SPCH Sport Chalet (MM)

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sport Chalet, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPCH) today announced that the Company has donated $300,000 to the American Red Cross in their effort to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Company contributed $150,000 by matching the $150,000 in donations collected from its customers and employees during the first week of September. In addition, the Company will continue to accept donations at its stores, which will be given directly to the American Red Cross. About Sport Chalet, Inc. Sport Chalet, founded in 1959 by Norbert Olberz, is a leading operator of full-service specialty sporting goods stores in California and Southern Nevada. The Company offers over 40 services for the serious sports enthusiast, including backpacking, canyoneering, and kayaking instruction, custom golf club fitting and repair, ski rental and repair, SCUBA training and certification, SCUBA boat charters, team sales, racquet stringing, and bicycle tune up and repair throughout its current 36 locations. The address for Sport Chalet's web site is http://www.sportchalet.com/. Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this release are forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Those risks include, among other things, the competitive environment in the sporting goods industry in general and in the Company's specific market areas, inflation, the challenge of implementing the Company's expansion plans and maintaining its competitive position, changes in costs of goods and services, the weather and economic conditions in general and in specific market areas. These and other risks are more fully described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Sport Chalet, Inc. CONTACT: Howard Kaminsky, Exec. VP-CFO of Sport Chalet, Inc., +1-818-949-5386 Web site: http://www.sportchalet.com/

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