BRECKENRIDGE — His dad was a warrior. His mother left when he was toddler. His home — with six siblings in an impoverished village outside Kampala, Uganda — was not loving. But early hardships honed a tenacity for Brolin Mawejje, whose snowboard is ferrying him toward a dream of becoming the first winter Olympian for snowless Uganda.

After a few days hanging with the world’s best riders over the weekend at Breckenridge’s Dew Tour, Mawejje realized he has more work to do to develop the technical skills and trickery needed to reach South Korea’s Winter Olympics in a little more than a year.

“But it’s not a far-fetched dream. I think it’s a reachable dream,” said the 24-year-old.

Mawejje’s drive is inspirational. He spends hours in the gym. He snowboards every moment he can, training with Utah’s Team Park City United alongside kids who have spent their lives on boards.

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