Sunday, September 20, 2026
Challenged Athletes Foundation Corporate Challenge
Presented by Pepperdine University
$150,00 for Challenged Athletes
About the Event
Let's Make a Difference
Zuma Beach in Malibu is home to the original Triathlon Corporate Challenge. Over the years, participants have raised more than $20 million for impactful causes, including the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and now the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF).
This program is designed to:
· Build camaraderie among colleagues and coworkers while strengthening workplace culture
· Encourage health, wellness, and fitness through shared goals and team participation
· Support the Challenged Athletes Foundation’s mission of providing opportunities and support to people with physical disabilities so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics
THE BENEFITS
- ✓ Opportunities to connect with CAF athlete ambassadors and Paralympians
- ✓ Rack your bike alongside your corporate teammates on race day
- ✓ Exclusive access to demo bikes and rentals, free technical support at triathlon clinics, and discounts from XTERRA wetsuits and participating sponsors
- ✓ In-person team kick-off meetings with Tower 26 coaches and CAF athlete amabassadors
- ✓ Fundraising incentives and prizes
- ✓ Open water swim clinics with coaches and LA County Lifeguards
- ($350 fundraising minimum)
- ✓ Post race Ocean-Front Brunch ($500 fundraising minimum)
Register as an individual or start a relay team. Fundraising minimum: $250 per person.
Join us at Zuma Beach for multiple weekend summer swim clinic dates.
What Makes It Special
Why Race Challenged Athletes Foundation Corporate Challenge at Zuma
Team Camaraderie
Rack your bike alongside colleagues, share the experience of crossing the finish line together, and return to work with stronger bonds.
World-Class Venue
Race on the most beautiful stretch of coastline in Southern California. Zuma Beach and Pacific Coast Highway provide an unforgettable backdrop.
Health and Wellness
Encourage fitness and healthy lifestyles across your organization. Teams train together, support each other, and cross the finish line proud.
Give Back to CAF
All fundraising supports the Challenged Athletes Foundation, empowering para-athletes to compete at the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.
Every dollar raised helps create access to sport through adaptive equipment, training, competition expenses, camps, clinics, and community programs for athletes with physical disabilities.
Get Involved
Start a Team
We do all the work for you! We provide highly skilled triathlon coaches to come and speak to your organization, in person or via Zoom. They will explain the sport, the sense of satisfaction that comes from crossing the finish line in Malibu, and provide training tips and plans.
Company teams can consist of individual athletes completing the entire event, or 3-member relay teams — one swimmer, one biker, and one runner. We will place your entire company together in the transition area as long as everyone meets the fundraising minimum of $250 per person.
Fundraising Perks
$250 per person — Place with your company in transition area
$350 per person — Open water swim clinic with coaches + LA County Lifeguards
$500 per person — Exclusive Malibu Oceanside Post-Race Brunch
The Rules
How It Works
Register or Start a Team
Companies can sponsor employees or have employees register individually. Teams can be individuals completing the full event or 3-person relays (swimmer, biker, runner).
Train and Fundraise
Meet your Tower 26 coach, attend open water swim clinics at Zuma Beach, and fundraise using your personal fundraising page. Unlock perks as you hit your milestones.
Race at Zuma Beach
Your entire company racks bikes together in the transition area on race day. Cheer each other across the finish line on the world’s most beautiful triathlon course.
Beneficiary
Challenged Athletes Foundation
Empowering Lives Through Sport
The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) provides opportunities and support to people with physical disabilities so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics.
Since 1994, CAF has funded more than 60,000 grants and raised over $200 million to help athletes access adaptive sports equipment, sport prosthetics, coaching, training, competition expenses, camps, clinics, and community programs.
CAF believes participation in sport at any level increases self-esteem, encourages independence, and enhances quality of life. Through grants, mentorship, and community connections, CAF helps athletes pursue their goals, build confidence, and stay engaged in the sports and activities they love.
By creating access and opportunity, CAF is working toward a future where more athletes with physical disabilities can participate, compete, and thrive through sport.
CAF Athlete Spotlight
Meet Rudy Garcia Tolson
Paralympic champion. Zuma Beach Triathlon ambassador. Proof that nothing is impossible.
