diff --git a/test/api/v3/integration/challenges/GET-challenges_user.test.js b/test/api/v3/integration/challenges/GET-challenges_user.test.js
index 946a703851..b1369c3aef 100644
--- a/test/api/v3/integration/challenges/GET-challenges_user.test.js
+++ b/test/api/v3/integration/challenges/GET-challenges_user.test.js
@@ -227,4 +227,53 @@ describe('GET challenges/user', () => {
       expect(foundChallengeIndex).to.eql(1);
     });
   });
+
+  context('filters and paging', () => {
+    let user, guild, member;
+    const categories = [{
+      slug: 'newCat',
+      name: 'New Category',
+    }];
+
+    before(async () => {
+      let { group, groupLeader, members } = await createAndPopulateGroup({
+        groupDetails: {
+          name: 'TestGuild',
+          type: 'guild',
+          privacy: 'public',
+        },
+        members: 1,
+      });
+
+      user = groupLeader;
+      guild = group;
+      member = members[0];
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < 11; i += 1) {
+        await generateChallenge(user, group); // eslint-disable-line
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('returns public guilds filtered by category', async () => {
+      const categoryChallenge = await generateChallenge(user, guild, {categories});
+      const challenges = await user.get(`/challenges/user?categories=${categories[0].slug}`);
+
+      expect(challenges[0]._id).to.eql(categoryChallenge._id);
+      expect(challenges.length).to.eql(1);
+    });
+
+    it('paginates challenges', async () => {
+      const challenges = await user.get('/challenges/user');
+      const challengesPaged = await user.get('/challenges/user?page=1&owned=owned');
+
+      expect(challenges.length).to.eql(10);
+      expect(challengesPaged.length).to.eql(2);
+    });
+
+    it('filters by owned', async () => {
+      const challenges = await member.get('/challenges/user?owned=owned');
+
+      expect(challenges.length).to.eql(0);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/website/client/components/challenges/findChallenges.vue b/website/client/components/challenges/findChallenges.vue
index 2372e360eb..8bfe6c6e1b 100644
--- a/website/client/components/challenges/findChallenges.vue
+++ b/website/client/components/challenges/findChallenges.vue
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
     .row
       .col-12.col-md-6(v-for='challenge in filteredChallenges', v-if='!memberOf(challenge)')
         challenge-item(:challenge='challenge')
+    .row
+      .col-12.text-center
+        button.btn.btn-secondary(@click='loadMore()') {{ $t('loadMore') }}
 </template>
 
 <style lang='scss' scoped>
@@ -89,23 +92,16 @@ export default {
       ],
       search: '',
       filters: {},
+      page: 0,
     };
   },
   mounted () {
     this.loadchallanges();
-
-    // @TODO: do we need to load groups for filters still?
   },
   computed: {
     ...mapState({user: 'user.data'}),
     filteredChallenges () {
-      let search = this.search;
-      let filters = this.filters;
-      let user = this.$store.state.user.data;
-      // @TODO: Move this to the server
-      return this.challenges.filter((challenge) => {
-        return this.filterChallenge(challenge, filters, search, user);
-      });
+      return this.challenges;
     },
   },
   methods: {
@@ -114,21 +110,53 @@ export default {
     },
     updateSearch (eventData) {
       this.search = eventData.searchTerm;
+      this.page = 0;
+      this.loadchallanges();
     },
     updateFilters (eventData) {
       this.filters = eventData;
+      this.page = 0;
+      this.loadchallanges();
     },
     createChallenge () {
       this.$root.$emit('bv::show::modal', 'challenge-modal');
     },
     async loadchallanges () {
       this.loading = true;
-      this.challenges = await this.$store.dispatch('challenges:getUserChallenges');
+
+      let categories = '';
+      if (this.filters.categories) {
+        categories = this.filters.categories.join(',');
+      }
+
+      let owned = '';
+      // @TODO: we skip ownership === 2 because it is the same as === 0 right now
+      if (this.filters.ownership && this.filters.ownership.length === 1) {
+        owned = this.filters.ownership[0];
+      }
+
+      const challenges = await this.$store.dispatch('challenges:getUserChallenges', {
+        page: this.page,
+        search: this.search,
+        categories,
+        owned,
+      });
+
+      if (this.page === 0) {
+        this.challenges = challenges;
+      } else {
+        this.challenges = this.challenges.concat(challenges);
+      }
+
       this.loading = false;
     },
     challengeCreated (challenge) {
       this.challenges.push(challenge);
     },
+    async loadMore () {
+      this.page += 1;
+      this.loadchallanges();
+    },
   },
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/website/client/components/challenges/sidebar.vue b/website/client/components/challenges/sidebar.vue
index 1e580b0f7a..ce22bf0d62 100644
--- a/website/client/components/challenges/sidebar.vue
+++ b/website/client/components/challenges/sidebar.vue
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export default {
       this.$emit('search', {
         searchTerm: newSearch,
       });
-    }, 250),
+    }, 500),
   },
   methods: {
     emitFilters () {
diff --git a/website/client/store/actions/challenges.js b/website/client/store/actions/challenges.js
index e8ec9d6423..d65dcbcfc6 100644
--- a/website/client/store/actions/challenges.js
+++ b/website/client/store/actions/challenges.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 import omit from 'lodash/omit';
+import encodeParams from 'client/libs/encodeParams';
 
 export async function createChallenge (store, payload) {
   let response = await axios.post('/api/v3/challenges', payload.challenge);
@@ -34,8 +35,24 @@ export async function leaveChallenge (store, payload) {
 
 export async function getUserChallenges (store, payload) {
   let url = '/api/v3/challenges/user';
-  if (payload && payload.member) url += '?member=true';
-  let response = await axios.get(url);
+  let {
+    member,
+    page,
+    search,
+    categories,
+    owned,
+  } = payload;
+
+  let query = {};
+  if (member) query.member = member;
+  if (page) query.page = page;
+  if (search) query.search = search;
+  if (categories) query.categories = categories;
+  if (owned) query.owned = owned;
+
+  const parms = encodeParams(query);
+  const response = await axios.get(`${url}?${parms}`);
+
   return response.data.data;
 }
 
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
index fa89accff0..8ad3c09efc 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
@@ -340,22 +340,55 @@ api.getUserChallenges = {
   url: '/challenges/user',
   middlewares: [authWithHeaders()],
   async handler (req, res) {
-    let user = res.locals.user;
+    const CHALLENGES_PER_PAGE = 10;
+    const page = req.query.page || 0;
+
+    const user = res.locals.user;
     let orOptions = [
       {_id: {$in: user.challenges}}, // Challenges where the user is participating
-      {leader: user._id}, // Challenges where I'm the leader
     ];
 
+    const owned = req.query.owned;
+    if (!owned)  {
+      orOptions.push({leader: user._id});
+    }
+
     if (!req.query.member) {
       orOptions.push({
         group: {$in: user.getGroups()},
       }); // Challenges in groups where I'm a member
     }
 
-    let challenges = await Challenge.find({
-      $or: orOptions,
-    })
+    let query = {
+      $and: [{$or: orOptions}],
+    };
+
+    if (owned && owned === 'not_owned') {
+      query.$and.push({leader: {$ne: user._id}});
+    }
+
+    if (owned && owned === 'owned') {
+      query.$and.push({leader: user._id});
+    }
+
+    if (req.query.search) {
+      const searchOr = {$or: []};
+      const searchWords = _.escapeRegExp(req.query.search).split(' ').join('|');
+      const searchQuery = { $regex: new RegExp(`${searchWords}`, 'i') };
+      searchOr.$or.push({name: searchQuery});
+      searchOr.$or.push({description: searchQuery});
+      query.$and.push(searchOr);
+    }
+
+    if (req.query.categories) {
+      let categorySlugs = req.query.categories.split(',');
+      query.categories = { $elemMatch: { slug: {$in: categorySlugs} } };
+    }
+
+    const challenges = await Challenge.find(query)
       .sort('-createdAt')
+      .limit(CHALLENGES_PER_PAGE)
+      .skip(CHALLENGES_PER_PAGE * page)
       // see below why we're not using populate
       // .populate('group', basicGroupFields)
       // .populate('leader', nameFields)