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.
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Adam Loomis
Tara Geraghty-Moats
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)
NINA LUSSI
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 stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
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)
Kevin Bickner; 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)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Bryan Fletcher
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Kevin Bickner
www.backcountry.com
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Jed Hinkley
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
Michael Glasder
Michael Glasder
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Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Nita Englund
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
CHUCK PIEPER
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Giant Pine Mountain
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
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.
Ben Berend
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Nina Lussi
Will Rhoads
Jed Hinkley
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
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)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Bryan Fletcher
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
GRANT ANDREWS
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Ben Berend
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)
Head Coach Martin Bayer
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Zach Selzman
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Will Rhoads
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Dan Englund at work
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
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
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Logan Sankey
Taylor Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
USAnordic : 2017
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Landon Lee
Michael Glasder
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Gunnar Gilbertson
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
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.
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Sarah Hendrickson
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Taylor Fletcher
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
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MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Will Rhoads
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
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)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Michael Glasder
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Silver Mine Ski Jump
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Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
Norge Ski Club
Abby Ringquist
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Will Rhoads
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Alaskan Greeting Party
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
NICK MATOON
Kevin Bickner
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
NINA LUSSI
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Michael Glasder
Michael Glasder
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Sarah Hendrickson
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
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.
MICHAEL GLASDER AND 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)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
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Rachael Haerter
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Mt Werner
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Pieper
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)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
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
NICK MATOON
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)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
MICHAEL GLASDER, 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)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
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BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (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)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund
Bryan Fletcher
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Casey Larson
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Sarah Hendrickson
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Ben Berend
Bryan Fletcher
Nina Lussi
SARAH HENDRICKSON
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Pieper
Adeline Swanson
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.
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
AJ BROWN
NINA LUSSI
Bryan Fletcher
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Adam Loomis
Head Coach Martin Bayer
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
NINA LUSSI
Ben Berend
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, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
BRYAN FLETCHER
Coach Dave Jarrett
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bill Demong
Sarah Hendrickson
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
Abby Ringquist
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
NICK MATOON
Annika Belshaw 5th place
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Michael Glasder
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Nordic Combined Team Event
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Logan Sankey
Nita Englund
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.
Taylor Fletcher
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
GRANT ANDREWS
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen
ADAM LOOMIS
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Kevin Bickner
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
Logan Sankey
Abby Hughes
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports