Keynote Speaker: Rene

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Bootblack and International Mr. Leather 2025!

Rene is an accomplished bootblack and kink educator, with over 15 years of active experience in the scene, and 14 years as a bootblack. He has been teaching bootblacking and leather care online since 2022, and has taught kink and play classes for events and clubs such as Wicked in the West, Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert, Northwest Leather Celebration, GearUp Weekend, and the Ruff and Tumble Kink Con at the University of Montana. A versatile switch, Rene finds enjoyment in prioritizing connected experiences when engaging in play regardless of the position and role he finds himself in.

When not bootblacking, he can be found nerding out with friends over card and video games, telling bad jokes that he knows will get him in trouble, singing along with showtunes in his car, and posting shameless thirst-trap selfies from the gym locker room