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)
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
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Abby Ringquist
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
usa nordic team nomination
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (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)
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Will Rhoads
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Sarah Hendrickson
Stephen Schumann (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
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.
Zach Selzman
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
GRANT ANDREWS
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Jasper Good
Giant Pine Mountain
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (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
MICHAEL GLASDER AND SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Bryan Fletcher
COC Podium, Sunday, 12-17-17
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
tara geraghty-moats
Taylor Fletcher
Tara Geraghty-Moats
Michael Glasder
Nordic Combined Team Event
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Dan Englund at work
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Nordic Combined Team Event
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
NINA LUSSI
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
USA Nordic Merchandise
Team Magnus and USA Nordic are partnering to provides skis to kids at clubs across America
NICK MATOON
Picked up some snow on the way out of town.
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Sarah Hendrickson
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Adeline Swanson
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Ben Berend
Rachael Haerter
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bill Demong
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Michael Glasder
Ben Berend
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
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)
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Taylor Fletcher
Ben Pieper
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
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)
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Abby Hughes
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Will Rhoads
Westby Ski Jump
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2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Abby Hughes
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)
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Michael Glasder
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
2018 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
AJ BROWN
USA Nordic Junior National Ladies
Will Rhoads
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Jasper Good
Kevin Bickner
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Coach Dave Jarrett
Nita Englund
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Nordic Combined Team Event
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
Watch live streaming on USA Nordic TV
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey
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.
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
Sarah Hendrickson
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (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
Logan Sankey
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Gunnar Gilbertson
Michael Glasder
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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)
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 LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (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
Ben Berend
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
TAYLOR FLECTHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
Shane Kocher
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
USA Nordic Livestream tent
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
NINA LUSSI
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 Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
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Norge Ski Club
GRANT ANDREWS
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson
www.backcountry.com
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Ben Loomis
Adam Loomis
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Taylor Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Adam Loomis
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Adam Loomis
NICK MATOON
Will Rhoads
Taylor Fletcher
Tate Frantz
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at 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)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
Keeping the trailer clean…
WSJUSA : 2017 : Nita Englund
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Elise Loescher
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Berend
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Jasper Good
Bryan Fletcher
Ben
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
Bryan Fletcher
Sarah Hendrickson
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
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ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER MEYERS TOSSING THE V AND CATCHING BIG AIR on the Ford Sayre/Hanover (NH) K32 while amazed classmates watch from the knoll.
USAnordic : 2017
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
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.
Kevin Bickner Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Casey Larson
Taylor Fletcher, 3rd Place, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Ben Berend
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Adam Loomis
Michael Glasder
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
Abby Ringquist & Jed Hinkley of USA Nordic
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Abby Ringquist
Nita Englund
Bluebird day in Minneapolis
Suicide Hill
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Kevin Bickner – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Michael Glasder
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
WILL RHOADS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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 (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 Park City Continental Cup
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Logan Sankey
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Michael Glasder
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Jasper Good
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Livestream volunteers are paramount to our productions
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
2017 WSJUSA : Abby Ringquist
NINA LUSSI
Logan Sankey
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Suicide Hill Ski Bowl
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Ben started 2nd and finished 5th at Nationals, another PR.
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Sarah Anderson
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Annika Belshaw 5th place
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)
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Sarah Hendrickson
Taylor Fletcher – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
Logan Sankey flies to fourth at trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Nina Lussi
Ben Berend, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Charlotte Ripp
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
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)
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)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
PODCAST – Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
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)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
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)
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Kevin Bickner flies to gold in the HS100 meter L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Taylor Fletcher
Michael Glasder
Taylor Fletcher
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
At the amazing Planica jump complex.
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Iron Mountain, MI
Nina Lussi
Bryan Fletcher
Henry Johnstone
NICK MATOON
Author Will Rhoads, after successfully defending his National Title. USSA Photo.
The 2018 US Cup Dream Team: Dan Englund, Mike Johns, Alex Glueck
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Will Rhoads
Macey Olden
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Bill Demong
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
