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