He was hatched at an early age in Toronto, that's in Ontario, Canada, then moved to a country village. Married  first in a traditional relationship, with 2 wonderful now married kids and grandchildren. Max likes a rubber lifestyle. Exhibitionism pre-dominates to shock, educate, and torment with a smile. He knows that escape challenges threaten the average person's sensibilities by the loss of control - yet it fascinates hence the entertainment value of his escapology style.

The Nitty Gritty About Max

Well, he really was hatched. He remembers it well that day. His rubber play started at age 7 or so he thinks. In youth he read all he could about Houdini, Blackstone and others even Mikey Hades , the high school years, rope and toys graduated to the fascination of power exchange and escape challenges. He studied Architectural Technology, it fascinated him and was so easy. He was already experienced in building and construction. It was at Ryerson that his ability to escape as a serious Houdini started. A wonderful unexpected pleasure to share the interest with friends. Girls and guys, played group escape challenge games. Back then, escape challenges had no name other than crazy Houdini stuff.

After graduation. Now serious stuff of jobs, marriage and kids. It was time to be normal people. Eight years went by when sports requiring rubber wet suits, rain wear caught his fancy. Not long after skin tight lycra became overwhelming sport fashion. He got into bike racing, scuba diving, cross country ski racing which was as much about the skin tight fashions as it was about the sport. Wow!

He wore edgy fashion despite ridicule of those 'very conservative' around him. But having fun was not 3 piece suits and snobby meetings. He sought out latex, leather and lycra to satisfy his exhibitionism on stage and in the sports, and dared to wear it on the street too. Latex, rubber, and sports-wear lycra filled the closets.

A small business making stuff for escape artists and challengers was born. No money really made, but it made for contacts and public entertainment at least. After his tabloid articles, he was enticed to public performance as an escape artist. Max started off in Montreal. A show here, one there, in bars and private, allowed a new friendship ring to grow. Men and women gathered to play his style. Then Ottawa, Toronto, and some US places. The TV and newspaper interviews played mostly to moral shock but not always.