Mark Frazier, the only person to have presented at all 10 of our previous Thunder in the Mountains events, has enthusiastically agreed to present at our 11th Anniversary as well, making him the only presenter to have taught at every single Thunder event. Mark has been heavily involved in the BDSM scene for over 20 years and has been an active and very visible part of the national leather scene for the past 20 years as an activist, player, judge, educator, and producer of events and contests.

Mark is the co-owner SouthPlains Leather Event as well as the International Master / slave contest, Mr Texas Leather Contest, and the International Leather Sir/boy & Community Bootblack Contests. In 2007, he retired after 13 years of owning the Dallas Eagle and Dallas Woody’s Sports and Video Bar.

Mark has held various local, regional and International leather titles as well as numerous board positions on local, regional, national and international boards. He has been awarded many awards including: Pantheon of Leather's Man of the Year 1996, Pantheon's Reader's Choice Man of the Year 1995, 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award – NLA International, Pantheon’s South Central Award for 2004, Pantheon’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.

Mark is a proud long-term member of NCSF, NLA-International, NLA- Dallas, Discipline Corps and an Associate Member of the Chicago Hellfire Club.

In 2008 Mark surpassed his 1500 mark BDSM workshop presentation for the community. We could not be more honored or pleased to welcome him back once again to Thunder!

 

 

 

 

 

Going Hairless
Bottom: TBD

The removal of body hair for cosmetic purposes is socially acceptable in many modern day cultures and has been done throughout the ages for various purposes. In many countries women routinely shave their legs and armpits as a means of enhancing their femininity and attracting the more hairy men. When men, however, shave their body hair it can be for reasons of cleanliness, to aid in sports activities, and to show off their muscles more effectively. But even in these cases, men will almost always leave some hair in their armpits and in their pubic area as an indication of their dominant “maleness”. But in the leather community it is much more likely to be done for erotic purposes and used as a act of domination or a sign of a dom-sub relationship especially if the removal of the pubic hair is involved. Those male partners who are shaved completely are almost always seen as subs or slaves.

This workshop will explore the various methods of hair removal as well as the sensations created by doing so. Mark will also talk about the stigma associated by having it done and the eroticism it evokes in both the sub and dominant partnes. If you want a very “hairy” experience, then you must attend this one!

 
Working the Kinks Out
Bottom: TBD

In this seminar Mark Frazier will teach many of the tricks he has learned in his many years in both athletics and the BDSM community for working out the kinks in a sore and tired body. This workshop is not a licensed massage based seminar, but will instead focus on the use of the pressure points and the muscular parts of the body in order to facilitate a truly hands-on approach to practical SM scenes.

Other topics will also include the introduction of many natural and manufactured ointments that can enhance the effects of the deep tissue manipulation of the body tissues leading to the desired results. This is a one of a kind demo by Mark Frazier and if you want to learn to get rid of your “kinks”, then you should stop by see this one.