In 2006, a new film debuted called “The Crash Pad”. Little did we know that was just the beginning of Shine Louise Houston’s revolutionary brand of unique, cinematic, and authentically queer porn. Five years later, CrashPadSeries.com is going strong and continuing to reveal the fluidity of queer sex. We think five years of The Crash Pad is something to celebrate, and we’re going to do it in a big way. Drum roll please….

For the past few months we’ve been toiling on a brand new, totally rebuilt CrashPadSeries.com. Nothing has changed about our content or how memberships work, but much has changed — and improved — about our presentation and ease of use. Here’s a quick summary of what’s different, with more details below:

• A completely new look.
• A feature-rich homepage that includes a calendar of upcoming episodes and events, along with social media links.
• Improved navigation site-wide, including a unified page for each episode.
• Preview images and clips of every episode for non-members.
• The forums will be retired. Instead there will be a support form at the bottom of each episode and on error pages.
• Our blog is incorporated into the main site, with more frequent posts (including an “open thread” for each episode).

More Than Just a Pretty Face

We’ve cooked up a brand new style that pays homage to Crash Pad’s history while taking our unique aesthetic even further. But the changes aren’t just cosmetic. We’re aiming to make the CrashPadSeries.com homepage a social hub where members and non-members alike can see the latest announcements, see what we’re up to on the blog and Twitter, and check the update schedule to see when the next episode goes live or if any special events (live-streams, for instance!) are coming up. Signed-in members can also watch the latest episode and quickly access the latest updates from the homepage.

The layout of the episode pages has also been updated. In the past, each episode has lived as three separate pages — one for Episodes, one for Downloads, and one for the Behind the Scenes. Everything is now consolidated into one page where members can watch the streaming file, download both Windows and Apple OS formats, see the photo gallery, or click over to the Behind the Scenes interview with the performers. Want to learn more about the stars? Click their name to see their character profile, which includes a list of every episode they’ve starred in so far.

Our Characters page has also been revamped to make it easier to find your favorite Crash Pad stars. You’ll now have control over how characters are sorted — including by the date of their latest update — and how many to view on screen at a time.

Sharing is Caring

Have a friend who isn’t a member yet, but you think they’ll love a particular episode? Think something’s so hot you have to tell the world? Share the link! Non-members will still be able to view the description, list of models, sample photos, and a short preview video for the site. Eventually all our now 122 episodes will EACH have a short preview clip specific to them, giving you a taste of every update.

The Discussion Lives On

The Crash Pad forum was once home to lively discussion about the episodes, the stars, and queer porn in general. They were also a place for users to point out issues with the site and help us keep things running smoothly. But in the past couple years, the discussions have moved. We interact with most of you on Facebook and Twitter now, and major announcements happen on our blog. Meanwhile, support issues are often better handled via email.

While we miss the forum, the discussions we’ve had on social media sites and our blog have been at once more personal and more open. They also foster a greater sense of community, and that’s been part of our goal all along. In terms of support, we can get to the root of problems and find solutions faster via email.

So it’s clear to us the forum has outlived its usefulness, to you and to us. As a result, we’ve decided to close the forum to new posts once the new site launches.

Everything will remain there in archive for you to look back on, but our blog will now be the official location for fans to comment about all things Crash Pad. We’ll begin posting a weekly open thread for each episode, and don’t forget Twitter and Facebook!

There will also be an easy, fast and secure form at the bottom of every episode you can use to contact our support team, and a comprehensive “Contact Us” page. This will ensure the right person sees your message right away, and responds ASAP.

We hope you’re as excited about this as we are!

San Francisco, CA — (April 19, 2011): Pink & White Productions (PinkWhite.biz), award-winning porn production company founded and directed by Shine Louise Houston, produces sexy and exciting images that reflect today’s blurred gender lines and fluid sexualities. From feature films to popular websites, her work portrays authentic sexuality that has been screened globally from film festivals to university/college classrooms and is as hot as it is a culturally significant reflection of queer sex.

Houston’s past projects (The Crash Pad, Superfreak, The Wild Search, CHAMPION: Love Hurts) and popular Crash Pad Series DVD volumes have been recognized year after year by AVN Awards and the Feminist Porn Awards. Last year, Houston was honored 2010 Feminist Porn Awards “Trailblazer”. This year, her projects Crash Pad Series Volume 6: Wide Open, CrashPadSeries.com were nominated, however the win went to her newly unveiled creation, HeavenlySpire.com.

HeavenlySpire.com is a unique membership website Houston creation for the purpose of masculine appreciation. The site focuses on masculine beauty and sexuality and how it manifests on different bodies. Following the same vision as Houston’s previous projects HeavelySpire focuses on capturing genuine pleasure with Houston’s signature cinematic style.

While most gay/male porn membership websites cast only cisgender male performers, HeavenlySpire.com openly views the masculinity of diverse bodies which include trans-masculine models. All performers are shot intimately describing their sexual identities, bringing diverse voices and body images to queer men not commonly expressed in pornography.

Houston created the project to explore her personal attraction and curiosity about masculinity from the perspective of a queer woman of color. Accepting her award at the international ceremony held in Toronto, Houston acknowledged her interest in working with male models and commended her collaborator, photographer/videographer Tristan Crane, who works on the site with her. She dedicated the win to “all Feminists who love cock.”

For more information about Heavenly Spire, see heavenlyspire.com or contact alliance@crashpadseries.com to arrange an interview or press/review pass to the website. For more info about the 6th Annual Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards, see http://goodforher.com/2011_good_her_feminist_porn_award_winners

About the Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards
Started in 2006, The Feminist Porn Awards are produced by Good For Her, a Toronto, Canada based feminist sexuality education centre and sex store.  This event was started when Good For Her realized it wasn’t enough to criticize adult films for not adequately representing women’s – and in many cases, men’s – sexuality.  The Feminist Porn Awards were created with the goals of celebrating ethical, feminist porn, exposing this work to a larger audience, and creating community amongst filmmakers, performers and audience members.  Since starting the Feminist Porn Awards, Good For Her has handed out over 70 awards to movies, short films, websites, directors, heartthrobs, boundary breakers and visionaries, while shining a light on the astoundingly sexy work of these feminist artists and filmmakers.

About Pink & White Productions
Shine Louise Houston founded Pink & White Productions in 2005, aiming create a sustainable adult entertainment company that exposes the complexities of queer sexual desire. Taking inspiration from many different sources, Pink & White is dedicated to producing sexy and exciting images that reflect today’s blurred gender lines and fluid sexualities. Recognized internationally for smart and sexy work, Houston’s projects include four feature films, regular DVD volume releases of her popular queer porn website crashpadseries.com, and her newest endeavor, HeavenlySpire.com.

“There is power in creating images, and for… a woman of color and a queer to take that power… I don’t find it exploitative; I think it’s necessary.”
~ Shine Louise Houston
Director, Pink & White Productions

North American retailers can purchase the DVDs via Good Releasing at the contact below. All our catalog is available for wholesale for North America stores through our distributor Good Releasing.

As for customers, look for it wherever hot indie/feminist/queer porn can be found… including Good Vibrations!

Sponsored by Pink & White Productions, they attended a number of events in NYC from Sex Worker Literati and the NYC Sex Bloggers Calendar, to a Babeland DVD signing and the Fleshbot Awards.

Audacia Ray’s Sex Worker Literati featured another Pink & White star Dylan Ryan. Sex Worker Literati was on Saturday, November 7 from 7:30PM – 9PM  at Union Docs / 322 Union Ave, Brooklyn NY 11211. For more information: hoshookerscallgirlsrentboys.com.

Pink & White was proud sponsor of the NYC Sex Blogger Calendar (a benefit for Sex Workers Awareness) and to celebrate, Jiz and Syd were at the launch party on Friday, November 6 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm at Fontana’s – 105 Eldridge St. For more information: sexbloggercalendar.com.

Jiz and Syd were at Babeland (Lower East Side: 94 Rivington Street) on Saturday, November 7th 5-7pm, signing DVDs at babeland.com. (Big thanks to Viviane for posting the event on thesexcarnival.com and TheQueerist.com!)

Finally, our own Syd Blakovich was a Fleshbot Award Nominee. This year, Jiz and Syd were invited to be special guests to the event, which is part of Fleshbot’s 6th year anniversary. For more information about the Fleshbot Awards: fleshbot.com.

Mollena Williams, “Delicate, Trembling Flower of Submission” © is a NYC born and raised writer, actress, BDSM Educator and Executive Pervert.  Active in BDSM since 1996, she speaks at Leather events across the US on many kinkcentric topics. A founding member of Crowded Fire Theater Company, she blogs on mollena.com.

“It is an amazing opportunity for Leather Community Service, fund-raising, and representing pride in Who We ARE and What We DO as people in the Leather Community.  Personally, I take that to embrace all lifestyles, be ye rawhide leatherdawg or staunch vegan pervert! It is all about the ethics and pride of living your life with integrity, hope, and…let’s not be coy…the raw sex appeal and visceral delight of LeatherSex.”

- Mollena, on her decision to throw her corset into the ring and compete!

Photos by Melvin Moten Jr

Come Cheer Her On!

Ms. San Francisco Leather 2009
Saturday October 17th Doors open at 5:30PM
Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission Street, San Francisco
Cost: $10
MsSFLeather.org
buy a ticket
Benefitiaries: LYRIC (Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center) and the Transgender Law Center
Special appearance by 2009 International Ms. Leather Title Holder Lamalani

Join us on September 17th in Portland, Oregon, or on September 22nd in Seattle, Washington for an amazing one-time-only screening by Shine Louise Houston, award-winning queer director and auteur behind the Crash Pad Series. We’ll be screening of her feature CHAMPION, winner of the 2009 Feminist Porn Award for Movie of the Year.

But we’ll also being doing something new and wonderful: There will be a screening of a new scene from the Crash Pad Series, shot on location just a day or two before in each city using local talent! Come support queer cinema and… well, perhaps your friends on camera!

Crash Pad Series Portland ROAD SHOW: Portland

Screening CHAMPION and clips from ROAD SHOW
September 17th 7-11PM
The Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton St., Portland, OR 97202
Sponsor: It’s My Pleasure

Sunday, September 20, 07:00PM, FREE!

Screening CHAMPION and clips from ROAD SHOW
September 22nd 7:30-9:30PM
Northwest Film Forum Cinemas
1515 12th Ave, Seattle WA 98122
Tickets for Seattle!
Sponsor: Babeland

Noted Pink & White Performers including Syd Blakovich (aka Shawn), Jiz Lee, Dylan Ryan, Courtney Trouble, Madison Young, Ian Sparks, Tobi, and potential future stars attended the ceremony. Pink & White Productions was awarded “Steamiest Trans Scene” for Crash Pad Series Volume 2: Unlocked, and MOVIE OF THE YEAR for Champion! Our very own Dylan Ryan won Heartthrob of the year, and noted Pink & White stars also took home trophies: Courtney Trouble (NoFauxxx.com) won “Most Deliciously Diverse Cast”; Ian Sparks (Trannywood Pictures) won an honorable mention for Couch Surfers: Trans Men in Action, and Madison Young won “Hottest Kink Movie” as well as the prestigious “Indie Porn Pioneer” honor. We’re very proud to be in company with revolutionary movers and shakers. Look forward to seeing more of Pink & White Productions with Shine Louise Houston’s interview in the upcoming Feminist Porn documentary “Women Will Come”.

Here’s all the winners:

Hottest Kink Movie
Perversions of Lesbian Lust Vol.1 | Madison Young; Madison Bound Productions

Steamiest Trans Scene
Crash Pad Series 2- Unlocked | Shine Louise Houston; Pink and White Productions

Sexiest Straight Movie
Intense Desires | Eli Cross ; Lennox Films

Hottest Mature Couple’s Movie
Bill and Desiree: Love is Timeless | Tony Comstock; Comstock Films

Most Sensual Softcore & Golden Beaver Award for Canadian Content
Man of My Dreams | Mimi Balfour; Cleopatra Productions

Steamiest Educational Series
Red Hot Touch Series | New World Sex Education

Sexiest Dyke Movie
One Night Stand (Pour Une Nuit) | Emilie Jouvet; Hyst Productions

Most Deliciously Diverse Cast
Roulette | Courtney Trouble; Nofauxxx Productions

Heartthrob of the Year
Dylan Ryan | For work in Strap-on Motel, Sex Mannequin, Crash Pad Series Volume 3, Champion, Perversions of Lesbian Lust: Volume 1 and Lesbian Life: Real Sex San Francisco.

Heartthrob of the Year
Tyler Knight | For work in Chemistry 4 and Intense Desires

Indie Porn Pioneer
Madison Young

Movie of the Year
Champion | Shine Louise Houston; Pink and White Productions

Honorable Mentions:

* Voluptuous Biker Babes | Carlos Batts; Adam and Eve Pictures
* Matinee | Jennifer Lyon Bell; Blue Artichoke Films
* Couch Surfers: Trans Men in Action | Trannywood Pictures; Brazen Garage Squad Productions
* Skateboard Kink Freak | Maria Beatty; Bleu Productions
* Barcelona Sex Project | Erika Lust; Lust Films

For more pictures, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/feministpornawards/

Thursday, April 23rd 7:30 pm, at the Little Roxie in San Francisco is a special screening of the hot new movie by Shine Louise Houston. Meet the Director and cast!

CHAMPION PREMIER
Thursday, Apr 23th 2009
7:30PM (Doors open 7:00pm) to 9:45pm
3117 16th Street near Valencia
Little Roxie Phone: (415) 252-4340
Little Roxie, San Francisco, CA

After Party: Please join us after the screening, for the after-party at Pops bar at 2800 24th Street, San Francisco, where you can party with the cast of this extraordinary film.

Incorporating the qualities of both the world of queer porn and more mainstream queer cinema, CHAMPION: Love Hurts marks an exciting new stage in the career of award-winning director Shine Louise Houston. With a compelling storyline, extremely sexy performers and, of course, scorching hot sex, this is one screening you’re not going to want to miss!

Jessie Eaton is a hotshot cage fighter in the fight of her life… and for her life. While training for the fight that will make or break her career, she is also haunted by her relationship with her ex-girlfriend and confronted with her attraction to Violet Vahn… her opponent. And her nemesis, Bobby Malone, is demanding that she throw the fight, or else. Jessie never loses, but this time, what does winning actually mean? The result is a real knockout.

Starring:
Syd Blakovich as… Jessie Eaton
Dallas as… Violet Vahn
Jiz Lee as… Cathy Summers
Javier as… Bobby Malone
Dylan Ryan as… Tiny

Also featuring:
Madison Young
Trouble Royale
Brooklyn Flaco

The Smitten Kitten has set the standard for conscious sex toy sales (see their site Coalition Against Toxic Toys – BadVibes.org). They’re a rad group of folks and we’re about a big a fan of them as they are of us! Thanks Smitten Kitten! See you soon.

Join The Smitten Kitten for a screening of the film Champion and a discussion about feminism and porn with the director, Shine Louis Houston and the star of the film, Syd Blakovich.

Sunday, April 5th at 7:00 pm.
RSVP Required/$20 advance/$22 door… Don’t miss this!

The Smitten Kitten
3010 Lyndale Avenue
South Minneapolis, MN 55408

Keynote Speaker – Shine Louise Houston

Sunday, 10:30am – 12:00pm
The Emerald Ballroom

“There is power in creating images, and for a woman of color and a queer to take that power… I don’t find it exploitative; I think it’s necessary.”
-Shine Louise Houston
Director and Producer, Pink and White Productions

As the pioneering producer and director of Pink and White Productions, Shine has always had unique vision. Graduating from San Francisco Arts Institute with a Bachelors in Fine Art Film, her works have become the new gold standard of adult cinema. During a 5 year position at the women-owned, sex toy purveyor Good Vibrations, Shine recognized an underserved demand for authentic woman and queer made porn. Shine’s films have been recognized as the next big wave of women produced porn and have been internationally screened from Berlin to New Zealand.

Dedicated to producing sexy and exciting images that reflect today’s blurred gender lines and fluid sexualities, Pink and White Productions creates porn that exposes the complexities of queer sexual desire. After achieving international acclaim and winning the First Annual Feminist Porn Awards’ Hottest Dyke Sex Scene, Pink and White Productions continues to advance the world of adult entertainment with its newly released Crash Pad Series.

Step into the steamy world of butches, bois, femmes, transfolk and more as you get a first hand look at what goes on behind the closed doors of the notorious hot bed of queer sex in The Crash Pad Series. With so much focused placed on the authentic passion between two (or more) bodies, it’s no wonder why people can’t stop talking about The Crash Pad Series. Pink and White Productions takes pride in offering some of the most diverse and alluring representations of the erotic body.