Popular, return-presenter, Scott Smith, grew up in the Seattle area of the northwestern United States and began exploring the facets of S&M at a very early age. During his youth Scott thrived on extreme sports and excelled in white water rafting, scuba diving, mountain climbing, free-hand rock climbing, and paramedical rescue. As a result of the powerful physical reactions he developed in these life adventures with nautical and high angle rope work and in conjunction with his creative and rather deviant mind, he enthusiastically developed the many great BDSM techniques he uses today in teaching courses at leather events like Thunder in the Mountains. As both a teacher and a player Scott brings a distinct intensity and passion to the ebb and flow of the lessons he presents and of actualizing BDSM in a manner that is often unforgettable to the audiences who flock to his seminars.

Scott ardently believes that the magic of BDSM comes through the connection of the participants, and his workshops readily develop and nurture that connection. But at the same time Scott seems to maintain a decidedly sadistic edginess which fascinates his audiences.

Since the early 90's, he has presented countless workshops and seminars both domestically and internationally for organizations including the Chicago Hellfire Club, GMSMA, Leather University, C-Space, Living in Leather, OCLA, Sampler, Inferno, Thunder in the Mountains, Black Rose, Journeyman Academy, Orlando Bash, UPEX, and Southplains Leatherfest.

Scott has received a number of awards, and says he was extremely honored to be a recipient of the Chicago Hellfire Club’s Caligula award. It is with great excitement and honor that we welcome Scott Smith back to another year at Thunder!

Scott may be contacted at: Scott@onewithknots.com

 

 

 

 

 

Rope Bondage for Hands and Feet
 Bottom: Contact Scott Smith at Scott@onewithropes.com to apply.

Anyone who practices bondage as a form of play has learned early on that in you want to keep a sub from escaping, you must effectively restrain both his hand and his feet. From the tips of the fingers to the tips of the toes, Scott will teach us to explore a myriad of fast & effective options on constraining both woven & decorative constraints to the hands and the feet. In and of themselves these ties are still functionally beautiful while still having the ability to become the foundation for advanced systems of predicament and suspension bondage.

A good portion of this class will be open to 'hands-on' exploration. So we would ask that anyone who wishes to attend should bring several approximately 4 yard pieces of 550/parachute chord or the equivalent. If you have ever considered honing your bondage skills which deal with the extremities of your sub, then this is a class you won’t want to miss!

 
Needles as Bondage Anchors and Other Demented Ideas
 Bottom: Contact Scott Smith at Scott@onewithropes.com to apply.

If you are blessed by one of those mischevious play partners who always feel the need to escape from even your best bondage or if you are a bondage top who is filled with “vampiric lust”, then we have a demo that is going to really get your blood flowing. In this one of a kind seminar, Scott Smith will explore the natural fusion between using needles as a form of play and as a means of bondage.

From small needles in tight places to ones you can really lean against, he will cover a full spectrum of 'pointy end first'. He will also demonstrate how a bottom may be inescapably bound by the most spindly thread—if it is properly attached to those body parts that the bottom will not want to hurt. We can guarantee that once you have attended this seminar, your catalogue of bondage and needle techniques will have expanded significantly. But we would offer this caveat, if you faint at the site of blood, be sure to wear a blindfold!