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.
BILLY DEMONG
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Michael Glasder
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NICK MATOON
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
GRANT ANDREWS
Bill Demong
Tara Geraghty-Moats
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
2018 Park City Continental Cup
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Shane Kocher
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Rachael Haerter
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
Alaskan Greeting Party
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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)
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!
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
WSJUSA : 2017 : 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.
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Merchandise
Bryan Fletcher
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
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)
Westby Ski Jump
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Charlotte Ripp
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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 Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic livestream tent
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
ADAM LOOMIS
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Alaskan Greeting Party
Annika Belshaw 5th place
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Adeline Swanson
Nordic Combined Podium
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Will Rhoads
Jasper Good
CHUCK PIEPER
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Giant Pine Mountain
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Ben Loomis
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Adam Loomis
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Nina Lussi
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Nordic Combined Team Event
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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 Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Silver Mine Ski Jump
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
www.backcountry.com
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
NINA LUSSI
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Coach Dave Jarrett
Ben Berend
Taylor Fletcher
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Nina Lussi
Ben
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
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 Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner
Adam Loomis
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Michael Glasder
Michael Glasder
Taylor Fletcher
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
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.
Bryan Fletcher
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
BRYAN FLETCHER
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Kevin Bickner
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER AND 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
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USAnordic : 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Logan Sankey
Nita Englund
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
usa nordic team nomination
Michael Glasder
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Aspen Benett-Manke
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TAYLOR FLECTHER (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)
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 Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Berend
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Will Rhoads
Jed Hinkley
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
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)
Ben Loomis
Logan Sankey
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Taylor Fletcher
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.
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
AJ BROWN
Ben Pieper
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.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Macey Olden
Bryan Fletcher
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NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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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.
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
NINA LUSSI
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Nina Lussi
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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
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
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Hughes
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson
Suicide Hill
NINA LUSSI
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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.
Will Rhoads
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Nordic Combined Team Event
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
tara geraghty-moats
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Ben Berend
tara geraghty-moats
Will Rhoads
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
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)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend
Michael Glasder
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Adam Loomis
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
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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)
Michael Glasder
Will Rhoads
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
www.backcountry.com
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Tate Frantz
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Taylor Fletcher
Stephen
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)
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Keeping the trailer clean…
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Bill Demong
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Iron Mountain, MI
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
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)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
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)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Michael Glasder
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
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 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)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Jed Hinkley
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner
Will Rhoads
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
NICK MATOON
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)
Logan Sankey
KEVIN BICKNER (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,
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Will Rhoads
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
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
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)
