Nick Freerider

Nick Freerider is a Russian teacher.

Era: 2010s

TEACHER · NAWASHI · ORGANIZER

Moscow-based bondage artist, teacher, organizer and RopeSchool instructor; founder of the Shibaru community. RopeSchool lists Nick Freerider as its Moscow instructor, while a MAXIM interview identifies him as Nikolay / Nick Freerider, an active Moscow bondage artist who develops shibari through artistic photo sessions, festivals, shows, RopeSchool teaching and his own training system. Kinky Practice describes him as a Moscow practitioner who has performed at major Russian festivals including MoscowKnot and RopeFest, as well as Kinky Party, Kink Russia, Red Kinky, RopeDay, Shibari Convention SPb and Bondage Cafe SPb. RopeFest Moscow 2023 identifies him as founder of Shibaru, festival participant, party resident and RopeSchool instructor. His public Telegram archive adds current context: Nick runs his own multi-module Shibari Academy course, regular training sessions and jam formats in a Moscow studio, writes / lectures on kinbaku history and cultural framing, experiments with hojojutsu-derived tie adaptations, and documents safety-oriented research around suspended-state risk.

Influences (mutual or directional): Ivan Musicf1sh, Norton Ognev, Zevsa, Konstantin Malinin, Gor RopeKeeper.

Collaborators: august.

Associated venues, magazines, films and performances: RopeSchool, Bondage Cafe SPb, RopeFest 2010s, RopeFest 2020s, Shibaru Fest, ParanFest Yerevan, Moscow Knot / MoscowKnot International, BalkanBound.