SPECIAL SURFERS Competitors

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-style sports for all children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of skills and friendship with their families, Special Olympics athletes and the community.

The Challenged Athletes Foundation® (CAF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is a world leader in helping people with physical disabilities get involved - and stay involved - in sports. CAF provides grants for adaptive equipment and training & competition expenses, hosts adaptive sports clinics, and an welcomes all to this inclusive community. CAF believes that participation in sports at any level increases self-esteem, encourages independence, and enhances quality of life. Since 1994, more than $178 million has been raised and more than 48,000 individual grants awarded across 105 different sports. Athletes with physical disabilities served in all 50 US states and Puerto Rico and 70 international countries, impacting another 60,000 individuals annually through our outreach.

Life Rolls On is a non-profit 501(c)3 that exists to be a grassroots resource that provides hope and is an advocate on behalf of young people whose lives have been affected by spinal cord injury (SCI). LRO utilizes action sports to push the boundary of possibility for those with SCI.