FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
MICHAEL GLASDER (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
2018 Park City Continental Cup
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BILLY DEMONG
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
NITA ENGLUND (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)
Jasper Good
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (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.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Kevin Bickner
Michael Glasder
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
usa nordic team nomination
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Bryan Fletcher
Team Photo 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)
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Abby Ringquist
Ben Pieper
SARAH HENDRICKSON
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
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Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Tate Frantz
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)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
GRANT ANDREWS
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.
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Jed Hinkley
NINA LUSSI
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Bryan Fletcher
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Kevin Bickner
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
ADAM LOOMIS
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens 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.
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
NICK MATOON
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
BRYAN FLETCHER
Logan Sankey
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Taylor Fletcher
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
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
Adam Loomis
NICK MATOON
NICK MATOON
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Taylor Fletcher
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Mike Glasder Flight 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)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Michael Glasder
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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Will Rhoads
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)
tara geraghty-moats
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
NINA LUSSI
Ben Berend
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
USAnordic : 2017
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
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)
Coach Dave Jarrett
Alaskan Greeting Party
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Nina Lussi
Nordic Combined Team Event
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
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)
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Michael Glasder
Nordic Combined Podium
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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 : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
AJ BROWN
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Sarah Hendrickson
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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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BRYAN FLETCHER
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Michael Glasder
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Alaskan Greeting Party
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Charlotte Ripp
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Zach Selzman
BRYAN FLETCHER (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)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Taylor Fletcher
BEN LOOMIS (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)
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.
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
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Michael Glasder
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Michael Glasder
Sarah Hendrickson
Adam Loomis
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Michael Glasder
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Coach Dave Jarrett
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Ben
Mike Holland Ticket to Fly
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Nina Lussi
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
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.
Logan Sankey
Ben Pieper
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Adam Loomis
Michael Glasder
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
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.
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Landon Lee
Keeping the trailer clean…
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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www.backcountry.com
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (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
Jasper Good
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Michael Glasder
Stephen
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Ben Berend
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
2018 Park City Continental Cup
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Macey Olden
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Dan Englund at work
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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)
ADAM LOOMIS
Gunnar Gilbertson
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
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)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
www.backcountry.com
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Iron Mountain, MI
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Jasper Good
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Sarah Hendrickson
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Will Rhoads
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Michael Glasder
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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)
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
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.
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Logan Sankey
Ben Loomis
Kevin Bickner
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Ben Berend
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Will Rhoads
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
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)
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
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
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher
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)
Bryan Fletcher
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)
Will Rhoads
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nordic Combined Team Event
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Silver Mine Ski Jump
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Abby Hughes
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Taylor Fletcher
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Logan Sankey
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Shane Kocher
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Mike Glasder Flight 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)
