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