10 Years of Why We Ride

On May 22, 2022 we celebrate 10 years of smiles and tears, 10 years of love and laughter and 10 years of our fight to cure cancer. The Tour de Pier is more than just your average fundraising event or typical outdoor cycling class, we’re a community passionate about supporting cancer patients and driving research. […]

Hank & Jacob

Hank & Jacob Parker

Thanks to Hank & Jacob Parker for sharing their story of why they volunteer at the Tour de Pier! Watch the video and join the volunteer crew for a day of fun and giving back. Our volunteers help make the event magic happen!

Tour de Pier: Fight AND Flight

Sunday, May 17th would have been the 8th Annual Tour de Pier – and we couldn’t let the day go by without doing something special. To celebrate our community & honor all those fighting cancer, we marked this day with our signature Tiger Squadron flyover! On Sunday at 10:15 am we aired a special program, […]

We’re Not Giving Up!

Andy Grammer - We Will Never Give Up

To all our cancer fighters: we will fight for you! To all our riders: just because we didn’t ride today, doesn’t mean we won’t! To our entire Tour de Pier community: we aren’t giving up until there’s a cure! Thank you all for staying with us as we work towards how and when we can […]

Some Celebrity Support

Rob Stone Supports Tour de Pier

We had a few notables come out to share messages of hope and love with our Tour de Pier community. Thank you to Alexi Lalas, Craig Hummer, Max Bretos & Rob Stone – we will ride again!

Heath’s Favorite Memory

Heath at the 2016 Tour de Pier

  Heath Gregory, co-founder of the Tour de Pier, has a pretty obvious favorite moment: when he got got his head shaved on stage to commemorate hitting out $1 million goal! Way back in 2016, Tara & Chip Hackley shared the story of their son Chinny’s cancer diagnosis and treatment which began when he was […]

Lisa’s Favorite Memory

Lisa at the 2019 Tour de Pier with Madison Kocian of UCLA Gymnastics

Lisa Manheim, co-founder of Tour de Pier, shares how much she loves the spirit of collaboration that runs through our event. And what better way to highlight collaboration than long-time rivals, UCLA & USC, coming together to help cure cancer at the Tour de Pier!

Jon’s Favorite Memory

Jon & Nicole Hirshberg at the 2019 Tour de Pier

Jon Hirshberg, co-founder of the Tour de Pier, shares what the event means for him & his family.

Mandy’s Favorite Memory

Mandy & Emery Gregory at the Tour de Pier

Co-founder of the Uncle Kory Foundation, Mandy, shares what it means for her & her family that the first ever event happened the day after her brother brother passed away. The Tour de Pier offers hope & a reminder that we are not alone in our grief. We are here for you, even when we […]

Joey’s Favorite Memory

Cancer Support Community Volunteers at the 2019 Tour de Pier

Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach‘s Director, Joey, reminds us that out Tour de Pier community doesn’t let anything stop us. We ride rain or shine – and we are working to ride together again soon!

PK’s Favorite Memory

Cancer Survivors at the Tour de Pier

PK Kessel, lead instructor for our 5th and final hour, goes back to 2015 for his favorite memory, honoring all our cancer survivors & the outpouring of love. To all the cancer fighters out there, we are here for you and we love you. To all our supporter and donors, thank you, you are helping […]

Chrissy’s Favorite Memory

Chrissy Roth, hour 4 lead instructor, has a pretty epic favorite memory: the first time Tour de Pier had a flyover! For the 2nd Annual Tour de Pier in 2014, Chrissy’s ride theme was “Rise Up” and what better than to incorporate a flyover. Thus, the Tour de Pier Tiger Squadron flyover tradition began! Our […]