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 (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
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Ben Berend
Stephen
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, 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)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
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.
Kevin Bickner
MICHAEL GLASDER (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
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Abby Ringquist
Bryan Fletcher
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
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 Berend
Bryan Fletcher
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
GRANT ANDREWS
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Charlotte Ripp
Tara Geraghty-Moats
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
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USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Michael Glasder
USAnordic : 2017
Coach Dave Jarrett
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Aspen Benett-Manke
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Abby Hughes
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Ben Berend
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Ben
2018 Park City Continental Cup
BRYAN FLETCHER
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Adam Loomis
Logan Sankey
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Abby Hughes
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Ben Berend
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Alaskan Greeting Party
Bill Demong
Logan Sankey
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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Shane Kocher
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Gunnar Gilbertson
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)
Nina Lussi
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Nita Englund
Ben Berend
Will Rhoads
USA Nordic livestream tent
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
NICK MATOON
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
USAnordic : 2017
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (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)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
tara geraghty-moats
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
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.
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Ben
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Adeline Swanson
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Nina Lussi
Logan Sankey
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Bryan Fletcher
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Tate Frantz
Will Rhoads
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Jed Hinkley
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Team Photo 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)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
AJ BROWN
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 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Sarah Anderson
Michael Glasder
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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)
Will Rhoads
Taylor Fletcher
Iron Mountain, MI
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 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
usa nordic team nomination
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; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Alaskan Greeting Party
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic Junior National Team
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Michael Glasder
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Taylor Fletcher
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
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 Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
ADAM LOOMIS
Head Coach Martin Bayer
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)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
www.backcountry.com
Bill Demong
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
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)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Landon Lee
Ben Berend
Taylor Fletcher
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.
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Sarah Hendrickson
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Adam Loomis
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nordic Combined Podium
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Will Rhoads
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Kevin Bickner
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)
Silver Mine Ski Jump
Coach Dave Jarrett
Taylor Fletcher
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Nita Englund
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Will Rhoads
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Nordic Combined Team Event
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
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NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
BRYAN FLETCHER
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
NINA LUSSI
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
NINA LUSSI
Dan Englund at work
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Adam Loomis
USA Nordic Merchandise
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
AJ BROWN
Jasper Good
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Nina Lussi
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
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
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Norge Ski Club
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Bryan Fletcher
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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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)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Ben Berend
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
CHUCK PIEPER
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Taylor Fletcher
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
CASEY LARSON (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)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Nordic Combined Team Event
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Mt Werner
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Adam Loomis
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
