LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sport Chalet, Inc. is proud to announce that professional skateboarders Bucky Lasek and Rob Lorifice and professional BMX rider Ryan Guettler will be appearing on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at the Sport Chalet store located at 4555 Rosewood Dr., Pleasanton, California 94588. They will sign autographs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This appearance is sponsored by Vans.
On Wednesday, September 6, 2006, the first 25 fans in line at this store location will receive complimentary tickets to the Dew Action Sports Tour's Toyota Challenge in San Jose, California. The tickets will be for one of the following scheduled dates: September 7, 8, 9, or 10. Customers may bring in one personal item and one Vans item for signing.
About Bucky Lasek:
Bucky is from Baltimore, Maryland and has been a professional skateboarder for eight years. He is currently sponsored by Vans, Element, Billabong, Von Zipper, Pro-Tec Helmets, Independent, OGIO, and Jones Soda. Bucky's achievements include three Dew Action Sports Tour 1st place awards, seven X Games gold medals, and three Gravity Games 1st place awards. He was also the Vans Triple Crown Vert Champion and the Dew Action Sports Tour Vert Champion in 2005. Bucky is the current overall leader in vert for the 2006 Dew Action Sports Tour.
About Rob Lorifice:
Rob is from Ventura, California and has been a professional skateboarder for two years. He is currently sponsored by Vans, World Industries, Von Zipper, Unbound Energy Drink, Redsand, and K-5. Rob's achievements include 1st place in the Tampa Amateur Vert, 1st place in the Vans Amateur North American, 3rd place in the Tampa Pro Vert Best Trick and 3rd place in the Globe World Cup Vert Best Trick.
About Ryan Guettler:
Ryan is from Beenleigh, Australia and has been a professional BMX rider for five years. He is currently sponsored by Vans, MirraCo Bikes, Freestyle Watches, Spy Optics, Monster Energy Drink, Alpine Stars, Pro-Tec Helmets, Boost Mobile, and Kicker. Ryan's achievements include seven Dew Action Sports Tour 1st place awards, a Gravity Games gold medal and a 1st place award at the Vans Triple Crown & Heavy Metal Heroes 10. Ryan was the BMX Dirt and BMX Park Dew Action Sports Tour Champion in 2005.
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, Nevada and Arizona. The Company offers over 50 services for the serious sports enthusiast, including backpacking, canyoneering, and kayaking instruction, custom golf club fitting and repair, snowboard and ski rental and repair, SCUBA training and certification, SCUBA boat charters, team sales, racquet stringing, and bicycle tune-up and repair throughout its 42 locations. The address for Sport Chalet's web site is http://www.sportchalet.com/.
