DSC_6762 Sizes: 300 × 300 / 259 × 300 / 750 × 869 / 750 × 869 / 1,326 × 1,536 / 1,768 × 2,048 / 480 × 300 / 600 × 300 / 2,210 × 2,560 Gallery Taylor Fletcher Taylor Fletcher Logan Sankey Bill Demong 18.12.2020, Ramsau, Austria (AUT): Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA) – FIS world cup nordic combined women, individual gundersen HS98/5km, Ramsau (AUT). www.nordicfocus.com. © Volk/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. Women's World Cup, Japan 2018 Will Rhoads Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain 29.12.2021, Oberstdorf, Germany (GER): Decker Dean (USA) – FIS world cup ski jumping men, four hills tournament, individual HS137, Oberstdorf (GER). www.nordicfocus.com. © Reichert/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. ???????????????????????????????????? Michael Glasder Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan. Adeline Swanson Ben Loomis 80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017! Will Rhoads Ben Berend Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion. Will Rhoads 2019 Junior Worlds Park City WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Nita Englund WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Coach Dave Jarrett 2018 Park City Continental Cup Field Marketing and Communications Manager Logan Sankey Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals. MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018 Media Day : USAnordic 2019 Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis. Logan Sankey Bryan Fletcher ADAM LOOMIS Tom Kelly/USSA Photo Kevin Bickner 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) Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN) 2018 Park City Continental Cup Jasper Good OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA ABBY RINGQUIST (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) 2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist) Backcountry partners with USA Nordic Michael Glasder Processed with VSCO with hb2 preset Mike Holland Ticket to Fly Abby Hughes 2018 Park City Continental Cup Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia Taylor Fletcher Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018 Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia AJ BROWN Bryan Fletcher Bryan Fletcher Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017 TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018 Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly) USA Nordic Livestream tent Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament Zach Selzman Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk) Logan Sankey Nordic Combined Podium 2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium. JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) 2018 Park City Continental Cup ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937. 2019 Junior Worlds Park City Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO Alaskan Greeting Party Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018 Bryan Fletcher WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund Michael Glasder Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly) Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic) Michael Glasder Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly) Ben Berend MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) 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. Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017 Tara Geraghty-Moats USA Nordic Ski Jumping Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia Stephen Michael Glasder Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes SARAH HENDRICKSON NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials Rachael Haerter Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Nordic Combined Team Event Landon Lee ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia 2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium. Tara Geraghty-Moats BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) At the amazing Planica jump complex. KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Will Rhoads BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium www.backcountry.com BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) Jasper Good BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018 Ben Berend Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link) Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk) Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net) Mt Werner Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk) 26.02.2021, Oberstdorf, Germany (GER): Alexa Brabec (USA) – FIS nordic world ski championships nordic combined women, individual gundersend HS106/5km, Oberstdorf (GER). www.nordicfocus.com. © Thibaut/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert) BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021 27.02.2021, Oberstdorf, Germany (GER): Annika Malacinski (USA) – FIS nordic world ski championships nordic combined women, individual gundersend HS106/5km, Oberstdorf (GER). www.nordicfocus.com. © XXXX/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Dan Englund at work Adam Loomis TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS Kevin Bickner Podium 1, 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) SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper Bryan Fletcher MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Elise Loescher JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert) 80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017! Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race Nita Englund 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) PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly) 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) Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net) tara geraghty-moats KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly) 18.12.2020, Ramsau, Austria (AUT): Anju Nakamura (JPN), Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA), Gyda Westvold-Hansen (NOR) (l-r) – FIS world cup nordic combined women, individual gundersen HS98/5km, Ramsau (AUT). www.nordicfocus.com. © Volk/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. Nita Englund Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly) Niklas flying high on the HS60. Hitting the road for US Cup 2018 Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018 Karl Eid Ski Jumps Jasper Good Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews 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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia 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) Logan Sankey Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions STEPHEN SCHUMANN 2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist) Head Coach Martin Bayer CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Feb 2, 2017 – © flyingpointroad.com “All-Round Champion” season 2 cast. Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018 NICK MATOON Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia 2018 Park City Continental Cup Kevin Bickner Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN) Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018 Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing. SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) BILLY DEMONG 2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist Will Rhoads 2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium. Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports 18.12.2020, Ramsau, Austria (AUT): Anju Nakamura (JPN), Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA), Gyda Westvold-Hansen (NOR) (l-r) – FIS world cup nordic combined women, individual gundersen HS98/5km, Ramsau (AUT). www.nordicfocus.com. © Volk/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR. Sarah Hendrickson NICK MATOON JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS Backcountry partners with USA Nordic Adam Loomis USA Nordic Junior National Ladies Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly) COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017 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, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Niklas flying high on the HS60. Women's World Cup, Japan 2018 Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski) Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017 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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert) Gunnar Gilbertson Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia Will Rhoads BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones) Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly) Sarah Anderson 27.02.2021, Oberstdorf, Germany (GER): Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA) – FIS nordic world ski championships nordic combined women, individual gundersend HS106/5km, Oberstdorf (GER). www.nordicfocus.com. © Modica/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. Silver Mine Ski Jump AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link) GRANT ANDREWS 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 2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT HS-134 Photo: U.S. Ski Team Westby Ski Jump Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump Karl Eid Ski Jumps Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly) COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017 Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link) Head Coach Martin Bayer Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18). Bryan Fletcher Kevin Bickner Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017 USA Nordic Junior National Team Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia Sarah Hendrickson NICK MATOON Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports Iron Mountain, MI Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937. BRYAN FLETCHER Ben Pieper ???????????????????????????????????? Will Rhoads 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, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV Logan Sankey Suicide Hill Ski Bowl Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly) NINA LUSSI Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia 2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium. Shane Kocher 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. Sarah Hendrickson Bill Demong 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) Picked up some snow on the way out of town. NINA LUSSI CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link) Ben Berend Sarah Hendrickson Adam Loomis Tara Geraghty-Moats Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia, CHUCK PIEPER TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Ben Berend JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Coach Dave Jarrett 02.12.2017, Lillehammer, Norway (NOR): Sarah Hendrickson (USA) – FIS world cup ski jumping ladies, individual HS100, Lillehammer (NOR). www.nordicfocus.com. © Rauschendorfer/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. 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. Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly tara geraghty-moats Anna Hoffmann 6th Place USA Nordic Junior National Team BRYAN FLETCHER Annika Belshaw 5th place Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly) Ben Berend TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS Bryan Fletcher Adam Loomis BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia Will Rhoads Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Michael Glasder Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic Nina Lussi Taylor Fletcher TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Media Day : USAnordic 2019 Keeping the trailer clean… Michael Glasder 2019 Junior Worlds Park City Aspen Benett-Manke Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly) Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Michael Glasder www.backcountry.com Tara Geraghty-Moats Kevin Bickner The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly) NINA LUSSI Jed Hinkley Michael Glasder Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) Will Rhoads Bryan Fletcher Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018 Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia Bryan Fletcher Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018 Ben Loomis Taylor Fletcher Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer. BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk) Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly Annika Belshaw 5th place KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals. Will Rhoads NINA LUSSI Alaskan Greeting Party Processed with VSCO with hb2 preset Sarah Hendrickson Bryan Fletcher Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018 Ben 2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium. WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund 02.12.2017, Lillehammer, Norway (NOR): Sarah Hendrickson (USA) – FIS world cup ski jumping ladies, individual HS100, Lillehammer (NOR). www.nordicfocus.com. © Rauschendorfer/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly Nina Lussi 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. Tate Frantz BRYAN FLETCHER Suicide Hill USAnordic : 2017 18.12.2020, Ramsau, Austria (AUT): Anju Nakamura (JPN), Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA), Gyda Westvold-Hansen (NOR) (l-r) – FIS world cup nordic combined women, individual gundersen HS98/5km, Ramsau (AUT). www.nordicfocus.com. © Volk/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. 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) SARAH HENDRICKSON USA Nordic Junior National Ladies BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Jed Hinkley BILLY DEMONG Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017 2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist 27.02.2021, Oberstdorf, Germany (GER): Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA) – FIS nordic world ski championships nordic combined women, medals, Oberstdorf (GER). www.nordicfocus.com. © Thibaut/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. 17.01.2021, Val di Fiemme, Italy (ITA): Niklas Malacinski (USA) – FIS world cup nordic combined men, individual Gundersen HS106/10km, Val di Fiemme (ITA). www.nordicfocus.com. © Modica/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. USA Nordic livestream tent 18.12.2020, Ramsau, Austria (AUT): Anju Nakamura (JPN), Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA), Gyda Westvold-Hansen (NOR) (l-r) – FIS world cup nordic combined women, individual gundersen HS98/5km, Ramsau (AUT). www.nordicfocus.com. © Volk/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) 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. GRANT ANDREWS Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships. Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race 2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium. Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net) Tom Kelly/USSA Photo Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion. Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) USA Nordic Merchandise Feb 2, 2017 – © flyingpointroad.com Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017 Media Day : USAnordic 2019 2018 Park City Continental Cup Ben 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; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports Bryan Fletcher Ben Berend Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships. Nina Lussi JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo. Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly) Nordic Combined Team Event Norge Ski Club 2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP HS 134 meter jump Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah) FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly Kevin Bickner Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia Michael Glasder BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones) Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia Nordic Combined Team Event Sarah Hendrickson Michael Glasder BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Will Rhoads WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Will Rhoads 2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium. Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017 ???????????????????????????????????? Kevin Bickner WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic) ADAM LOOMIS Macey Olden Abby Ringquist usa nordic team nomination USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic) Field Marketing and Communications Manager 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) MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) 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. Stephen Will Rhoads CASEY LARSON (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) Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 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) NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane 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 (PC – Romina Eggert) Jasper Good Michael Glasder OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Michael Glasder Bryan Fletcher Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018 BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) 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) Media Day : USAnordic 2019 SARAH HENDRICKSON CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Ben Berend Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018 Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski) Bryan Fletcher NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia, Will Rhoads Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly, Charlotte Ripp COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17 Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper 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) SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal! KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion. BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) USA Nordic Ski Jumping Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo. Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018 Casey Larson COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17 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) 2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT HS-134 Photo: U.S. Ski Team USAnordic : 2017 Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link) BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) Bluebird day in Minneapolis Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo. Media Day : USAnordic 2019 Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018 Anna Hoffmann 6th Place Abby Ringquist Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia Taylor Fletcher BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk) Henry Johnstone 2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium. MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Ben Pieper BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan. Nita Englund MICHAEL GLASDER (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. Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports Michael Glasder 2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist) Logan Sankey Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017 Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC) Sarah Hendrickson Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo. Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia Giant Pine Mountain Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer. At the amazing Planica jump complex. Abby Hughes Taylor Fletcher Taylor Fletcher Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion. Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR. DCIM100MEDIADJI_0011.JPG Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) STEPHEN SCHUMANN Stephen Schumann (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. AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link) Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper 26.02.2021, Oberstdorf, Germany (GER): Tess Arnone (USA) – FIS nordic world ski championships nordic combined women, individual gundersend HS106/5km, Oberstdorf (GER). www.nordicfocus.com. © Thibaut/NordicFocus. Every downloaded picture is fee-liable. 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 (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) BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert) SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC) BRYAN FLETCHER 2019 Junior Worlds Park City Image Info Dimensions 2,210 × 2,560 Date August 19, 2017 Camera NIKON D500 Aperture f⁄2 Focal Length 78 mm ISO 125 Shutter Speed 1⁄800 sec Name DSC_6762-scaled.jpg Mime Type image/jpeg Type JPG Size 534.40 KB