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