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
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Taylor Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
KEVIN BICKNER (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)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Ben Loomis
Bill Demong
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Adam Loomis
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
Adeline Swanson
Head Coach Martin Bayer
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USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Nordic Combined Team Event
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Sarah Hendrickson
Bryan Fletcher
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
USA Nordic Merchandise
Henry Johnstone
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
BRYAN FLETCHER
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Westby Ski Jump
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
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)
Will Rhoads
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Alaskan Greeting Party
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Keeping the trailer clean…
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)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Michael Glasder
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Logan Sankey
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Taylor Fletcher
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Ben Berend
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 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Aspen Benett-Manke
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US 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)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Abby Hughes
BILLY DEMONG
2018 Park City Continental Cup
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
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
Ben Berend
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
NINA LUSSI
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Taylor Fletcher
Logan Sankey
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Shane Kocher
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
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.
Kevin Bickner
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Ben
www.backcountry.com
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
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.
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Adam Loomis
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)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
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
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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)
AJ BROWN
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
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)
Abby Hughes
Nordic Combined Team Event
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Gunnar Gilbertson
Bill Demong
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Bryan Fletcher
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Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Michael Glasder
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Ben Pieper
Will Rhoads
Taylor Fletcher
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)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Casey Larson
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
usa nordic team nomination
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Giant Pine Mountain
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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.
Jed Hinkley
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Alaskan Greeting Party
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Ben Pieper
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 2018 US Olympic Trials
tara geraghty-moats
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Logan Sankey
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
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Kevin Bickner
Nita Englund
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Will Rhoads
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
SARAH HENDRICKSON
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)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
USAnordic : 2017
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
NICK MATOON
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Jed Hinkley
Logan Sankey
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Bryan Fletcher
Nita Englund
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Tate Frantz
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Elise Loescher
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
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)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (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
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
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.
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
GRANT ANDREWS
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)
Jasper Good
AJ BROWN
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Nita Englund
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
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)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Nina Lussi
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Stephen
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
www.backcountry.com
Macey Olden
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Ben Berend
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Charlotte Ripp
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Nina Lussi
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Ben Berend
Dan Englund at work
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 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)
Bryan Fletcher
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Will Rhoads
USA Nordic Livestream tent
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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JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Logan Sankey
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Ben Berend
Will Rhoads
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Will Rhoads
Logan Sankey
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
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)