Grayson Schaffer, the man, the myth, and definitely the legend.
We at 7am see this dude roll up casually in his mini semi truck of fun, coffee in hand, half asleep, no, mostly asleep, but kind and smiling and ready for something.
Grayson has been a member here since 2015. I remember meeting him and having a peaked interest in what the dude did, but honestly didn’t find out until the day he strolled into Undisputed Fitness with the one and only, Lance Armstrong! After that, I had to find out.
Come to find out, Grayson is an award winning, rockstar, senior editor and staff writer at Outside online . At the gym he maintains a calm presence and always interacts with everyone. You wouldn’t guess that he is the man along side extreme adventure seekers, the subjects he writes about and now films, in his many projects. Descending down wild rivers, hiking up Mt. Everest, or following a woman who biked around the world, are only snippets of the extreme thrills Grayson experiences and then artfully captures in his work.
He’s there with them, maybe not doing everything they are, but to get the right shot, capture the right moment of emotion, he’s in the raw element. I’d bet he’s got into some very amazing and very scary situations. He’s got the dream job of what some of us extreme sport enthusiasts could only fantasize about.
Currently he’s a partner in Talweg Creative, located here in Santa Fe. Grayson and Ryan create commercial documentaries and their current project is a seven part series on a down-and-out stock car racing league in Grants, NM. Keep an eye out for the teaser on that rad story.
Here is one recent project of Grayson’s and his company. Click here to watch.
Follow him on Instagram to see where he heads next!