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