The Bakersfield store is gargantuan.........and always almost empty. Why they opened here is beyond me; big competition in a town that is in terrible economic shape right now. Same for the county.

Sport Chalet has always had a reptuation for snobby, European ski-mentality management. Its finally caught up with them.

Bigger national chains are killing them everywhere, but none of them are doing well in this climate. Until the recession stops, good luck. Recreation businesses are the first ones in and the last ones out- they rely on disposable income. Historical.