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.
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
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JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
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2018 Park City Continental Cup
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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Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
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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.
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 – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-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.
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2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
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Women’s ski jumping at Latemar Ski Jumping Stadium
2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Val di Fiemme, Italy
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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)
Adam Loomis
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
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Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
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2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships 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)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
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)
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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’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 Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
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Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
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Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Sarah Hendrickson
Tara Geraghty-Moats
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ BROWN
Nordic Combined Team Event
Logan Sankey
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Taylor Fletcher
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Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
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NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
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2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
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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)
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
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Media Day : USAnordic 2019
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80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
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)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Charlotte Ripp
BRYAN FLETCHER
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Norge Ski Club
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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)
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ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
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)
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Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
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TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
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Logan Sankey
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 Berend
Landon Lee
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
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Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
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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)
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Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Ben Berend
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Taylor Fletcher
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Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
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Will Rhoads
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2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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NINA LUSSI
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BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
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BILLY DEMONG
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Abby Ringquist
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
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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tara geraghty-moats
Nita Englund
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (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)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
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Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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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)
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Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
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Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Abby Hughes
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Michael Glasder
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Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Giant Pine Mountain
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Will Rhoads
Ben Berend
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Logan Sankey
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Adeline Swanson
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
Nina Lussi
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
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BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Logan Sankey
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
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Logan Sankey
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
ADAM LOOMIS
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Rachael Haerter
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
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.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
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Bill Demong
Nordic Combined Team Event
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JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
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Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Stephen
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
NINA LUSSI
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
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NICK MATOON
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Suicide Hill
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Niklas flying high on the HS60.
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Will Rhoads
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
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)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
Coach Dave Jarrett
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
WILL RHOADS (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)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
NITA ENGLUND (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
Michael Glasder
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Jasper Good
MICHAEL GLASDER (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)
Nordic Combined Team Event
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
Silver Mine Ski Jump
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Bryan Fletcher
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
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.
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
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)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner
Ben Berend
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
