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 Junior National Team
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Abby Ringquist
Norge Ski Club
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Coach Dave Jarrett
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Iron Mountain, MI
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
BILLY DEMONG
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Jasper Good
Sarah Hendrickson
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Ben Pieper
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Ben Loomis
Elise Loescher
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
BRYAN FLETCHER
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)
Logan Sankey
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Will Rhoads
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
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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 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)
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.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Adam Loomis
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Hughes
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Alaskan Greeting Party
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (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)
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Taylor Fletcher
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher
Stephen Schumann (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
Michael Glasder
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
CASEY LARSON (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)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tate Frantz
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Abby Ringquist
Nordic Combined Podium
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
2018 Park City Continental Cup
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NICK MATOON
Gunnar Gilbertson
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Michael Glasder
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
USAnordic : 2017
Bryan Fletcher
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Coach Dave Jarrett
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Will Rhoads
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Jasper Good
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
usa nordic team nomination
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
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 flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Keeping the trailer clean…
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Shane Kocher
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
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)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Will Rhoads
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Nordic Combined Team Event
Sarah Hendrickson
Nita Englund
Tara Geraghty-Moats
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Dan Englund at work
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.
Logan Sankey
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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)
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
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 – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
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TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
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.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic livestream tent
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
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,
Ben Berend
Michael Glasder
JASPER GOOD (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.
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
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.
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Bryan Fletcher
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Kevin Bickner
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Adam Loomis
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Sarah Hendrickson
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Ben
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Nina Lussi
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
tara geraghty-moats
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Will Rhoads
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
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)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Ben
Jed Hinkley
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
SARAH HENDRICKSON
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Taylor Fletcher
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Michael Glasder
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 Berend
Stephen
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Logan Sankey
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Nordic Combined Team Event
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)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
AJ BROWN
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Will Rhoads
Macey Olden
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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
Henry Johnstone
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
www.backcountry.com
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
CHUCK PIEPER
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bill Demong
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Nordic Combined Team Event
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ BROWN
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
GRANT ANDREWS
Will Rhoads
Suicide Hill
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Bryan Fletcher
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
ADAM LOOMIS
Michael Glasder
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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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 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Sarah Hendrickson
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
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)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Adam Loomis
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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.
BRYAN FLETCHER
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Taylor Fletcher
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Michael Glasder
NICK MATOON
Logan Sankey
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Kevin Bickner
Kevin Bickner
NICK MATOON
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Michael Glasder
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)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
