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.
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Bryan Fletcher
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
NICK MATOON
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
ADAM LOOMIS
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
Ben Berend
Kevin Bickner
AJ BROWN
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
NINA LUSSI
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Westby Ski Jump
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
NICK MATOON
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Tara Geraghty-Moats
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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 Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Sarah Anderson
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Nina Lussi
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
Ben Berend
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Bryan Fletcher
Nordic Combined Team Event
Logan Sankey
Bryan Fletcher
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
GRANT ANDREWS
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Will Rhoads
JASPER GOOD (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
Bryan Fletcher
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Jasper Good
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
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)
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
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Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
BILLY DEMONG
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Sarah Hendrickson
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Casey Larson
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 LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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
Will Rhoads
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Nina Lussi
Dan Englund at work
BRYAN FLETCHER (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.
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Michael Glasder
Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Iron Mountain, MI
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
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)