KINK Weekend is an event that was conceived by the Oklahoma City Boys of Leather in 2010 as a way to celebrate the organizations one-year anniversary, as well as to showcase the different talents and fetishes that are in the community. In the process of setting the stage for some highly erotic, entertaining and sensual times for visitors to the event, also acted as a community service project by raising money for different charities and organizations throughout Oklahoma City.

Over the years the event changed from a single night show and fundraiser, to a multi-day event with entertainment, education and competition. In 2013, a new leather contest was started to coincide with the three-day event. This contest was owned and sponsored by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Oklahoma City. This new contest was titled the Heartland Leather Contest. The sisters retained ownership until selling it to Nate Benner in 2015 with the understanding that the name of the contest was to be relinquished. Once ownership was changed, Mr. Benner renamed and rebranded it as the Rt. 66 Leather Contest and turned it into a national title. The first contest of Rt. 66 was held in July of 2015 where Russel McDaris, Mr. Heartland Leather 2015, presented the new title to Randal Whiterock-Zotigh, Mr. Rt 66 Leather 2016.

In January 2017, Mr. Benner determined it was time change ownership and production of Kink Weekend and Rt. 66 Leather. Mr. Benner passed the event to Randal Whiterock-Zotigh to ensure growth and the continuation of Kink Weekend and Rt. 66 Leather. Randal worked with a group of volunteers to change the mission. As a result, steps were taken to ensure an inclusive event.  This included creating Trans Talk with Tony and Tifany, Loving Leather Spaces with Mama Gail and other discussions/classes geared more toward the masses.

The growth of Kink Weekend remains steady.  As a result, a Board of Directors was put into place to manage the growth and stay on track with the mission.  As a result, the 2018 contest added a bootblack and pup component to the title family and the contest in 2019 added the Mr. Rt 66 Bear and the Ms. Rt 66 Leather titles to the mix.

In 2021, Pup Rebel took over as Executive Producer of Kink Weekend. Due to the COVID shutdowns, we decided to get “back to our roots” and host the Family Reunion – no contest, no frills, just fun and family! In 2022, we attempted to move to the Biltmore Hotel where we…survived – if you know, you know(and if you don’t, ask one of the survivors)! In 2023, we returned home to The District Hotel and renewed our ties in the heart of the OKC LGBTQIA+ community. 

Title Holders:

 

Title	Title Holder	International Class
Mr. Heartland Leather 2014	Michael Kaplan	IML Class 36
Mr. Heartland Leather 2015	Russell McDaris	IML Class 37
Mr. Rt 66 Leather 2016	Randal Zotigh	IML Class 38 *
Mr. Rt 66 Leather 2017	Paul Dorman	IML Class 39
Mr. Rt 66 Leather 2018	-VACATED-	-NA-
Mr. Rt 66 Leather 2019	Patrick Ulyssess	IML Class 41
Rt 66 Pup 2019	Mathurian Bates-Beller	-NA-
Rt 66 Bootblack 2019	Mark Chain	South Central BB 2019 / ICBB 2019 Class
Mr. Rt 66 Leather 2020	Boy Kody	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Ms. Rt 66 Leather 2020	Ms. Sara	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Rt 66 Bootblack 2020	Zahira	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Rt 66 Bear 2020	Kage	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Rt 66 Pup 2020	Shadow	Cancelled due to COVID-19
Woman of Drummer 2021	Ms. Sara	-N/A-**
Mr. Rt 66 Leather 2022	Mark Athens	IML Class 45
Ms. Rt 66 Leather 2022	Alice	-NA-
Rt 66 Bootblack 2022	Aiden	-NA-
Rt 66 Bear 2022	Harley	-NA-
Rt 66 Pup 2022	Lee / Varg Shepherd	-NA-

 

Executive Producers:

 

Nate Benner – Founder/Executive Producer	2011 to 2017
Randal Whiterock-Zotigh	2017-2021
Lukas LaRue/Pup Rebel	2021 to Present