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.
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Nina Lussi
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
NINA LUSSI 2018 US Olympic Trials
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
USA Nordic livestream tent
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Nordic Combined Podium
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
Jed Hinkley
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
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)
Bryan Fletcher
Michael Glasder
Bill Demong
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 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)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Sarah Hendrickson
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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.
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
ADAM LOOMIS
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
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)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Michael Glasder
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.
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Nordic Combined Team Event
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Alaskan Greeting Party
Aspen Benett-Manke
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Bill Demong
GRANT ANDREWS
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
tara geraghty-moats
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor Fletcher
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)
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Nordic Combined Team Event
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Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
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Logan Sankey
Bryan Fletcher
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
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, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Macey Olden
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USAnordic : 2017
Logan Sankey
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Taylor 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.
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)
Nita Englund
Stephen
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Nordic Combined Team Event
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Ben Pieper
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, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
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Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Will Rhoads
Coach Dave Jarrett
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
Ben Pieper
Jasper Good
Sarah Hendrickson
USA Nordic Merchandise
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
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)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
USAnordic : 2017
Logan Sankey
Michael Glasder
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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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Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Tara Geraghty-Moats
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.
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Michael Glasder
Sarah Hendrickson
ADAM LOOMIS
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (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)
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Alaskan Greeting Party
Will Rhoads
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
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 races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Nita Englund
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Logan Sankey
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Iron Mountain, MI
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Casey Larson
Mt Werner
Ben Berend
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Gunnar Gilbertson
Kevin Bickner
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
www.backcountry.com
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Michael Glasder
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
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)
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
Taylor Fletcher
Jasper Good
CASEY LARSON (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
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)
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Grant Andrews, 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)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
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.
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Ben Berend
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jed Hinkley
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Charlotte Ripp
Taylor Fletcher
Bryan Fletcher
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Logan Sankey
Adeline Swanson
Shane Kocher
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
NINA LUSSI
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Landon Lee
Sarah Hendrickson
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
AJ BROWN
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Will Rhoads
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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)
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Ben Berend
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
AJ BROWN
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nina Lussi
Will Rhoads
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
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.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Kevin Bickner, here in training, has been leading USA Nordic’s Ski Jumpers so far this summer.
