Olympus Leather

Updates: Covid 2020-2021 Event Announcements

End of the Olympus Leather Contest?

From the desk of Vonn Tramel, Owner Olympus Leather

In May of 2019 Olympus Leather Hosted some fantastic folks in Chicago for Olympus Leather Weekend 2019. Among them was Laura Antoniou who was kind enough to take my money and give a keynote address of her choosing "whether I liked what she had to say or not". Little did she know, that I had been pondering some of the things she had to say.

Why weren't events focusing on artists and authors? Why were events SOOOOO focused on "just contests"? After all, titleholders "should" be doing SOMETHING...What were they actually doing? I'd been having trouble answering that very question for the 6 years I'd been involved with Olympus Leather beyond traveling, teaching (teaching what?), and raising money (for what and did I KNOW the charities were getting their money? and that raised more questions than I had time to ponder).

WELP....2020 gave me A LOT of time to think about whether or not a pageant was the way to continue. December 31, 2020, I made the decision and put out the word to Regional and Local Olympus Leather Producers that we were killing the pageant system as we knew it. I have ideas. Ideas for the way we pick future titleholders, the way we present our events, the way we utilize this family to promote our chosen charities, and the way we choose our charities. The whole thing needed a good scrub and re-work.

In February 2021 a group of individuals comprised of Olympus Leather Former Titleholders, close family members, and Producers sat in on the first committee meeting to hear what I had to say. Some liked it, some are still (as of May) not certain about the changes...I am CERTAIN that we'll come out the other side of this thing better for it.

I'm not ready to spill all the beans just yet, but we have chosen the date for the next event and I hope you'll join us for OLW 2021 Online. This won't be just another Zoom Conference. We'll have curated virtual museum displays and vendors marts where you can autonomously stroll through at your leisure, the Leather Quilt will be on virtual display as well. Performances on the main stage by our community for our community, a special table reading of Laura Antoniou's Killer short "A SPICE Oddity". NO Contest (this year) NO Classes, NO Auction. Chat roulette...and so much more is being planned! And it's all FREE. Registration will be opening soon.

Olympus Leather Weekend, FREE VIRTUAL JULY 24, 2021 Info updated weekly at OlympusLeather.com

Midwest Olympus Leather, Ohio - Next event TBD check midwestolympus.com for updates

Central Canada Olympus Leather, Ottawa, ON Canada - Next event TBD check centralcanadaolympus.com for updates

Great Plains Olympus Leather, Dallas, TX - Next event TBD check greatplainsolympus.com for updates.

Olympus Leather producers have agreed that all events should if not already postponed be monitored closely through September 2021.

Updates about all Olympus Leather events will be at the top of each of their website homepages.

South Coast Olympus Leather: Promoting A Positive Image of the Leather Lifestyle in the deep south!

Coming soon 2020

Info Coming Soon!

The South Coast Olympus Leather community is comprised of an extremely diverse group of people ranging from the MC/Leather/Levi clubs to the heaviest SM edge player residing in LA, AL, MS, FL, GA, SC, and NC

*Gone Too Soon

2017 South Coast Mr. Olympus Leather - Tea Ferret

2017 South Coast Mr. Olympus Leather Tea Ferret

Tea Ferret is the current South Coast Mr. Olympus Leather 2016/17. He has been a part of the Leather and Fetish communities off and on since 1998. 2013 is when he recently became more involved with the community outside of Jacksonville, FL by going to his first con, DomCon Atlanta. There he met his Ma'am, Ms. Shae Flanigan. She has been a huge mentor in his Leather journey, helping him grow and explore. Tea Ferret is one of the few ferret furries/pets in the community. He was brought into Mama's Family as "Mama's Bitey Ferret". He is a switch. Some of his interests include: knives, blood play, branding, fisting (top), sploshing, needles, electricity, and well just ask...we did say hedonist right? Activism, volunteering, and community outreach are his driving forces. Raising money for a widow in the local gamer community by organizing a charity Magic the Gathering Tournament. During an interview with local media, speaking out against Islamophobia, and reminding people that Muslims were donating blood while fasting for Ramadan in addition to raising money in the wake of the Pulse shooting. Collecting and delivering donations to flood victims in Baton Rouge. Helping secure vendor tents on the Cherokee of Georgia tribal grounds when Hurricane Matthew rolled through. Wherever he goes, he is ready to help.

Vision The Leather community is comprised of an extremely diverse group of people Olympus Leather Titles are a platform for non-biased community visibility.		Mission The Olympus Leather Mr/Ms/Mx International & Regional Titles seek to advance equity in the leather community for all persons.