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Taylor Fletcher: Veteran Heads to Fourth Olympics
Steamboat Springs native Taylor Fletcher claimed a spot on his fourth Olympic team with a win in the Christmas Day Olympic Trials in Lake Placid. In his Ticket to Fly ...
Jeff Hastings: Pride of Norwich, VT
For the last few decades, few communities have produced more Olympians than Norwich, VT. In 1984, Jeff Hastings came within an eyelash of the first U.S. ski jumping Ol...
Andreas Küttel: World Champion Reminisces About the Ski Jumping Family
The ski jumping family vividly recalls that day in 2009 when Swiss Andreas Küttel became a world champion in Liberec. Growing up in the small Swiss village of Einsiedl...
Sarah Hendrickson: Passionate Sport Pioneer
Since she followed her brother off a ski jump at age six, world champion and Olympian Sarah Hendrickson's life has revolved around her passion for ski jumping. In this...
Johnny Spillane: Reflections of a Champion
Over the span of a decade, Johnny Spillane led the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team to its greatest heights with a World Championship title and three Olympic medals. Toda...
Tara Geraghty-Moats: Blazing a Pathway for Women
Skier Tara Geraghty-Moats is a modern-day pioneer! In the sport of nordic combined, which matches cross country skiing with ski jumping, she's the number one ranked wo...
Alex Stöckl: Building a Championship Team in Norway
A decade ago, Austrian ski jumping coach Alex Stöckl took over the Norwegian program. Imagine moving into the very birthplace of the sport? Today, Stöckl is one of the...
Mike Holland: Four Hills Champ Turned Coach
Mike Holland is one of America's most successful ski jumpers. The two-time Olympian is the only U.S. athlete to win an event in the prestigious Four Hills Tournee with...
Four Hills Tournament: Ski Jumping's Biggest Week
Vierschanzen Tournee - the Four Hills Tournament - is ski jumping's biggest week. From towering ski jumps at Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on to the ...
Ticket to Fly NEWS: Dec. 9, 2020
A new World Cup leader. Norway dominates. COVID makes an impact. And after a weekend in Niznhy Tigil, Russia, it's off to to the giant jump in Planica for Ski Flying W...
Ticket to Fly NEWS: Dec. 3, 2020
Ticket to Fly News brings you the latest updates from the the Viessmann FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Ruka, Finland. This week hosts Tom Kelly and Peter Graves speak wi...
Ticket to Fly News: Nov. 26, 2020
Ticket to Fly News brings you the latest updates from the the Viessmann FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, opening Nov. 20 in Wisla, Poland. This week hosts Tom Kelly and Pete...
Andi Goldberger: Superstar Career for Austrian Ski Jumper Farm Boy
In the 1990s, Andi Goldberger was one of ski jumping’s greatest superstars. Fans packed stadiums from Bergisel to Bischofshofen to watch him fly. It was a dominant per...
Ticket to Fly News: Nov. 19, 2020
Ticket to Fly News brings you the latest updates from the the Viessmann FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, opening Nov. 20 in Wisla, Poland. This week hosts Tom Kelly and Pete...
Billy Demong: From Medals to Sport Leader
Growing up in a small town in upstate New York, Billy Demong and friends developed a passion for nordic sport that led to one of the most successful careers of an Amer...
Nina Lussi-Andrew Urlaub: Competing in a COVID World
On the eve of the 2020-21 season and a pandemic still gripping the world, every day offers new changes and challenges. USA Nordic ski jumpers Nina Lussi of Lake Placid...
Logan Sankey: Wisdom Guides Young Ski Jumper
Logan Sankey got her start as a young girl skiing alpine at Steamboat, coloring in every run she skied on a trail map. But when she found ski jumping, she was hooked. ...
Jed Hinkley: Guiding the Future at USA Nordic
A coach, club leader and Olympian, New Hampshire native Jed Hinkley is now poised to lead USA Nordic into the future as its sport director. In a fascinating interview ...
Walter Hofer: Legendary FIS Ski Jumping Leader
Walter Hofer led the sport of ski jumping into the modern era, growing it to become one of the most popular televised winter sports in the world. As the ski jumping di...
Preview Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Fly from USA Nordic featuring noted nordic commentator Peter Graves will take you inside the international world of ski jumping and nordic combined. In this ...