Lamalani’s Bio

Lamalani originally hails from the Pacific Northwest, lived in the Bay Area of California and now resides in the Midwest. She held the title of Washington State Ms Leather 2008 before winning International Ms Leather 2009 and has been active in the leather community since 1999. Professionally, Lamalani has been a purchaser and sex-educator at the women-owned sex toy store Babeland, hemp bondage rope maker with Twisted Monk and craftsperson at Mr S Leathers. Lamalani has presented at conferences such as Desire Leatherwomen’s conference, Michigan Womyn’s Festival, Southwest Leather Conference, Lupercalia in Edmonton AB, Thunder in the Mountains and offers private classes. She is an enthusiastic practitioner of rope bondage, fire play and roughhousing. Lamalani has volunteered as a self-defense instructor with Home Alive and relaxes by playing percussion and riding her motorcycles. In 2011, she was awarded the Northwest Regional Pantheon XV and Leather Emerald Award. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Ohio.