John Pendal

John Pendal, is a 37 year old leatherman and SM player from London, United Kingdom. In May 2003 John became the 25th person (and the first Brit ever) to win the annual "International Mr. Leather" contest in Chicago. He spent his IML year traveling full-time to leather events in 28 cities across America, Europe and Canada. He also raffled off his first prize IML Harley Davidson motorcycle and raised a total of $22,000 which he split equally between the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago, IL. and the Spanner Trust in the UK. The Spanner Trust is an organization which is lobbying to change archaic laws in the UK to make consensual SM legal, even when an injury might occur. It also serves to provide assistance to those Brits whose BDSM activities have landed them in legal hot water.

Since stepping down from his IML title at the end of 2003, John has continued to travel to leather events across the world teaching SM classes, giving speeches and workshops on behalf of the Spanner Trust, or serving as an emcee at leather contests. John has taught SM classes at Minnesota Leather Pride, Kinkfest and the London Alternative Market in London, Palm Springs Leather Pride, Leather Camp II in Wichita, Thunder in the Mountains in Denver, Mr Leatherman Toronto, and Spring in the South in Atlanta.

He has been a columnist for www.Leatherpage.com since June 2003 and was the closing keynote speaker at the 11th Leather Leadership Conference in Minneapolis in 2007. He is proud to be an Associate member of the Chicago Hellfire Club and attends Inferno regularly. John was a Trustee of the Spanner Trust from May 2004 to May 2008, and from September 2005 he served one year as its Chairman. He is an official supporter of the Revise F-65 Project based in Norway, which aims to remove the diagnoses of Fetishism, Fetishistic Transvestitism and Sadomasochism from the International Classification of Diseases published by the World Health Organization.

John has lived with his partner, Dave, for fifteen years, and on May 13, 2006, they registered as Civil Partners, which grants them the same rights as married couples in the UK. For more information please visit John's personal website at www.iml2003.com

Bio Current as of December 19, 2008

2009 Presentations:
UNARMED BDSM
There is a myth that to be a good SM Top you need to have huge toy bags full of expensive equipment, or access to a tool-shop to make your own gear. But what happens when you meet someone hot and you only have the space behind the coke machine on the 7th floor to come up with something creative? This session is for people on a limited budget or who would like to be able to enjoy a spontaneous scene without having their toy-bag with them. It's also invaluable for those who fly internationally from the UK and can't take many items through security - and then find that the airline has lost their luggage anyway. Together we'll explore the many different kinds of SM which can be practised with just the human body: no lube, gloves, toys or any other equipment allowed.

THE $10 DUNGEON
Many people in the scene think that in order to enjoy great play you have to have lots of equipment, many expensive implements, and a well stocked dungeon in which to entertain your "guests". In this class John will show you how you can have a great play scene with a cheap budget of $10. From boot laces to beef jerky-from chilli peppers to chopsticks-and from "ice sounds" to Mexican Hot sauce, he will inspire your imagination to create some of the most fun and entertaining scenes you have ever experienced spending less money than most bars charge for just one mixed drink. So, if you want to get the most out of a very cheap date, then this is a seminar you won't want to miss.