Kelvin “Kel” Klink does not consider himself a Seahawks “Superfan,” but one look at his house, car or his Sunday uniform of jersey, luchador mask and helmet and one might disagree.
Since Christmas, Klink’s North Renton home has been lit up in Seahawks-colored lights that blare his loyalties into the night, along with flags and an inflatable Seahawks figure.
It’s the second year he’s had the house decorated for the season, the football season, that is. But Klink is no bandwagon-jumper. He got his first pair of season tickets about 15 years ago and he and his son attend every game, with Kel donning the mask and helmet, of course.
Klink said he’s been a Seahawks fan since moving to the area for work in the late 1970s, when the team was still young, though he only started the Seahawks lights a few years ago. Before that, he said he used red and gold lights in support of his son’s then-high school colors, but realized when he was switching from incandescent to LED lights that he was actually lining his house with the colors of the rival San Francisco 49ers.
“And I can’t have that!” he said
Along with his Hawk-themed home, Klink also has a 1978 Porsche 911 Targa that has been decorated with giant, vinyl Seahawks stickers. He takes the car out on game day and to Seahawks rallies around the region and lets folks pose with the car. Saturday, for example, he and the car will be in Kirkland.
Klink said his neighbors have never complained about the lights or decorations and last year he even received a Christmas card from a person in a condo on the next street over who could see Klink’s house from his window.
So where will he be on Sunday?
As of Monday, Klink wasn’t sure yet. But where ever he is, you can bet he’ll be cheering on the Seahawks at the top of his lungs.
Go Hawks.
