Since the mid-70′s Hardy has been an active in the leather community as a gay activist, author & speaker on aspects of the SM/Leather scene. He is author of several books including,  Playing with the Family Jewels, Soul of a Second Skin and Shouts in the Wilderness as well as a contributor to the Dallas Voice newspaper and Drummer Magazine His documentary on the leather lifestyle “LEATHER” has won numerous awards and appeared in festivals around the world. The recipient of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Leather Leadership Award, he was also awarded NLAI’s Man Of The Year award in 1999 and in 2007 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Leather Association International.  His other awards include the Marcus Hernandez Lifetime Achievement Award from Pantheon of leather and the Jack McGeorge Educator Award from MsC.. Hardy is Chair of the board of the Woodhull Action Fund in Washington, DC.  Since April, 1995, he and his boy Patrick have been living together in Dallas.

Mike Blacksmith was initiated in the late 1980’s San Francisco and Sacramento Men’s Leather scene and he has 34 years of leather community involvement playing, speaking, and teaching all around the globe. He learned how to use a single tail by fiercely attacking rouge fruit trees in San Diego from whips that had be purchased in Tijuana, bootblacking as a child when baseball shoes without a high shine meant escaping running extra laps. He learned rope in the late 90’s under the guidance of J. Edwards, and served as the CEO of Tantus, Inc. for 16 years. Mike is the current 2018 Nevada Person of Leather and the current 2019 Southwest Person of Leather as well as the recipient of the 2018 National Leather Association International Presidents Award. Mike is a covered Master, uses the pronouns He/ Him, and prefers to be addressed as Mike.

echo (she/they) was born and raised in Southwest England and moved to Colorado in 2014. She’s a pansexual, polyamorous Leatherwoman, a slave, switch, and a fucker of minds. They are passionate about mindset, relationship skills, and sociocultural theory. echo considers her time representing the M/s community as the 2022 International slave to be one of the best experiences of her life. As a result, she has become a passionate supporter of the title system to encourage others to discover a title journey of their own

slavegirl j was raised in the Leather community by queer, kinky, POC parents which cultivated a deep connection to service. she expresses this by serving at her Master, Sir DaddyDaun’s, side as Northwest slave 2016 and International slave 2017/2021, Assistant Regional Rep Director for MAsT International, and Ms Rhonda’s assistant for Northwest Leather Celebration. slavegirl j is also passionate about sharing how she navigates serving her Master who is both an elder of the community and has Multiple Sclerosis. Together, T/they were awarded the 2019 MAsT International Presenter of the Year Award. When not presenting or being volun-told for something, slavegirl j can be found enjoying her new home in Colorado, being an IT queen, and handcrafting her days away with T/their cat Spirit and dog Tator Tot.

Stefanos is known for teaching entertaining classes that have been called “better than a Vegas act. Always including lectures and demos filled with useful and applicable information. He is an energetic, engaging, exuberant exhibitionist – with a bit of an alliteration fetish! He is all kink all the time, having hosted or produced kink events including Bondage-A-Go-Go, Twisted Windows, Legion of Sin, and Kink.com’s The Upper Floor. He is a co-author, porn performer, title holder, and biker who has performed, presented, and hosted around the country and internationally since 2005.

Vadoma (Sola) has been a regular in the public Denver kink scene since July 2019. Upon joining she immediately became an avid volunteer within the community, growing to produce her own events, classes, and groups. Sola has assisted with the standing up of other organizations within and outside the kink world. Most notably for the 3 years she ran and organized all social events for the Colorado Center for Alternative Lifestyles, aka Colorado CAL and her, nearly, 2 years handling the resources for FemDom Storm.

She moves in several circles and understands the importance of the word “community” which drives her passion to create spaces for like-minded folx to gather and find each other.
Within the kink scene, Sola is a Domme/Top who enjoys hypnosis, trampling (stomp & grind), needle play, electro play, and gets the most pleasure within power transfer dynamics. She is a clinical hypnotherapist and enjoys serving humanity through helping others find harmony within through the power of their minds, and thoughts, to create the reality they wish to see!