Roar on the Shore

09/30/2020

More than 200 family, friends and motorcycle enthusiasts paid tribute to Ralph Pontillo with a motorcycle ride on September 12, 2020, raising $8,066 for the Fallen Riders Memorial Fund - Pennsylvania.

ERIE, PA – More than 200 family, friends and motorcycle enthusiasts paid tribute to Ralph Pontillo with a motorcycle ride on September 12, 2020, raising $8,066 for the Fallen Riders Memorial Fund. The former president of the Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) and executive director of R...

09/15/2020

Thank you to all who supported the Ralph Pontillo Memorial Ride this past Saturday. Please enjoy the video and share!

This ride is to remember Ralph Pontillo who passed away September 7, 2019. Sponsored by The Manufacturer and Business Assoc Erie, Pa. and Roar On The Shore. ...

08/14/2020

Join Ralph’s family and friends for a beautiful and scenic ride in his honor to benefit the Erie County Fallen Riders Memorial Fund. https://roarontheshore.com/

11/22/2019

Following significant research, analysis and discussion, the Roar on the Shore Board of Directors today announced that it has officially suspended plans to host the Roar on the Shore® Bike Week in 2020.

Organizers to Host Memorial Ride to Honor Late Executive Director Ralph Pontillo in July ERIE – Following significant research, analysis and discussion, the Roar on the Shore Board of Directors today announced that it has officially suspended plans to host the Roar on the Shore® Bike Week in 2020...

09/24/2019

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

09/11/2019

Today we honor and remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. We will never forget, God bless America.

09/09/2019

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our Executive Director, Ralph Pontillo. Our hearts go out to Ralph's family and dear friends.

Ralph Pontillo, executive director of Roar on the Shore®, a longtime champion for small business and manufacturing, and former president and chief executive officer of the Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA), passed away unexpectedly on Saturday evening, September 7, in Florida where he resid...

09/06/2019

As you may have heard, the Downtown Partnership is doing a survey of downtown businesses to determine support for Roar on the Shore's return to downtown Erie. The question we have is this: Why didn't the Downtown Partnership survey question include other festivals - Celebrate Erie, Rib Cook Off, Tall Ships, Gears and Grubs??? Why just ROAR, a motorcycle charitable event? We predict that the survey will come back negative, The Mayor will use it as an excuse to not issue city permits since the cost issues have all been addressed. It will be interesting to see why the survey will be negative and apply the same logic to Celebrate Erie - a far more disruptive event than Roar.

08/17/2019

We are deeply saddened to report our first Grand Marshal, Peter Fonda, has passed away. Rest in peace, Easy Rider.

08/16/2019

Where will Roar on the Shore be located next year? That is a question on everyone’s mind. The answer is we don’t know yet. Recently we gave the city of Erie a proposal which we believe, reduces the cost by 70%. If the REAL reason Mayor Schember blocked Roar from downtown Erie is money, then that issue is now been resolved. We have provided you with two links. The first link is the actual cost sheet summary submitted to Roar by the city of Erie. The second link is the Roar proposal which outlines every single line item and shows how to reduce that cost. It also includes local vendor preference and allowing food trucks to participate. One last thing. Thunder in the Valley has been around for 23 years and is one of the most successful rallies in the country. There budget is the same as Roar, their crowds are the same as Roar’s and they occupy a larger part of their downtown than Roar and operate longer hours. Here is the Police bill from the city of Johnstown: $13,500 the city of Erie’s bill to Roar for Police: $99,000. Click on the links to learn more.

https://roarontheshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Roar-2018-City-Expenses.pdf

https://roarontheshore.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Joe-Schember-letter-081519.pdf