Athletes & Bootfitting w/ Freeride Skier Nat Segal x Pulse Boot Labs

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Freeride athlete Nat Segal has had a long and impressive journey as a professional skier, and part of this journey has been getting in a properly fitting ski boot. Our Blister Recommended Shop, Pulse Boot Labs and Ski Co., has been an important part of this process.

So, Kara Williard sat down with Nat and Bryn Vickers from Pulse to hear about bootfitting from an athlete’s perspective; Nat’s current setup; bootfitting stories from her career; and we hear about some recent filmmaking projects, including her latest short film, Mountain Joy, which covers her journey of managing a chronic disease.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

The Season in Revelstoke (4:07)

Nat’s Background (5:43)

Bootfitting Considerations for Athletes (9:36)

Nat’s Journey with Boots (14:35)

Athlete Bootfitting Stories (22:18)

“No Pain No Gain” Mentality (26:07)

Nat’s Current Setup (31:22)

Nat’s Transition to Filmmaking & Producing (35:44)

Mountain Joy (43:17)

The Season Ahead / Upcoming Projects (46:25)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. As always, we are probably coming to you from our home base in Elevation Hotel, located in Mountcrest-Dibute. My name is Kara Williard, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.
0:21.9	There, you can read all of our latest reviews, listen to all of our podcasts, register for
0:26.2	Blister Summit 2025, order our latest winter buyer's guide, become a Blister Plus member,
0:31.9	and a whole lot more. Today we are taking a different look at the topic of boot fitting,
0:37.4	and that is through the
0:38.2	eyes of a professional athlete for this episode i am joined by free ride athlete nat seagull who has
0:44.2	had a long and impressive journey as a professional skier and part of this journey has been getting
0:50.0	in a properly fitting ski boot our blister recommended shop Boot Labs, has been an important part of this process
0:56.3	for Nat.
0:57.0	For this conversation, I get to talk with Nat and Bryn Vickers from Pulse to hear about
1:01.2	boot fitting from an athlete's perspective, some of the unique considerations that
1:05.5	Bryn takes into account when fitting athletes, Nat's current boot setup, boot fitting stories from throughout her career,
1:12.3	and we also get to catch up with her on some recent filmmaking projects, including her
1:16.6	latest short film Mountain Joy. Nat is an amazing human who has lots of skills and irons
1:22.8	in the fire, and she also just offers some really great insights about the importance of a properly fit ski boot.
1:28.8	Her journey with Bryn through this process, and they both share some relatable and interesting
1:33.4	boot fitting stories.
1:34.9	If you want to hear more from Bryn and delve even further into the topic of boot fitting,
1:39.3	I recommend going back and listening to episode 286 of Gear 30, where I had an in-depth conversation as part of
1:45.6	our very deep dive on boot fitting series with Bryn, all about ski boot flex and how to
1:50.8	determine which flex is right for you. This episode of Gear 30 is brought to you by our
1:56.2	Blister Recommended shops. Located in various countries, cities, and ski towns across the world,
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