NC Leather Contest

Master Rick collared ~Gypsie~ in June of 1997 and in 2004 moved from Indiana to live in North Carolina with her. They were legally married in September of 2006. Master Rick was on the founding committee of Together in Leather with Master Scott and slavette and served on the staff for three years. He has been a dungeon monitor and active volunteer with WINK, the Safe Sane Consensual Network, Charlotte Area Power Exchange, as well as several other local and regional organizations.

Master Rick was honored to receive his Master's cover during a private ceremony by his peers and his own slave at the Master/slave Conference in 2008. He served as a judge for the 2006 North Carolina Leather Contest and in 2007 was asked to serve as head judge which he has every year since.

Master Rick and his slave, ~Gypsie~, won the title of Southeast Master and slave 2010 at Southeast Leatherfest and will be competing for the title of International Master/slave in 2011 at South Plains Leatherfest. Additionally, Master Rick and ~Gypsie~ founded and direct the Raleigh-Durham chapter of Masters and slaves Together. They also produced the first Leather History Conference which served to aid and promote the Carter/Johson Leather Library and was held in Wimington in October of 2011.