EDMONTON — Kevin Genest says the Edmonton Oilers have always had his back so it was only fair he put the team on his.
The 43-year-old said that while navigating tough times and hardships growing up, he bonded with his parents watching and rooting for the hometown Oilers.In an interview, the mechanic and father of two turns around, pulls up his shirt and flashes the slightly faded tattoo of a Stanley Cup, stretching from the tip of his spine to his lumbar, with the team's name stamped on the trophy.
"And, when they do then it's going to be done up quite a bit," he said, standing outside his home in the city's north end. The Oilers, led by greats like Gretzky, won four Stanley Cups in their 1980s glory days, capping it off with their fifth and last Gretzky-less one in 1990 – all Cups won before Genest was 10 years old.Edmonton was hyped and ready for a party, and the 25-year-old Genest"wanted to do something crazy."His mission was to get the Cup tattooed on his back in less than 10 hours while 18 other people were dared with other bizarre assignments.
Genest said he successfully got the tattoo within 10 hours with the help of loved ones. They fed him with his face down to keep his sugar levels normal and distracted him from the painful tip of the tattoo needle.The contestants qualified for a $35,000 prize draw. Genest lost the money, but said,"I won the greatest summer ever."
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