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