Young Jets fan shoots for online record

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Dyson Labossiere doesn’t just wear his love for the Winnipeg Jets on his sleeve. He’s worn it on his arms and legs, chest and back.

With $70 worth of temporary tattoos featuring his beloved NHL team, and help from his dad, the seven-year-old set out to break the record for having the most wash-away tats at once.

“It’s something he’s wanted to do,” said Andrew Labossiere from Haywood, an hour’s drive southwest of Winnipeg, where the family lives.

Labossiere submitted photos of his son covered with 436 Jets-themed tattoos to recordsetter.com. He is trying to beat the current record holder: a woman in Buchanan, Ga., who set a record in 2014 covering her body with 420 temporary tattoos.

The website shows records for feats such as “most golf balls held in hand — palm down” (10, set by a man in Gatineau, Que.) and “most times for a two-year-old to hit head with a balloon in 10 seconds” (22, held by a toddler in Puchov, Slovakia).

Dyson’s desire to set a record started last summer, when he saw a bunch of Pokemon tattoos. His mom, Kelsey, looked on recordsetter.com to see what the record for having the most temporary tattoos was, or even if such a record existed.

The young Jets fan — who loves them if they win or lose, and cried when his favourite player, Dustin Byfuglien, wasn’t at the 2019 Jets skills competition — decided to go for the record with tattoos that pay homage to his team.

The boy, who is 137 centimetres tall, went to work Saturday with his dad and a water bottle to moisten the 436 temporary tattoos and apply them.

“He didn’t want any on his face,” his father said.

Dyson, who was in school Monday and not available for comment, washed off most of the tattoos, but left some to show his classmates. On the weekend, he invited his buddies over to check them out.

“Some of his friends had come over to see them and he got some high-fives,” his dad said.

Labossiere said he emailed Guinness World Records, but wasn’t sure if it has a record for temporary tattoos. The annual reference book that lists world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world has been around since 1955.

Dyson was happy just trying break the online record, said Labossiere, who is waiting to hear back from recordsetter.com.

“It was a fun thing.”

carol.sanders@freepress.mb.ca