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