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Every year the Elemental Awareness crew heads out to the Sonoran desert to spend a week at Winter Count primitive skills gathering. Winter Count is one of the largest gatherings of wilderness guides, outdoor enthusiasts and primitive living practitioners, and here the crew learns valuable skills to take back and teach at their wilderness program at Element Skate Camp. 

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Stoked to head home with new skills and finished projects. #wintercount #elementalawareness #primitiveskills

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This is Jun (AKA Peta). He is an incredibly talented human and photographer. 

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Winter Count is a primitive skills gathering that comes together annualy just outside of Phoenix, AZ. This year I was invited to join the Elemental Awareness crew to head to the Sonoran desert to disconnect from technology and reconnect with our roots. This gathering is full of outdoor enthusiasts, primitive teachers, and folks who still live and breathe the indigenous lifestyle. 

Elemental Awareness Wilderness Program was created by my close friend and roommate Todd Larson and his best friend, Mike Kershnar. They were introduced to Winter Count through Tracker school and have now been attending for over ten years. They take these skills learned at Winter Count and bring them to Element Skate Camp to teach friends and campers the necessities needed to survive in the wild. 

Elemental Awareness's vision is to connect kids to nature through skateboarding. During the week at WC the boys set up a skate demo, hand out boards and shirts, and teach kids how to skateboard. It's pretty neat to see the looks on the kids faces after being gifted their first skateboard. 

Attending Winter Count was one of the best experiences of my life. I learned a handful of new crafts and met so many beautiful people. Truly humbling and it left me hungry for more. I have so much gratitude for the Elemental Awareness crew. What an eye opening, knee slapping, good vibe, fun experience! 

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Every year @elemental_awareness sends kids up to @elementskatecamp who may not be able to get their on their own. Our goal is to facilitate a positive experience and connect kids to nature through skateboarding. Head over to elementalawareness.org to watch the full length video. #elementalawareness

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Element Skate Camp is one of the most magical places on earth!

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@elemental_awareness instructors Daniel Santovin (@the_barrio) And Mat Luciani (@luchibredds) light the campfire at @elementskatecamp. Skate Camp is one of the few places on earth that you can learn how to make friction fire like this through the Elemental Awareness class. #elementskatecamp #elementalawareness