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