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 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
NICK MATOON
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
NICK MATOON
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Zach Selzman
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Kevin Bickner
Nita Englund
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)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Bryan Fletcher
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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.
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)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined 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)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Mt Werner
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Bryan Fletcher
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
USAnordic : 2017
Logan Sankey
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
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
BRYAN FLETCHER
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER
NINA LUSSI
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
NINA LUSSI
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Ben Berend
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Kevin Bickner
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)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Westby Ski Jump
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Bryan Fletcher
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Giant Pine Mountain
BILLY DEMONG
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Ben Berend
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
GRANT ANDREWS
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.
Alaskan Greeting Party
Michael Glasder
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Aspen Benett-Manke
Jasper Good
Ben
Logan Sankey
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Taylor Fletcher
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
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
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bill Demong
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
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)
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Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Sarah Anderson
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Bryan Fletcher
Nordic Combined Team Event
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
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; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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.
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Sarah Hendrickson
Taylor Fletcher
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Will Rhoads
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
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Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
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)
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Adam Loomis
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Merchandise
Will Rhoads
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
USA Nordic livestream tent
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads
Bryan Fletcher
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Adam Loomis
Will Rhoads
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
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)
www.backcountry.com
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
www.backcountry.com
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Michael Glasder
Sarah Hendrickson
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.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Berend
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Taylor Fletcher
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
JASPER GOOD (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)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Ben Berend
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)
Stephen
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (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)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Suicide Hill
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
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
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Taylor Fletcher
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Michael Glasder
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gunnar Gilbertson
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Charlotte Ripp
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Abby Hughes
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Nina Lussi
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Landon Lee
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Nordic Combined Team Event
Kevin Bickner
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
CHUCK PIEPER
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson
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2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Alaskan Greeting Party
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)
Nita Englund
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Michael Glasder
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Bryan Fletcher
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
ADAM LOOMIS
Sarah Hendrickson
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Stephen
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Coach Dave Jarrett
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Taylor Fletcher
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
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Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Kevin Bickner
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.
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)
Sarah Hendrickson
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Abby Ringquist
Ben
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
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
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
Ben Berend
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
USA Nordic Livestream tent
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
tara geraghty-moats
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
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.
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)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)