Tour De Pier 2013

This morning we’ll be discussing the Tour De Pier which will take place at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday, May 19 and we have a great panel of guests to tell us all about it.

Heath Gregory is the President of Baron Real Estate and partner in The Strand House restaurant. 

He currently has three family members who are fighting terminal cancer: Brother-in-Law (Brain), Grandmother (Luekemia) and an Uncle (Colon).

Heath is a lifelong cycling fan who participated in a similar event put on by the Livestrong Foundation in Barcelona at the 2009 Tour de France. 

A friend of Heath’s, Jon Hirshberg, who lost his father to pancreatic cancer and helped found the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer approached him with the idea of doing a spin bike fundraiser. 

Heath was all in from the start.

Craig Hummer is a seven-time U.S. Ocean Ironman Champion and winner of over forty National and International Lifesaving Titles. 

The Emmy-nominated sports broadcaster has been involved in the alternative and action/lifestyle sports market for over twenty years; first as a professional athlete in Ocean Ironman racing, then as a commentator who has now widened his expertise into multiple sports. 

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