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.
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
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)
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.
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
NICK MATOON
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Kevin Bickner Flight, 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)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
www.backcountry.com
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Bryan Fletcher
AJ BROWN
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Bill Demong
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)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
Bryan Fletcher
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BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ADAM LOOMIS
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Kevin Bickner
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
CHUCK PIEPER
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Ben Pieper
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Ben Berend
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.
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Loomis
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Nordic Combined Podium
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
BRYAN FLETCHER
GRANT ANDREWS
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Abby Ringquist
2017 WSJUSA : 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
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Bryan Fletcher
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
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)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Charlotte Ripp
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
BILLY DEMONG
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Ben
Casey Larson
KEVIN BICKNER (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.
Michael Glasder
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Kevin Bickner
Nina Lussi
Bryan Fletcher
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
USA Nordic Junior National Team
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Will Rhoads
Nita Englund
Nina Lussi
Tate Frantz
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic livestream tent
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.
USAnordic : 2017
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Bryan Fletcher
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-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)
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.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Berend
Keeping the trailer clean…
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Adam Loomis
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
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 (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Nordic Combined Team Event
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Taylor 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.
Elise Loescher
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
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Logan Sankey
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
NINA LUSSI
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Suicide Hill
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Will Rhoads
Jasper Good
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Michael Glasder
Gunnar Gilbertson
NITA ENGLUND (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)
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Silver Mine Ski Jump
tara geraghty-moats
ADAM LOOMIS
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Sarah Hendrickson
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Macey Olden
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen
usa nordic team nomination
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adeline Swanson
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Rachael Haerter
Giant Pine Mountain
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
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
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Logan Sankey
Sarah Anderson
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Bryan Fletcher
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Jasper Good
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Abby Ringquist
Zach Selzman
USAnordic : 2017
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Henry Johnstone
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Logan Sankey
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 (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Head Coach Martin Bayer
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Coach Dave Jarrett
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
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.
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
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CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Nina Lussi
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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
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)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Ben
Jasper Good
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Shane Kocher
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Nordic Combined Team Event
Will Rhoads
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
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 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)
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
USA Nordic Merchandise
Abby Hughes
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben 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)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
