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