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