Black Flag Survival is a project dedicated to sharing our passion for the great outdoors, adventure, and leading an independent lifestyle with the world! We believe every single day is an opportunity to embrace what we are passionate about, improve our skills, and live life to the fullest.
Founded by Nick Italiano in 2017, Black Flag Survival started as an Instagram Page and has grown into this website featuring written work focused on outdoor gear, wilderness skills development, the science behind what we do, and even some outdoor and self reliant living philosophy! When reading our articles or checking out the lessons we hope you will be inspired to get outside and enjoy everything the natural world has to offer.
We launched our latest project, Raise The Flag Podcast, in early 2023. Join Nick from Black Flag Survival, Tom from Knives by Nuge, and Heather from PNWBUSHCRAFT every Friday as we cover a variety of topics including wilderness skills, recaps of our outdoor adventures, behind the scenes looks at the awesome businesses in the outdoor space as well as frequent special guests and a whole lot of nonsense!
We do not claim to be wilderness skills or survival experts. While we respectfully acknowledge the great contributions of the talented and dedicated instructors and authors in the outdoor community, we maintain the attitude that we are all students on a lifelong journey to enhance our skill set and improve ourselves.
We hope you will find value in what we have to offer, but we also encourage you to seek out more information, take in person classes, and just to get out there to try things out! Adversity is our greatest teacher; with every error in judgment, instance of poor planning, failure when practicing a skill is an opportunity to learn something and improve! We hope you will join us on this journey, and together we will celebrate our accomplishments and learn from our mistakes!
Stay Safe, Stay Wild!
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