What makes this interesting is that he's a 36 year old tech guy. He's worked in the video game and web industry for the past 15 years. Knowing him, it would be a stretch to call him an athlete when he started this.

He's approached this in a very cool manner. Instead of brute force like most athletes, he did his research. He went out and found all the sports that had more open qualifications. This led him to narrow it down to 4 sports of Bobsled, Luge, Downhill Skiing and Cross-Country Skiing.

Subsequently after trying a few of them he picked Cross-Country Skiing. He needed to get on the snow asap so he let his lease up in San Francisco and moved to Northern Finland above the Arctic to chase the snow. Subsequently this summer he flew around to wherever there was snow and it took him to Austria, New Zealand and Australia.

He knew that he would never qualify as a US citizen. So he thought to himself… maybe I can become a citizen of a tropical country. After a huge email and snail mail writing campaign to embassies and olympic committees he was able to get interest from a few. One agreed to do it and as of August he became a citizen of Colombia!

So I'd like to present you with, Paul, the first ever Colombian Cross-Country skier.

He released a trailer video yesterday and also put up a Facebook page. I personally find his persistence in pursing his dream inspiring. Please support him be sharing and liking.

https://www.facebook.com/teampaul2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO2VSdncp1o