The Shibaricon website was newly updated today to include the current Instructor Roster! I am delighted to see so many of the presenters and fellow rope artists that I already know and adore listed and I scurried over to start making a list of the classes I want to attend when I am not busy teaching three of my own. Speaking of which this year I am teaching: Ecstatic Breath Workshop, Swiss Seat Suspension, and The Joys of Flying Low.  More info can be found on these classes on my presenter page.

One of a Kind Event –

I am very much looking forward to this event as always.. but this year especially.  The last couple of years I have attended and presented at a LOT of events including: Dark Odyssey Winter Fire & Summer Camp, Leather Retreat, Thunder in the Mountains, South East Leather Fest, Kinky Kollege, Sinsations in Leather, Folsom Fringe, Floating World, and Black Rose as well as numerous smaller local events. (Yeah I definitely get around).  Well, through it all I can honestly say that my absolute favorite event has always been and is still Shibaricon! 

Why you ask? It’s simple… I LOVE rope and I ADORE rope people!! Rope people are a different breed of kinkster and while they are as diverse as any group I have ever encountered I have often found common threads that attract me to them.  Rope lovers tend to be artists at heart which often draws them to this amazing art form.  I also find that rope lovers tend to “get it” when it comes to things like sharing erotic energy, and spiritual connection. 

Rope Community – I feel a sense of community among rope people that I don’t feel nearly as strongly anywhere else and I can truthfully say that I have met and grown to love many of my favorite scene people at Shibaricon.  Lee (formerly Bridget) Harrington connected and played at the first SC and I still vividly remember how hot and sexy that scene was for me. I also met my dear friends Lochai  and his adorable wife Janice at the first SC as well as Jimmi Tatu, Shevah, David and Chelah who I was thrilled to do my chandelier suspension with! She looked so lovely and I got many wonderful compliments on the work. 🙂 

I also have gotten to know Mark Yu who I love to bottom to because he is such a creative, and wicked but uniquely knowledgeable sadist. Oh and his partner Jeana is a doll baby! Oh My God so many others!  Dov   my birthday brother, (we share the same birthday and year, cool huh?), GrayDancer (author and infamous “Ropecast”er), Leon & Cherry, Mick & Dee Luvbight,( Taipan, Lady Gold, beautiful Punzel, David Lawrence (who has another book coming out soon that I can’t wait to order) and slave judy, Mark, Lani and Aleni of DV8 House, (love them all)!

Register Today! –

With the economy being as slow as it is these days money has gotten tight all over.  I have decided to cut way down on what events I will attend in 09 at least, in fact as of right now… Shibaricon is the only event I have comited to present at.  I have joked in the past that it is like the annual pilgrimage to Mecca for rope lovers but honestly for me it is more like the family reunion that I wouldn’t want to miss and look forward to year after year.  If you are considering attending Shibaricon and need someone to tell you it is worth it.. then consider this a rave endorsement and send in your registration.  I love meeting new family and I will see you there!!