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It operates approximately 40 company owned stores in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, with new stores opening soon in Utah, with the first at Jordan Landing . Most stores are over 35,000 square feet in size, with many including dive pools and offering SCUBA classes. Sport Chalet store usually feature large apparel and footwear departments complemented by an array of specialized departments and sections. Sport Chalet prides itself by employing well trained and knowledgeable employees who have extensive knowledge and/or experience in their respective departments, leading to one of the companies slogans 'The Experts'. One of the few major sporting goods retailers to focus on a broad array of more specialized sports, including kayaking, SCUBA diving, mountain climbing, and other extreme sports, Sport Chalet additionally uses the slogan 'We'll take you to the limit". The company was founded on April 1 1959 by Norbert Olberz, who purchased a ski shop in La Cañada, CA . The company opened its second store in 1981 in Huntington Beach, CA . Sport Chalet has been publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange since 1992. REFERENCES |
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