A word from our founder:
Hello! I’m Kim Pierpoint, Prickly Pear Sports founder, retired healthcare administrator and avid sprint triathlete. I did my first sprint at age 54 and was immediately hooked but out of shape. As I started training harder I experienced embarrassingly visible bladder leaks. Running track was nearly impossible and at times I had to stop and go home.
I tried every product I could find – disposable pads, incontinence underwear, and athletic apparel claiming to absorb and hide minor leaks. Nothing worked for me, but I wasn’t about to give up. The mental and physical health benefits of exercise far outweighed my personal discomfort and I vowed to come up with my own solution. So, I launched Prickly Pear Sports. Prickly Pear shorts and leggings feature a mesh brief – just like those you see in most running shorts - with a padded gusset that’s soft next to sensitive skin, absorbs and wicks moisture away from the body, and conceals urine leaks during athletic activity. There are so many barriers to exercise, SUI shouldn’t be one of them. I want to inspire women to reclaim confidence, return to sport and get back in the game.
