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