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