Ticket to Fly: The USA Nordic Podcast

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 interview with Peter Graves, Fletcher speaks to the evolution he's experienced in nordic combined and the bright future he sees for future USA stars in the sport. It's an insightful look into the unique sport of nordic combined and Fletcher's own approach, how it has changed over the years and how he is approaching the Beijing Games.

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 Olympic medal since 1924. Today, Hastings continues to give back to the sport as a behind the scenes leader. His longtime commentary for NBC brought the sport to millions. Ticket to Fly host Peter Graves catches with Hastings on the eve of the 2021/22 Olympic season to look back at Sarajevo 1984 and to look ahead at the future of ski jumping in America.

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 Einsiedln, Küttel became captivated by ski jumping which took from from rolling hills in the midwestern USA to towering scaffolds in Japan. Host Peter Graves talks with the personable Küttel about his career and the impact ski jumping had on his life.

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 insightful interview with Ticket to Fly host Peter Graves, Hendrickson shares the highs and the lows of a career that put her at the pinnacle of the sport as she advocated for women's ski jumping, found success at the highest level and is now continuing to give back.

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. Today, he reflects on his career from his boyhood home in Steamboat Springs with Ticket to Fly host Peter Graves.

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 woman in the world, blazing a pathway for her sport and female athletes. She talks to Ticket to Fly about her sport's upcoming World Championship debut and the push for Olympic inclusion in 2026.

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 most respected coaches in the sport. And his Norwegian ski jumpers are leading the FIS World Cup tour.

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 his 1989 victory in Bischofshofen, Austria. An engineer by trade, today Holland pursues his passion as a volunteer ski coach - honored in 2020 as U.S. Ski & Snowboard's Development Coach of the Year. Holland talks with Ticket to Fly host Peter Graves his passion for getting kids into sport and relives memories of that magical win in 1989. In an opening segment, Peter Graves and Tom Kelly update the 2020-21 Four Hills Tournee after three of the four events.

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 legendary hills at Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, Austria, ski jumping's annual holiday tournament attracts the eyes of the sports world every year. Veteran media director Ingo Jensen takes us inside the legendary event with host Peter Graves.

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 World Championships. It's all on Ticket to Fly NEWS.

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 with World Cup winners Markus Eisenbichler of Germany and Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud, as well as an exclusive interview with Eisenbichler on the eve of this weekend's World Cup in Nizhny Tigil, Russia.

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 Peter Graves speak with Austrians Stefan Kraft and Daniel Huber, Germany's Markus Eisenbichler and Karl Geiger, as well as Poland's Kamil Stoch. Canadian Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes provides an exclusive look inside his top-10 finish and U.S. nordic broadcast commentator Chad Salmela provides a live update from the jumps in Ruka.

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 period for Austrian ski jumping, with Goldberger winning three FIS World Cup season titles, two Four Hills crowns, 10 World Championship medals including two gold and a pair of Olympic medals. Today, Goldi remains engaged in the sport as a fan and a television commentator. He recalls fondly those years when he was a fan favorite and the first ski jumper to break the 200 meter barrier sky flying. In his fun-filled interview with Ticket to Fly host Peter Graves, he waxes nostalgic and also looks to the future. He also takes himself back to Bischofshofen, Austria in January, 1989 when he was there as a 16-year-old watching American Mike Holland soar to a victory in the Four Hills Tournament finale.

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 Peter Grave speak with Austrian ski jumping superstar Andi Goldberger, USA Nordic ski jumper Casey Larson and new FIS Ski Jumping Director Sandro Pertile.

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 American skier including Olympic gold and silver in 2010. Today, Demong leads USA Nordic and is a highly-respected voice in sport across America today.

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, N.Y. and Andrew Urlaub from the Flying Eagles Ski Club in Eau Claire, Wis. experienced that firsthand this fall, competing in Europe at COVID-shortened FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix events. Ski jumping commentator Peter Graves caught up with the two ski jumpers with an insightful conversation for Ticket to Fly, the USA Nordic podcast. The episode takes a look at life training and traveling in Europe and experiences learned that could foreshadow the season ahead.

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. Today, she's a veteran of the Youth Olympic Games, Junior World Championships and a rising leader on the USA Nordic national team. Host Peter Graves talks to Sankey about her career, the team dynamic and the heart surgery she went through just two years ago.

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 with Ticket to Fly host Peter Graves, Jed gives his insights into the importance of local clubs programs as a core component to the future for USA Nordic. It's an interview filled with fun stories and intellectual thinking about ski jumping and nordic combined.

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 director of the International Ski Federation for 28 years, Hofer helped revolutionize ski jumping and grow the personalities of its stars on live television. An Austrian native, Hofer talks about how he began working in ski jumping and how he strategically moved the sport during his tenure.

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 special Ticket to Ride preview, sport leader Tom Kelly and Olympian Ben Berend join Peter Graves to share stories and talk about the thrilling sports of ski jumping and nordic combined