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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USA Nordic Ski Jumping
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Bryan Fletcher
Logan Sankey
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate, Tara Geraghty-Moats and Grant Andrews
Logan Sankey
Crowd at Giant Pine Mountain
Alaska Recruiting Fall 2017
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Michael Glasder
Bryan Fletcher
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Hendrickson, Utah Ski Team Oct. 3, 2014 in Salt lake City, Utah. (Steve C. Wilson/University of Utah)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bill Demong
Coach Dave Jarrett
Niklas Malacinski chases down Continental Cup leader Jakob Lange. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
2018 Park City Continental Cup
Nita Englund : USAnordic : 2017
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Annika Belshaw 5th place
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
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 Photo Kranj, Slovenia
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.
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner, 3rd Place Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
Alaskan Greeting Party
Jasper Good races for position ahead of teammate Jared Shumate. (Mackenzie Moran/USA Nordic)
Will Rhoads
Bill Demong
Michael Glasder
Sarah Hendrickson
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
KEVIN BICKNER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BILLY DEMONG
SARAH HENDRICKSON
Jasper Good
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
NICK MATOON
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
NINA LUSSI
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
Ben Berend
ABBY RINGQUIST (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Logan Sankey
Will Rhoads
ADAM LOOMIS
Mike Glasder Flight Kranj, Slovenia
COC Notodden, Dec 15, 2017
Michael Glasder
Will Rhoads, Kranj, Slovenia
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER (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)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
U.S. Ski Jumping Championships HS134m event at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) Tom Kelly 2021
Suicide Hill
Kevin Bickner Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Logan Sankey
Nita Englund
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads
Kevin Bickner
AJ Brown (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Sarah Hendrickson
Jasper Good
Nita Englund
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Abby Ringquist
Taylor Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher
Ishpeming at night (Photo Credit – Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
tara geraghty-moats
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)
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Casey Larson
2017 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the UOP
HS 134 meter jump
Photo: U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Aspen Benett-Manke
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.
Jed Hinkley
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
MICHAEL GLASDER, 2018 US 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)
Stephen, racing to a career best 6th at Nationals.
2018 USA NORDIC OLYMPIC TEAM (Photo Credit: Abby Ringquist)
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
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US 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)
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
Kevin Bickner 3rd Place Kranj, SLO
Field Marketing and Communications Manager
Iron Mountain, MI
Jared Shumate, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
ABBY RINGQUIST (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)
Ben Loomis
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Kevin Bickner Flight, Kranj, Slovenia
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Michael Glasder
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Preview of upcoming Four Hills Tournament
Ben Loomis, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Michael Glasder
ISHPEMING, MI TOURNAMENT in 1937.
2018 Park City Continental Cup
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Youngsters battle it out in the 5 km rollerski race
Abby Hughes
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Kevin Bickner stays focused while competing in Grand Prix in Hakuba, Japan.
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Will Rhoads, Flight Kranj, Slovenia
Nordic Combined Team Event
USA Nordic Junior National Team
Nita Englund
MICHAEL GLASDER (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)
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Competition night at the Minneapolis Ski Jump
Ben Loomis – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
Hitting the road for US Cup 2018
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes Flight Kranj, Slovenia,
Bryan Fletcher
Taylor Fletcher
Tara Geraghty-Moats
USA Nordic Russel Wilder Award Chairman’s Award Dinner 2017 U.S. Ski & Snowboard Congress
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Loomis (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
Kevin Bickner
Kevin Bickner; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
Will Rhoads
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Three USA Nordic ski jumpers to compete at ski flying world championships.
Bryan Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Michael Glasder
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 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 Women's Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Tara Geraghty-Moats : Ski Jumping : WSJUSA : Sapporo , Japan : January 13, 2017. Photograph by Ben Pieper
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
Jasper Good, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Westby Ski Jump
Podium, 2018 US Womens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Tara Geraghty-Moats
TARA GERAGHTY-MOATS
Ben Berend
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Women's World Cup Team, Japan 2018
Bryan Fletcher
TAYLOR FLETCHER (PC – Romina Eggert)
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
BEN BEREND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Media Day : USAnordic 2019
“All-Round Champion” season 2 cast.
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (CAN)
Ben
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
CASEY LARSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Norge Ski Club
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
Taylor Fletcher, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Nick Mattoon (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
STEPHEN SCHUMANN
USA Nordic Ski Jumping
Niklas flying high on the HS60.
Will Rhoads
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 (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Clint Jones)
Team Magnus will partner with USA Nordic to introduce kids across the country to skiing.
Nina Lussi, first-ever Women's Nordic Combined National Champion.
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
2018 Mens Nordic Combined National Championships Podium.
Windy, wintry day in Ishpeming
80 YEARS LATER- ISHPEMING TOURNAMENT in 2017!
Women's World Cup, Japan 2018
Team USA Nordic celebrating Bryan's last competition (3-14-18).
Rachael Haerter
Bryan Fletcher
Ben Berend
BRYAN FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
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Backcountry partners with USA Nordic
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Taylor Fletcher
Kevin Bickner Podium 2, Kranj, Slovenia
2016 L.L. Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships at the Utah Olympic Park, Park City, UT
HS-134
Photo: U.S. Ski Team
Sarah Hendrickson (FIS-Sandra Volk)
BEN BEREND (PC – Romina Eggert)
TAYLOR FLETCHER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
JASPER GOOD (PC – Romina Eggert)
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
Alaskan Greeting Party
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
MICHAEL GLASDER, 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)
Sarah Hendrickson
Tara Geraghty-Moats
MICHAEL GLASDER (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Stephen Schumann, Chaux-Neuve, 2018
Kevin Bickner Podium 1, Kranj, Slovenia
Ben Loomis
Ticket to Fly previews the upcoming Four Hills Tournament
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
Will Rhoads
Team Photo Kranj, Slovenia
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)
Kevin Bickner (Photo Credit – Tadeusz Mieczynski)
BRYAN FLETCHER, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
ABBY RINGQUIST (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)
Michael Glasder
Tara Geraghty-Moats
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Sarah Hendrickson : WSJUSA : 2017
Will Rhoads
Team Photo 2, Kranj, Slovenia
BRYAN FLETCHER
BRYAN FLETCHER (Photo Credit – Romina Eggert)
2019 Junior Worlds Park City
Casey Larson (Photo Credit – Sabine Link)
Nordic Combined Team Event
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Will Rhoads, Flight 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)
2018 Women's Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
BRYAN FLETCHER
Elise Loescher
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
Mike Glasder Portrait, Kranj, Slovenia
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)
BRYAN FLETCHER
Adam Loomis
Podium, 2018 US Mens Ski Jumping Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Jared Shumate (Ben Pieper: Point Productions LLC)
Adam Loomis
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
Head Coach Martin Bayer
Kids are introduced to skiing by USA Nordic using Team Magnus mini skis.
Kevin Bickner Podium 3, Kranj Slovenia
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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 – L.L.Bean U.S. Ski Jumping Championships, Utah Olympic Park HS134 meter. (USSA-Tom Kelly)
Bryan Fletcher
Setting up at Westby Ski Jump (Photo Credit: Mike Johns; michaeljohns.net)
Abby Ringquist
Kevin Bickner
Keeping the trailer clean…
Tom Kelly/USSA Photo
NINA LUSSI
BRYAN FLETCHER, TAYLOR FLETCHER Podium
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)
Silver Mine Ski Jump
SARAH HENDRICKSON, 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Ben Berend
NINA LUSSI
Stephen Schumann – USANA FIS Junior Nordic World Championships nordic combined 5k. (U.S. Ski Team – Tom Kelly)
USAnordic : 2017
NICK MATOON
Annika Belshaw 5th place
SARAH HENDRICKSON (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
BEN LOOMIS 2018 US Olympic Trials (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Mike Glasder, Kranj, Slovenia
Bryan Fletcher
Trials for 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships at Utah Olympic Park. (U.S. Ski Team-Tom Kelly)
Kevin Bickner
Karl Eid Ski Jumps
Shane Kocher
www.backcountry.com
CHUCK PIEPER
Grant Andrews, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
NICK MATOON
Adam Loomis
Casey Larson – USA Nordic’s U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS100m normal hill at the Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly,
Annika Belshaw – U.S. Nordic Combined Championships at Soldier Hollow. (c) 2021 Tom Kelly
Logan Sankey
CASEY LARSON (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)
Dave Jarrett celebrates America's first Nordic Combined Olympic Medalist, Johnny Spillane
2018 Mens Ski Jumping Normal Hill National Championships Podium.
Anna Hoffmann 6th Place
Jasper Good
JASPER GOOD (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Macey Olden
Logan Sankey
BEN LOOMIS (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Gabby Armstrong, COC Rena, Norway, 2018
NITA ENGLUND (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 Ski Flying World Championships 2018
Abby Ringquist (FIS-Sandra Volk)
Stephen Schumann; 2016 Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Large Hill Championships; Park City, Utah; Photo: Tyler Tate/T Squared Action Sports
NITA ENGLUND (Ben Pieper : Point Productions, LLC)
Bickner at SGP in Klingenthal, GER this summer. Aga Pająk photo.
FIS Nordic Combined Continental Cup at Utah Olympic Park. (c) 2020 Tom Kelly
Will Rhoads
Sarah Anderson
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.