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.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Coach Dave Jarrett
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Annika Belshaw 5th place
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 Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey
Will Rhoads
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
USAnordic : 2017
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Landon Lee
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Will Rhoads
Westby Ski Jump
Tara Geraghty-Moats
CHUCK PIEPER
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 (PC – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
NINA LUSSI
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Abby Ringquist
Will Rhoads
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
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
Elise Loescher
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Ben Pieper
Taylor Fletcher
ADAM LOOMIS
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Zach Selzman
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Nordic Combined Team Event
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Sarah Hendrickson
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
NINA LUSSI
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Silver Mine Ski Jump
Ben Berend
Ben Berend
NICK MATOON
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
BILLY DEMONG
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Adam Loomis
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
TAYLOR FLECTHER (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)
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 (FIS-Sandra Volk)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
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)
Alaskan Greeting Party
Bryan Fletcher
AJ BROWN
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
www.backcountry.com
Jasper Good
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER (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.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan 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)
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
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Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Keeping the trailer clean…
USAnordic : 2017
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Head Coach Martin Bayer
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Aspen Benett-Manke
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
tara geraghty-moats
SARAH HENDRICKSON
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (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)
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Sarah Hendrickson
CASEY LARSON (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.
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 Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Kevin Bickner
Bill 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)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Sarah Hendrickson
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Bryan Fletcher
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 Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Tate Frantz
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Taylor Fletcher
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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
Abby Ringquist
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
USA Nordic Merchandise
Rachael Haerter
Adam Loomis
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Ben Berend
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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)
Logan Sankey
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Bill Demong
Bryan Fletcher
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
tara geraghty-moats
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)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
NICK MATOON
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Suicide Hill
Jed Hinkley
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Giant Pine Mountain
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Alaskan Greeting Party
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Iron Mountain, MI
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
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
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)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Bryan Fletcher
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
BRYAN FLETCHER
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
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
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Adam Loomis
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Taylor Fletcher
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Dan Englund at work
Sarah Anderson
Michael Glasder
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend
NICK MATOON
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
GRANT ANDREWS
Nina Lussi
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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)
Logan Sankey
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Logan Sankey
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Abby Hughes
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Macey Olden
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)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Nita Englund
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Michael Glasder
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Jasper Good
Bryan Fletcher
Nina Lussi
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Nita Englund
Adeline Swanson
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
USA Nordic Livestream tent
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
NINA LUSSI
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Ben Loomis
Kevin Bickner
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)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
ADAM LOOMIS
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
Nina Lussi
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2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Shane Kocher
Michael Glasder
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 Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
AJ BROWN
Kevin Bickner
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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BRYAN FLETCHER
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Will Rhoads
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Stephen
USA Nordic Junior National Team
GRANT ANDREWS
Logan Sankey
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
