Skip Chasey (a/k/a Master Skip) heads a family of spiritually grounded leatherfolk in the City of Angels, where he is a practicing spiritual director and certified Grief Recovery ™ counselor and also earns a living as a missionary among the savages of Hollywood. He is a co-owner of the Southwest Leather Conference, a core instructor for the APEX Academy/Butchmanns Experience, and a co-founder of People of Leather Among You (“PLAY”), a social and educational group for Southern California men and women interested in the integration of spirituality and leather/fetish sexuality.

In 2000 Master Skip addressed a crowd of almost one million people at the Millennium March on Washington, and since then he has given the keynote address and presented programs on the spiritual dynamics of SM and D/s relationships at dozens of leather events and organizations across the country.

He is a past recipient of the Lee Montague Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service from Avatar Club Los Angeles, where he is an active member, was named “Best Trainer” at the 2002 International Puppy Contest (WOOF!), and in 2005 was honored with the Pantheon of Leather Community Choice Award. Master Skip and his pup Tim are the subjects of the award-winning documentary film “Pup” and were featured in the “Sex and Spirit” issue of Nerve.com magazine.

In his own words, “Blood may be thicker than water, but leather is thicker than blood.”

slave Rick has presented programs on the spiritual dynamics of BDSM at South Plains Leatherfest, Together in Leather, Folsom Fringe, KinkFest, Southwest Leather Conference, Master/slave Conference, Beyond Vanilla, SC-LOCK, smOdyssey, Desert Dominion, Arizona Power Exchange, Lexington Leather Levi Club, Pantheon West, Lair de Sade, PLAY, and the Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy Association of Southern California.

he is a full-time civil servant, a part-time college instructor, a massage therapist, a retired Science of Mind practitioner and a licensed psychotherapist. First and foremost, however, he is by grace in service to his beloved Master.