Craig ‘Weazy’ Murray on Winning Natural Selections’ 1st SKI Comp; GRITT; & More
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4.8 • 560 Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan talks about Natural Selection’s first ski comp with Craig ‘Weazy’ Murray, winner of the men’s division. Craig blew minds in AK with his style and massive transfer gaps, and it’s all even more impressive when you consider the ludicrous talent level at the comp, as well as the fact that Craig was dealing with a knee injury that had him questioning whether he’d even be able to compete.
Weazy takes us behind the scenes of Natural Selection; what differentiates it the most from other comps; and we also talk about Craig’s other passions, including riding mountain bikes at an increasingly high level, and the work he and his friends are doing with their organization, GRITT, which is providing pathways for kids to get into the outdoors and action sports, with a focus on snowsports, climbing, and mountain biking.
RELATED LINKS:
Get Covered: BLISTER+
Craig’s Organization: GRITT
Craig’s Natural Selection Runs:
* Run 1 (first round)
* Run 2 (Semi-Final run 1 w/ the ridiculous transfer gap)
* Run 3 (Semi-Final run 2)
* Run 4 (Final run 1)
* Run 5 (Final run 2)
MSP Behind the Scenes: Craig’s Dub-Flat
Pivot Cycles: Holiday w/ a Purpose
TOPICS & TIMES:
News: BLISTER+ and Physical Therapy (1:15)
Winning the 1st Natural Selection Ski comp (4:03)
Getting Contacted about NST? (5:15)
Dealing with a Knee Injury (7:39)
What Differentiates NST from Other Comps? (12:52)
Your Strategy for the Comp (15:51)
Communication Between the Athletes (18:20)
Approaching Comps vs Filming Lines (29:37)
Kiwis and Style (31:42)
GRITT: Why it Matters so Much to Craig (38:20)
Racing Bikes as Prep for Skiing (46:51)
What Do You Do in Your Free Time? (53:19)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan |
| 0:08.1 | Ellsworth and you can check out everything. We're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com. |
| 0:16.2 | Today we are talking all about natural's first ski comp with Craig Murray, |
| 0:22.0 | winner of the men's division. Craig blew minds with his style and massive transfer gaps, |
| 0:28.7 | and it's all even more impressive when you consider the ludicrous talent level at the comp, |
| 0:34.8 | as well as the fact that Craig was dealing with the knee injury that had him |
| 0:38.9 | questioning whether he'd even be able to compete. |
| 0:42.4 | In this conversation, Craig does a great job of taking us behind the scenes of natural selection, |
| 0:48.5 | talking about what differentiates it from most other comps, and we also talk about some of Craig's other passions, including riding mountain bikes at quite a high level and the work he and his friends are doing with their organization, Grit, which is providing pathways for kids to get into the outdoors and action sports with a focus on snow sports, climbing, and mountain biking. |
| 1:15.6 | Now, I want to give a shout out to some Blister Plus members, |
| 1:19.2 | and that includes today's guest. |
| 1:21.6 | Craig Murray is a Blister Plus member because Atomic is covering their whole free ride ski team with Blister Plus, and actually, |
| 1:30.6 | Blister Plus is currently covering the physical therapy treatments that Craig has had on his knee. |
| 1:36.4 | You'll again hear a little bit more about that injury in our conversation here. |
| 1:40.9 | And that actually is a good point for us to bring up here, folks. |
| 1:44.0 | Blister Plus covers all |
| 1:45.7 | doctor-prescribed physical therapy, and that really matters because more and more PTs are |
| 1:52.2 | going cash only because traditional health insurance is often not at all awesome to deal with. |
| 2:01.0 | So that's just another benefit of our whole Blister Plus program. |
| 2:06.0 | Okay, I want to give a shout out to a few new Blister Plus members. |
| 2:09.8 | That includes Jared from Bozeman, Montana, Douglas from Winchester, Massachusetts. |
| 2:15.9 | He actually just upgraded his Blister Digital Access Pass subscription to Blister Plus. |
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