Sport Chalet Opens Store in Chino Hills
Sport Chalet, Inc., is proud to announce the grand opening of its new 43,000 square foot store in Chino Hills, California. Part of the new store is a full service scuba department with equipment sales, rentals, repairs, scuba charters, travel, air fills, and more. The new store is located at 13051 Peyton Dr. and can be reached by phone at (909) 627-8669.
Concurrent to the Chino Hills opening, Sport Chalet has announced the grand re-opening of its newly remodeled store in Oxnard, California with expanded departments in Apparel, Fishing, Golf, Mountain Shop, and Watersports. The Oxnard location was first opened in 1990 and has been enlarged to offer more brand and product variety, confirming its position as the premier sporting goods retailer in Ventura County.
Sport Chalet is a leading operator of full service specialty sporting goods superstores operating in Southern California for more than 40 years. The Company offers over 35 services for the serious sports enthusiast, including custom golf club fitting and repair, ski rental and repair, full dive training and certification programs, SCUBA charters, team sales, racquet stringing, and bicycle tune up and repair through its 23 locations. The address for Sport Chalet's web site is www.sportchalet.com.
The dive community suffered a huge loss with the death of Ron Fuller on August 9 while solo diving with a rebreather at La Jolla Shores (reported in the September issue of California Diving News).
Ron's love of life, enthusiasm for all things aquatic, great sense of adventure, and unselfish sharing of information to the dive community will be sorely missed.
Those who wish to express thanks for the difference that Ron made in their lives may donate to a the Ron Fuller Memorial Fund which goes directly to his family. Send to: Ron Fuller Memorial Fund c/o Washington Mutual Bank, 4111 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA 92122.
The Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is now taking applications for volunteers to assist aquarists with feeding marine animals and maintaining the live exhibits. Volunteers must be willing to commit each Monday or Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is very important to commit to this time for a minimum of 6 months to one year.
Applicants should have an interest in the ocean, the desire to learn and share their new knowledge with others, and the ability to speak to the general public. Experience in saltwater aquariums is preferred but not required.
Volunteers in each of these positions are asked to become a member of the Friends of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium at a reduced volunteer fee.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is located at 3720 Stephen White Drive in San Pedro and is a facility of the city of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. For more information regarding these volunteer opportunities, please contact Randi Abrams, Volunteer Coordinator at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, (310) 548-7562 X5029.
La Jolla:
Lots of leopard sharks and guitar fish were reported by Sport Chalet Dive Club of South Orange County in the La Jolla Cove. Visibility was in the 10 to 15 foot range.
Laguna Beach:
A really big bug (lobster) resides at Deadman's Reef. It is estimated at "36 to 48 inches from head to tail", this according to Jeff Geoghan of the Laguna Sea Dwellers Dive Club. Deadman's Reef is located offshore from a Crescent Bay about 1/4 mile.
Shaws Cove has a very friendly octopus that can be hand fed. Cool!
Moss Street also looks promising for lobster and halibut. Huge bat rays and octopus have been spotted at this location.
Redondo Beach:
Lobsters have been reported wandering around the base of the slope of Redondo Canyon (Reef Seekers September newsletter). This is actually not unusual. The lobster have a lot of good shelter in the area and like to move between locations. In shallow they use the inside of the harbor, the intake pipe of the power plant, even the pier, all of which are inaccessible to diver. They will sometimes, as individuals or in groups, move to and from deeper locations in the canyon including artificial reefs, wrecks, and other piles of debris out of range of beach divers or too deep for the sport diver.
DiversDiscount, a leading chain of full service retail dive stores in Southern California and on the web at DiversDiscount.com, is proud to announce it new acquired website, Scuba.com. While the flagship website, DiversDiscount.com, will continue to offer a large selection of gear, it's sister site, Scuba.com, is another effort on the part of DiversDiscount.com to provide outstanding customer service to its valuable customers. Scuba.com goes beyond finding the best piece of equipment at the price and provides divers a valuable resource for information, tips, and a vehicle to ask questions and seek answers on any scuba diving topic.
Revolving around the needs of divers, Scuba.com features forums for divers to ask questions of the company's certified scuba instructors. Questions about gear, travel, certification, and connections to dive buddies can be posted on the site's bulletin board or discussed in chat rooms. Topics can be posted at random or discussed in regularly scheduled forums moderated by the company's scuba Instructors.
Visitors to the site can also strengthen their skills or earn more certifications with Scuba.com's classes and specialty certifications. Numerous courses and interests are available from basic open water, to night diving, peak performance, photography and wreck diving. This portion of the website aims to encourage all divers, whether novice or expert, to love the recreation and sport as much as the company's scuba instructor-employees do. Divers can sign-up and get information directly on the web site.
Scuba.com also provides an avenue for divers to find or post scuba-related employment learn about upcoming dive excursions and book exotic scuba travel. And of course, Scuba.com has a direct link to the DiversDiscount.com extensive online catalog.
DiversDiscount.com based in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA offers a large selection of gear on the web at www.DiversDiscount.com and at their dive centers throughout Southern California and Las Vegas and features no hassle exchange and return policies. Also offered is 150% price protection and full manufacturers' warranties. In addition, all gear is assembled and all customer service and sales are administered by certified scuba instructors.
Long time member of the California Wreck Divers Dan Purdie died in a diving accident in late August while trying to recover an anchor 130 down near Casino Point. Dan was a very experienced diver. Although full details of the accident are still under investigation, Dan was diving alone.
Congratulations to the Lucky Winners at the Grand Opening of Studio Divers Supply in Bellflower. Walt Meyer won the Sealife Camera and Mike Kitsko won the Pelican case. Lyn LeCompte walked away with the Frog Skin. Several others also carried away their prizes in one hand and their hamburgers in the other. To sum up the shop's theme interior, product selection, and manufacturer representative support during the opening James Augustine of Lakewood summed it up in one word - "Awesome".
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