Dan Baird

Expedition Guide. Global Survival Expert. Producer & Media Consultant. @NatGeo - SuperSkilled. @California_Survival_School @WilderSkills @Hawaii_Survival_School

United States

About

Expedition Guide. Global Survival Expert. Producer & Media Consultant. @NatGeo - SuperSkilled. Owner of @California_Survival_School @WilderSkills @SERETrainingSchool California Survival School: Global Survival & Adventure Expeditions. www.CASurvival.com WilderSkills: Primitive Skills & Nature Awareness Programs for Youth - www.WilderSkills.com

Experience

  • California Survival School (14 yrs 3 mos)
    • CEO
      Apr 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 3 mos

      Global Leaders In Outdoor Survival Training & Adventures.

    • Fixer, Producer, Health & Safety, Stunt Coordinator
      Apr 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 3 mos

      California Survival School excels at the art of transforming high perceived risk activities into achievable, risk mitigated media ready solutions for major motion pictures and TV. Our all-in-one production services flat-line complicated international scout, permitting, and field logisitics setups compared to lest specialized orgs, significantly reducing costs and complications for high end adventure media projects. Stuntman and Stunt Coordinator services have included: - Open ocean helitac jumps w/ media personalities - Sinking/escaping boats in open ocean - Venomous animal wrangling - Alpha predator approaches - Stunt driving - High Altitude Camera Work (6000m+) - Active Volcano entrances - Scuba diving - Long-distance Primitive Survival Treks

  • Owner at WilderSkills Outdoor Adventures
    May 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 2 mos

    Ancient Skills, Wild Adventures, Deep Connection. WilderSkills is a youth outdoor education school, founded as a branch of California Survival School, that helps kids and teens reconnect with the earth through primitive wilderness survival skills. Wilderskills programs cover a range of skills, from fire-by-friction and water collection, to ancient crafts and techniques for making tools and blending into the woods. Our programs are divided into three aspects – Ancient Skills, Wild Adventure, Deep Connection. Wilderskills is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Summer camp programs take place in the Santa Cruz mountains in Saratoga, CA.

  • Owner at SERE Training School
    May 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

  • Wilderness Guide & Survival Instructor at Freelance Wilderness Guide & Survival Instructor
    Jul 2004 - Present · 22 yrs

  • Survival Field Producer at TXL Films
    Feb 2018 - Mar 2023 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Nomad The Film