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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Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
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Michael Glasder
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
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Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Taylor Fletcher
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend
NINA LUSSI
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
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Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Adam Loomis
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
Will Rhoads
Abby Hughes
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
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Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Bryan Fletcher
Nita Englund
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Michael Glasder
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SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Anderson
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Taylor Fletcher
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Stephen
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
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Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Adam Loomis
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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)
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Landon Lee
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Norge Ski Club
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Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
NICK MATOON
Head Coach Martin Bayer
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Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
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2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
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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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Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Abby Ringquist
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.
Michael Glasder
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
NINA LUSSI
Will Rhoads
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
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U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
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Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Zach Selzman
Bill Demong
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
Will Rhoads
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
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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)