Jessey The Elf
COMPANY NAME
Jessey The Elf
TYPE
Swimming, Cycling, Running and Triathlon, Specializing in swim spcific training and Transition work
QUALIFICATIONS
NCCP Community Triathlon Coach, NCCP Level 1 Swimming, NLS Lifeguard, Certified Emergency & Standard First Aid, CPR Certified
Jessey The Elf was born 24 years ago as Ben Sayles in southern Ontario, Canada. He grew up as a talented multisport athlete, dabbling in soccer, hockey, and competitive diving.
He also had fixation on a particular holiday feature.
“I’ve always been obsessed with Christmas elves,” Elf said. “At Christmastime, they are the ones who are all smiley and the driving force behind making kids happy. I played an elf in a school play four years in a row and everyone just knew me as the elf around Christmas.”
He thought it was fun and wanted to make the passion part of his identity. So two years ago, he underwent a five-hour operation to morph the tops of his ears into a point. The procedure cuts out a pie-shaped portion of skin, then sews the ends back together to form the sharpened apex. Elf (then with the last name Sayles) was awake during the surgery. He watched Interstellar, and of course, the Will Ferrell-classic, Elf, to distract himself from the pain.
