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.
Logan Sankey
Adam Loomis
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
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.
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BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Head Coach Martin Bayer
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
SARAH HENDRICKSON
SARAH HENDRICKSON
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Gunnar Gilbertson
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
AJ BROWN
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
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Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Ben Pieper
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Loomis
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
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Mt Werner
ADAM LOOMIS
Iron Mountain, MI
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Charlotte Ripp
Coach Dave Jarrett
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
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)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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 & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
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
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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,
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GRANT ANDREWS
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
NICK MATOON
ADAM LOOMIS
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
NINA LUSSI
BILLY DEMONG
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
NINA LUSSI
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Nita Englund
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
USAnordic : 2017
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Will Rhoads
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 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
Sarah Anderson
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Taylor Fletcher
Nita Englund
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Bryan Fletcher
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Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
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.
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
BEN LOOMIS (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)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping 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
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Ben Berend
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Michael Glasder
Alaskan Greeting Party
Taylor Fletcher
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
USA Nordic livestream tent
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
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)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Logan Sankey
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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
Taylor Fletcher
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
tara geraghty-moats
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
CHUCK PIEPER
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)
Suicide Hill
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)
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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.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Kevin Bickner
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
usa nordic team nomination
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER
NINA LUSSI
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ BROWN
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NICK MATOON
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Adam Loomis
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Pieper
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen
Will Rhoads
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Sarah Hendrickson
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)
Sarah Hendrickson
Bryan Fletcher
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Will Rhoads
2018 Park City Continental Cup
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials 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.
Bryan Fletcher
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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.
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Jasper Good
Zach Selzman
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Henry Johnstone
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
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)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
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)
Tate Frantz
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.
Jasper Good
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Taylor Fletcher
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Michael Glasder
Bill Demong
Abby Ringquist
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Stephen
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Bryan Fletcher
Rachael Haerter
Sarah Hendrickson
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
USA Nordic Junior National Team
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
NINA LUSSI
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Landon Lee
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Michael Glasder
Adam Loomis
Taylor Fletcher
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER
Michael Glasder
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Shane Kocher
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
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)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Casey Larson
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
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.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Nordic Combined Podium
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Abby Ringquist
Ben Loomis
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,
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Keeping the trailer clean…
Kevin Bickner
Alaskan Greeting Party
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)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Logan Sankey
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
