North Florida Survival

★★★★★Andrea Gibson

A friend and I attended the weekend warrior course. Not knowing specifically what to expect, we were delighted by the activities and projects that we experienced. Steven was a fantastic coach and super helpful to all the participants. He never made anybody feel silly for not knowing what they were doing. We built an aframe shelter, made a spear, foraged for what was available for food in this season (good to know because there was not much) and how to start a fire from the natural things we found on the premises. As a last day surprise a black bear wandered by the camp making it an exciting ending to a great trip! I would HIGHLY recommend Steven and NFSA.

★★★★★Kyle Norvell

Coach Steve is amazing. He runs a great survival program and makes sure everyone has actionable and useful skills to survive the wilderness in an emergency situation. What I appreciated most is he adjusts his teaching to your overall skill level. He lets you be when you are doing your thing, but is there for questions and has helpful answers. Overall I had a great time with the group and Steve. P.S. he makes delicious meals.

★★★★★Barry Dee

I am new to backpacking, camping and wanted to enhance my survival skills and add another “tool” to the toolbox of life and education. I took the beginner course which I was teamed up with 3 other lovely people. Coach Steve was just flat out awesome. Totally accessible, answered every question( sometimes multiple times) and was a genuinely knowledgeable but humble instructor. He has a vast amount of digital knowledge and it shows in his preparation and care, he wants you to learn and know as much as you can in this course. Again it’s a beginner course but I was overloaded with so much knowledge and attention to detail. He provided several ways to do a task and it just rolled off his tongue naturally. He’s very laid-back, but wants you to know vitals information and best practice while doing tasks to help you learn in a relaxed way. I didn’t know anybody there, but when I left, I felt like I made a bunch of new friends that were possible by bonding and doing individual and team tasks. Building a lean to was one of the most rewarding and difficult things I’ve done. Being from NYC, I had no prior experience. But after this course I am much more confident in my skills and ability to stay alive in any life or death survival situation. I highly recommend both the beginner or intermediate level to take his courses. Can’t say enough about his effort, loyalty and ability to make strangers bond and you leave absolutely knowing much more than you did when you started. Thanks Steve!!

★★★★★Vanesa Lee

If you want to know all there is to know about surviving in the wilderness, I definitely recommend North Florida survival. Steve teaches you what to do in case you get lost, what plants to eat, how to build a shelter depending on the weather and temperature, how to make fire, how to collect, purify and/or filter water. He is an amazing instructor, very knowledgeable, respectful, has a sense of humor, very down to earth, and will answer all the questions you have, take the time to make sure you understood and remember everything he taught you. If you have never done or experience this kind of adventure he is the perfect instructor and if you have experience he definitely knows how to challenge you if that's what you need. This is the best therapy I have ever received! I definitely recommend him!

★★★★★Lauren Atchison

Coach Steve has such a wealth of knowledge and packed so much into 4 hours. We had kids ages 6-10 this morning for a survival course and he was so great with kids. He covered shelter building, water filtration, edible plants, fire starting and search and rescue. The kids got a lot of hands on experience and had a blast doing it. One of my daughters wants him to come back every forest school Tuesday! We will definitely be doing this again.