IMBB Contestants

​Pup Verde comes wagging from Austin, Texas. When bootblacking is mentioned, their ears perk up and their tail wags with excitement. As a Deaf/Hard of Hearing and neurodiverse person, Pup they are dedicated to ensuring the craft remains accessible and inclusive for all bootblacks and clients alike. They find deep joy in teaching basic leather care to the community. When not at the stand, Pup is probably in the kitchen baking, gaming, or or snapping photos and immersed in astrophotography.

Jimmy is a vers fisting bottom, very good boy, and your 2017 Northeast Drummer Bootblack. A skilled Bootblack with his focus on giving good chair, Jimmy founded Take a Stand in 2021 to help showcase Bootblacks around the world. Currently based in Bavaria, Germany, Jimmy has been honored to work with Bootblacks across Europe including serving as judge for Bootblack Europe 2025 and working various events including Darklands, Easter Berlin, and various fetish weekends. He believes in curating a fun and sexy experience for anyone who sits in his stand whether they wear leather, latex, or nothing at all.

Atlas is a dominant, leatherboy, Daddy, and Route 66 Bootblack 2025. He’s adopted from China, ethnically Vietnamese and Dai, raised in Chicagoland, polyamorous, queer, transmasc, and 100 pounds of pure muscle. He has a black belt in Shotokan karate; a B.A. in playwriting; and a minor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Aside from bootblacking, he practices flogging, whips, rope, pet, little, knife, and needle play. He’s the TNG liaison for the Leather Solidarity Collective, an organizer of the Second City Bootblack Collective, and house bootblack for Women and Trans/Non-Binary Leather Bar Night.

Scott “Scottie J” Jackson lives in Wilton Manors, Florida, with his man of 32 years. In 1993, at the Triangle Bar in Denver, Colorado, Scottie went home with him that very first night and never left. Years later, they decided they wanted to live someplace “warmer and more gay.” In 2021, that opportunity materalized when Scottie saw a “BootBlack Wanted” sign at Ramrod bar in Fort Lauderdale. At 54, he uprooted their lives and moved to Wilton Manors to become Ramrod’s resident BootBlack … where he takes pride in serving the men of the world, their leather, and his community.