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.
JASPER GOOD (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.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Landon Lee
Abby Hughes
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben Berend
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
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
Zach Selzman
Suicide Hill
Nina Lussi
Bryan 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.
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Ben Berend
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping 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)
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Silver Mine Ski Jump
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
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
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.
Dan Englund at work
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Tate Frantz
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (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
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Ben Loomis
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Taylor Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
GRANT ANDREWS
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.
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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 Junior National Team
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)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Abby Ringquist
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
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BEN LOOMIS 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.
Ben Berend
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Nordic Combined Team Event
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Michael Glasder
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Bryan Fletcher
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Ben Berend
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey
Logan Sankey
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Taylor Fletcher
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Bryan Fletcher
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
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JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Sarah Hendrickson
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Sarah Hendrickson
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
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 5th place
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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Abby Ringquist
Kevin Bickner
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
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Sarah Anderson
Nordic Combined Podium
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
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)
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)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (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)
BILLY DEMONG
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
AJ BROWN
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Will Rhoads
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
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 AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben
Taylor 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)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
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)
Shane Kocher
Stephen
Bryan Fletcher
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Iron Mountain, MI
Nina Lussi
Ben Berend
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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)
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, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
USAnordic : 2017
Will Rhoads
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner
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
Stephen
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Merchandise
Adam Loomis
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Alaskan Greeting Party
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Kevin Bickner
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
CHUCK PIEPER
BRYAN FLETCHER
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Giant Pine Mountain
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Hughes
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Will Rhoads
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
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)
USAnordic : 2017
Ben Pieper
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
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Logan Sankey
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Nina Lussi
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Charlotte Ripp
Bryan Fletcher
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
Nordic Combined Team Event
Michael Glasder
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BILLY DEMONG
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)
Bill Demong
Michael Glasder
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Kevin Bickner; 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)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
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)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Elise Loescher
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)
Taylor Fletcher
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Gunnar Gilbertson
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Adam Loomis
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Logan Sankey
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic livestream tent
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
BRYAN FLETCHER
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Will Rhoads
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Bryan Fletcher
Ben
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Jed Hinkley
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Kevin Bickner
Ben Berend
Mt Werner
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Alaskan Greeting Party
NICK MATOON
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Logan Sankey
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Bill Demong
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
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)
