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.
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Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
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Annika Belshaw 5th place
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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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)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Ben Berend
Adam Loomis
Ben
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 (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
NICK MATOON
Sarah Hendrickson
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
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
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.
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Kevin Bickner
Ben Berend
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
NINA LUSSI
Elise Loescher
Kevin Bickner
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Will Rhoads
Tara Geraghty-Moats
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
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)
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, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis
Will Rhoads
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)
Ben Berend
Michael Glasder
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Flawia Krawczyk)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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, Kranj, Slovenia
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Pieper
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
Westby Ski Jump
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Shane Kocher
Adam Loomis
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
USAnordic : 2017
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Ben Loomis 5th in Klingenthal!
Abby Ringquist
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 (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
NICK MATOON
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Bryan Fletcher
USAnordic : 2017
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
GRANT ANDREWS
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 flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
ADAM LOOMIS
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Team Photo 2, 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)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Henry Johnstone
Jasper Good
BILLY DEMONG
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
BRYAN FLETCHER
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Kevin Bickner
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
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.
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Michael Glasder
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
www.backcountry.com
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 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.
USA Nordic Merchandise
Crowds at Fox River Grove, Norge Ski Club
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)
CHUCK PIEPER
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)
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Will Rhoads
Michael Glasder
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Bryan Fletcher
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
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
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
tara geraghty-moats
Nina Lussi
Norge Ski Club
Ben
Abby Ringquist
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
2018 Park City Continental Cup
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
2018 Women's 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)
Abby Hughes
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Bryan Fletcher
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
Michael Glasder
Bryan Fletcher
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Will Rhoads
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Tate Frantz
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
Coach Dave Jarrett
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner
Taylor Fletcher
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
Sarah Hendrickson
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Berend
Dan Englund at work
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Casey Larson
Nita Englund
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Nita Englund
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Bill Demong
Nordic Combined Team Event
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic livestream tent
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
www.backcountry.com
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
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.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Jasper Good
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
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)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Mt Werner
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Logan Sankey
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Will Rhoads
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Logan Sankey
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Nina Lussi
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Kevin Bickner
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Adam Loomis
Iron Mountain, MI
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Adeline Swanson
Rachael Haerter
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Will Rhoads
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Giant Pine Mountain
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 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.
Bryan Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Ben Berend
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
Logan Sankey
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
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)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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Field Marketing and Communications Manager
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)
USA Nordic athletes climb a hill in a snowstorm during the FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Soldier Hollow. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Michael Glasder
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
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
Coach Dave Jarrett
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.
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)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)