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FEATURE
Pleasure Zone
Winners feted at ninth annual ‘O’ Awards
Retailers, exhibitors, manufacturers and
seen her share of slut shaming. Now that she’s
It’s the Bomb, who whooped loudly and did a
more took a break on the second night of
getting her doctorate, Radakovich joked, she’ll
little victory dance when her company won for
the AVN Novelty Expo to mingle, have a
be able to say, “That’s Doctor Slut to you.”
Outstanding Body of Skin Care Line.
few cocktails and celebrate the winners of the
Throughout, Radakovich showed her
Bob Wolf of Synergy Erotic drew a standing
ninth annual “O” Awards.
familiarity with the pleasure product
ovation as he came up to accept his award.
Hosted this year by Anka Radakovich—a
marketplace, joking about the Drilldo (“not only
“After 40 years of doing this, I feel so lucky. I am
certified sexologist who has appeared on TV
does it give you an orgasm—you can also put
truly humbled in every fiber of my body,” Wolf
with Conan O’Brien more than half a dozen
up some shelves”), male sex toys (noting many
said, joking, “God knows I’m unemployable
times—the January 25 ceremony recognized the
of them look like a Dyson), and overuse of delay
in any other industry. I can’t imagine what the
winners in 12 categories and honored Synergy
sprays (“I used so much on my boyfriend, we
other nominees did to piss off the AVN staff so
Erotic’s Bob Wolf with the Lifetime Achievement
had to call in a fluffer”).
that they voted me in.”
Award.
There to accept awards were a number of
The evening wrapped up on a fitting note. “I
After a brief introduction by AVN Senior
well-known industry figures, including Rob
want to thank everyone for coming—and for
Editor Sherri L. Shaulis, Radakovich took the
Reimer of Boneyard Toys, Scott Watson of Doc
making everyone else come,” Radakovich said
stage and won the crowd right over by saying
Johnson, and Elliot Schwartz of Nasstoys. But
before the crowd headed off into the night.
that after 20 years of writing about sex, she’s
few people were as thrilled as the owner of
The complete list of winners is below.
“O” Award for Lifetime Achievement
BOB WOLF OF SYNERGY EROTIC
Outstanding Lingerie Collection
LATEXWEAR, XGEN PRODUCTS
Outstanding Accessory Product or Line
KINK ERASE PERMANENT MARKER REMOVER,
KINK BY DOC JOHNSON
Outstanding Marketing Campaign
ELEVATE U E-LEARNING, ELDORADO TRADING CO.
Outstanding Packaging
TOKIDOKI X LOVEHONEY, LOVEHONEY
Outstanding Lubricant Product or Line
SNAKE OIL CUM LUBE, BONEYARD TOYS
Outstanding Body or Skin Care Line
ACTIVATED BLACK CHARCOAL DETOX, IT’S THE BOMB
Outstanding Supplement or Enhancement
PASSION SHOT FOR HER, ROCK ON PRODUCTS
Outstanding Non-Powered Product
SPIKED CHAIN WHIP, NASSTOYS
Outstanding Powered Product
KROMA, CALEXOTICS
Outstanding Innovation
SHI/SHI UNION, NS NOVELTIES
Outstanding Product for Men
NEXUS ULTRA SI, NEXUS
Outstanding Product for Women
SATISFYER PRO PENGUIN, SATISFYER
Top left, Bob Wolf of Synergy
Erotic was honored for
Lifetime Achievement at the
“O” Awards ceremony, hosted
by Anka Radakovich (bottom
left). Among the companies
honored were Eldorado
Trading for Outstanding
Marketing Campaign,
Nasstoys for Outstanding
Non-Powered Product, Xgen
Products for Outstanding
Lingerie Collection, It’s the
Bomb for Outstanding Skin
or Body Care Line, and Doc
Johnson for Outstanding
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