nordic Combined Team Event
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.
Bill Demong
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Bill Demong
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
NITA ENGLUND (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.
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Adam Loomis
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Will Rhoads
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Head Coach Martin Bayer
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Nordic Combined Team Event
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.
Kevin Bickner
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
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.
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
AJ BROWN
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
WILL RHOADS (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.
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nita Englund
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Jasper Good
Nordic Combined Podium
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey
Stephen
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Nina Lussi
CHUCK PIEPER
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Will Rhoads
Landon Lee
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Michael Glasder
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Elise Loescher
Jasper Good
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Michael Glasder
Michael Glasder
Abby Ringquist
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
CASEY LARSON (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)
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BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Ben Pieper
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at 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)
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
usa nordic team nomination
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www.backcountry.com
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ADAM LOOMIS
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Bryan Fletcher
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)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
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)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BILLY DEMONG
Will Rhoads
Suicide Hill
Kevin Bickner
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Sarah Hendrickson
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Bryan Fletcher
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
2018 Park City Continental Cup
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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 Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
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
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Keeping the trailer clean…
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Dan Englund at work
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
www.backcountry.com
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
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)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Michael Glasder
Bryan Fletcher
Nita Englund
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Abby Hughes
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at 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.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Taylor Fletcher
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
BRYAN FLETCHER
Ben
Giant Pine Mountain
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
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)
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
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Abby Hughes
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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 (CAN)
Jed Hinkley
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
tara geraghty-moats
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)
Shane Kocher
Ben Loomis
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Michael Glasder
Jed Hinkley
Logan Sankey
USAnordic : 2017
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
