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