Sport Chalet, Inc. has entered into a joint training and operations agreement with Ocean Enterprises, a specialty dive center headquartered in San Diego, CA.
Under the partnership, Sport Chalet and Ocean Enterprises will work together on employee and dive instructor training and certification as well as joint merchandising and marketing initiatives. Ocean Enterprises will assist in evaluating Sport Chalet's procedures for employee and instructor hiring, training and class scheduling. Ocean Enterprises will also provide its expertise to enhance the company's SCUBA repair services as well as its SCUBA rental and travel business in order to explore additional opportunities to further leverage these unique services.
“One of the strengths of Sport Chalet is our focus on providing unique services that meet the needs of our customers in their chosen sport,” said Craig Levra, Chairman and CEO. “We have long been fans of Werner and Myra Kurn and their dive operation in San Diego and we are thrilled to be able to utilize the expertise of Ocean Enterprises to better serve the SCUBA community in our markets. We believe this partnership will allow us to further enhance our position as the leading specialty sports retailer serving the SCUBA community.”
” We believe our partnership will allow us to provide better services to SCUBA enthusiasts,” said Werner Kurn, President of Ocean Enterprises. “We look forward to working together to attract new divers to the sport as well as encourage existing divers to upgrade their certification levels and skill sets while enjoying the great sport of SCUBA.”
Sport Chalet offers more than 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 51 locations.
