Kris Yip Memorial Fondo

🚴⚠️ Ride smart. Ride safe. Ride with heart. 💜

Fondo day is almost here, and we're getting excited to welcome you to Prince George! Before you roll up to the start line, please take a few minutes to review the Rules, Regulations & Guidelines on our website, along with the important information included in your rider package.

These details are there to help ensure a safe, enjoyable, and successful experience for everyone on course. From route etiquette and safety reminders to event procedures and expectations, being prepared helps all of us have an incredible day on the bike.

A few key reminders:
✅ Read the Rules & Regulations before event day
✅ Review the information provided at package pickup
✅ Know your route and turnaround point
✅ Ride predictably and respectfully
✅ Remember: Kindness first. Always.

The Kris Yip Memorial Fondo is built on community, inclusion, and the joy of cycling. Let's work together to create a welcoming and safe environment where every rider can Crush It in their own way.

📖 Review the Rules & Regulations here:
https://www.krisyipmemorialfondo.ca/rules-regulations

We can't wait to see you at the start line! 🚴✨💜

❤️ Be sure to stop by the Heart Hub at the Kris Yip Memorial Fondo.

The Heart Hub is an opportunity to learn, reflect, and have important conversations about heart health.

📖 Learn Kris's story and why the Kris Yip Memorial Foundation was created.

🩺 Explore the Heart & Stroke Foundation's risk screening tool and discover simple ways to better understand your own heart health.

🚴 Learn why coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in masters athletes and why being fit doesn't always mean being risk-free.

💜 Discover the work of the Kris Yip Memorial Foundation, including our advocacy efforts to raise awareness of heart disease in athletes and active individuals, and our commitment to supporting the next generation of cyclists through initiatives like our Junior Cyclist Grant Program.

Our hope is that by sharing Kris's story, encouraging people to know their risk, and promoting early conversations about heart health, we can help prevent another family from experiencing the heartbreak of losing someone they love too soon.

Because heart disease doesn't always look like what we expect.

📱 Be sure to follow the Kris Yip Memorial Foundation as we continue to share important information, emerging research, and critical resources related to heart health in athletes and active individuals. The conversation doesn't end on Fondo day.

Join us on June 27 to ride, connect, learn, and help us carry Kris's legacy forward. 💜🫶

⭐ We’re excited to welcome back Physio North as a Green Jersey Sponsor of the Kris Yip Memorial Fondo for a third year! ⭐

Physio North has been supporting the Fondo since the beginning, and we’re incredibly grateful to have them once again helping move this event - and our community - forward. 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🚴🏽‍♀️

With a dedicated team of physiotherapists, kinesiologists, and rehab professionals, Physio North is passionate about helping people move well, feel strong, recover confidently, and stay active at every stage of life. Their approach is compassionate, encouraging, and deeply community-minded. 💞

Whether it’s helping riders recover after a big effort, supporting someone returning from injury, or empowering people to reach their goals, Physio North shares in the belief that movement can change lives. 🚴‍♀️💪

Their continued support helps us grow an event rooted in kindness, inclusion, and sportsmanship. 🫶🏽

Thank you, Physio North, for riding alongside us for another year and helping keep Kris’s legacy rolling forward. 💜

🚴‍♀️ 193 riders. One incredible community. 💜

Registration for the 2026 Kris Yip Memorial Fondo has officially closed, and we are thrilled to share that 193 riders have signed up to join us on Saturday, June 27.

Every registration represents someone choosing to challenge themselves, support heart health awareness, honour Kris Yip's legacy, and invest in the future of young cyclists through the Kris Yip Memorial Foundation.

The ride may be at the heart of the event, but there's plenty happening off the bike too.

Join us at the Fondo Pavilion for:
🎨 Activities with Two Rivers Art Gallery for kids and the young at heart
🫶 Post-ride massage with Keystone Massage
🌮Chacho's Food Truck
🍔 White Goose Bistro
🛍️ Vendor activations and community partners
🎁 Giveaways and prizes from the community and our friends at LAMEDA

A special thank you to LAMEDA for supporting the Foundation. Riders and supporters can use promo code HONOURKRISYIP when shopping online to save on their purchase, with 50% of profits generated through eligible sales donated back to the Kris Yip Memorial Foundation.

Whether you're riding, volunteering, cheering from the sidelines, or joining us at the pavilion, thank you for helping make this event something truly special.💜

🚨 This is it. 🚨

Registration for the Kris Yip Memorial Fondo closes tonight.🌛

If you've been meaning to sign up, waiting for a friend to commit, or telling yourself you'll do it later... this is your reminder that later is now. 💜🚴

Join us on June 27 for:
☀️ An unforgettable day on the bike
🚴 Three fully supported route options
🤝 A welcoming, inclusive community
🍔 Post-ride lunch and celebrations in the plaza
🎁 Swag bags and great prizes
💜 A chance to honour Kris's legacy and support heart health awareness in athletes and active individuals

Don't miss the smiles at the start line, the stories shared on the road, and the finish line feeling you'll remember long after the ride is over.

⏰ Registration closes midnight TONIGHT.
Sign up here 👉 https://www.krisyipmemorialfondo.ca/events

We'd love to see you there. 🫶

175 REGISTERED RIDERS. 🔥🚴

We asked if you'd ride for Kris.

175 of you have already said yes. 💜

Thank you for showing up for this community, for raising awareness of athlete heart health, and for helping young cyclist pursue their dreams through our Junior Cyclist Grant Program.

Registration closes in less than 31 hours, so if you're still thinking about it, now's the time.

⏰ June 13 at midnight
👉 www.krisyipmemorialfondo.ca/events

175 riders. Let's see where we land.

💜 Just 40 hours left to register for the Kris Yip Memorial Fondo.

The Fondo is about more than cycling. It's about kindness, inclusion, community, and carrying forward Kris's legacy. 🫶🏼

It's about sharing Kris's story and raising awareness that heart disease doesn't always look like what we expect. Even active, fit individuals can be affected.❣️

Every rider, volunteer, sponsor, and supporter helps us continue important conversations around athlete heart health while building a welcoming community where everyone belongs. 👍🏽

Thank you for helping us honour Kris in the most meaningful way we know how: by riding together, looking out for one another, and creating something good.

🚴 Join us on June 27.
⏰ Registration closes June 13 at midnight.
👉 https://www.krisyipmemorialfondo.ca/events

Thank you for helping us carry Kris's legacy forward.
Gentleman. Sportsman. Champion.💜

⏰ Just 2 DAYS LEFT to register for the Kris Yip Memorial Fondo!

Imagine missing the start line buzz... the butterflies before the ride begins... the laughter at the aid stations... the high-fives at the finish... and the stories shared over lunch in the plaza. 💜🚴‍♀️☀️

Imagine missing:
🚴 Incredible routes through Northern BC
🤝 The kindness and camaraderie that make this event so special
🍔 Food trucks and local vendors
🎁 Swag bags and great prizes
🎉 Fun vibes and festivities for all ages

Most of all, imagine missing the opportunity to be part of a day that celebrates community, honours Kris's legacy, and reminds us why we love being on two wheels.
Don't let this be the event you wish you'd signed up for.

💜 Registration closes June 13 at midnight.
🚴 June 27 is going to be something special.

Register here👉 https://www.krisyipmemorialfondo.ca/events

Will we see you at the start line? 👍

🚴🏽 We’re proud to welcome back MPY Financial Strategies as a returning sponsor of the Kris Yip Memorial Fondo for a third year!🚴🏽

The continued support from the MPY team means so much to our event and community. Their commitment to helping clients achieve their financial goals with trust and integrity reflects many of the same values the Fondo is built on - connection, community, and supporting others along the way. 👍🏽

Sponsors like MPY help us continue growing an event that not only celebrates cycling, but also raises awareness around athlete heart health and supports junior cyclists in Northern BC through the Kris Yip Memorial Foundation. 💜

Thank you, MPY Financial Strategies, for once again riding alongside us and helping keep Kris’s legacy moving forward. 🚴‍♀️✨

💜🚴 Congratulations to Liam Beedle, one of the inaugural recipients of the Kris Yip Memorial Foundation Junior Cyclist Grant Program!

Liam's cycling journey is a reminder that success in sport isn't always measured by podium finishes. Sometimes, it's found in perseverance, community, and simply showing up with enthusiasm and heart.

Over the past few years, cycling has evolved from a way to spend time with friends into a true passion. Liam has embraced the sport with dedication, waking up early to watch professional races, keeping a training diary, following a structured training plan, and continually seeking opportunities to challenge himself.

Despite breaking both of his arms over the past two seasons, Liam never lost sight of his goals. When injury kept him from racing, he continued training on the indoor trainer in a near-freezing garage. When he couldn't participate in the Tour de Smithers, he volunteered instead, helping with course setup and timing.

What stood out most to our Foundation was Liam's love of community. He rides with cyclists of all ages, encourages newer riders, and values the friendships and connections that cycling creates. Through Smithers' youth cycling program, he helps younger riders feel welcomed, supported, and confident on their bikes.

This season, Liam hopes to compete at Gravel Nationals, return to the Tour de Smithers after injury, tackle the 95 km Kris Yip Memorial Fondo, and most importantly, continue enjoying time on two wheels with friends.

Liam's coach described him as a natural rider with an infectious smile, a strong work ethic, and a genuine love for the sport. We couldn't agree more.

Congratulations, Liam! We are so excited to support you as you pursue your goals and continue growing into the remarkable person you are becoming through cycling. We can't wait to cheer you on throughout the 2026 season and beyond. ✨

The future of cycling in Northern BC is bright. 🚴‍♂️💜

Thank you to the PG Community Foundation and Engage Sport North for helping make this special part of Kris's legacy possible. 🫶