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