Let’s introduce our team.
Wolf (Organization and volunteer)
Wolf has a history of volunteering for the queer community going back to last century when he started doing bar shifts at local LesBiGay parties (as they were called at the time) in Tübingen and Reutlingen, handing out condoms at cruising hotspots or helping organise the Pride float of the young gays club. After moving to the Netherlands in 2004, and getting more into Leather in the years after, Wolf first joined XXXLeather in 2016. From 2017 to 2018, Wolf was Mr XXXLeather, representing the Amsterdam Leather scene all over the Netherlands, in Europe from St Petersburg to Nice, and at IML Chicago. Since 2018, Wolf is coordinating XXXLeather as our principal volunteer. In daily life, Wolf works as a R&D Engineer for Central Heating Boilers at a large enterprise.
Arnaud (Organization and volunteer)
Originally from France, Arnaud came to Amsterdam in 2003 for an internship, fell in love with the city, and hasn’t left since. The love for leather and raunchy sex brought him into the fetish scene. After several years of being an avid consumer of the Amsterdam fetish scene, he felt like being more involved in it, and became a volunteer for XXXLeather. In his prime years, he won the title of Mister XXXLeather, then Mister Leather Amsterdam, and finally Mister Leather Europe 2014. Later, he joined the board of administrators for XXXLeather. As such, you will see him at every XXXLeather party, in his favourite leather outfit of course, but sometimes also in rubber, especially on warm days.
Eric (Organization and volunteer)
Eric has been a volunteer in the LQTBQ+ scene for years. He started behind the scenes at various Draq shows and came into contact with the fetish scene there before. At home he discovered his fascination with leather, bondage and sportswear. From this discovery he slowly started visiting parties such as BN and XXXLeather. After having attended more of these types of parties for a few years, he was asked to volunteer for XXXLeather, which grew to be part of the core team. In addition to this work, he participated in the Mr Leather Netherlands election 2023 and won the tiltle runner up. Later also became part of the organization of this election. In his daily life he works as a VMer for IKEA and is a party manager for events at Stage Entertainment.
Jobbe (Organization and volunteer)
Jobbe is 68 years old and married to Theo in an open relationship. He lived for a number of years in a converted farm in Laren, Gelderland. In 1979 he was placed at the VU to study there. Then everything fell into place. To help others be themselves and make homosexuality more visible, he started working at the COC as a volunteer. Later at the Friday evening parties. He discovered at that time that he like leather and rubber and that kinky sex is hot. When the COC discussed possibly organizing a kinky party, he immediately signed up to participate. Unfortunately, the COC building was sold and that would mean the end of the learning parties. A group of men, including Jobbe, thought that was a shame and wanted to continue. They continued under the name XXXL with the support of GALA. The are held in the Eagle, Lexicon, The Jan van Galen and Club Church, among others.
