As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2003

                                           Registration No. 333-_______

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                              SPORT CHALET, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 Delaware                                  95-4390071
      (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                   Identification No.)

                             One Sport Chalet Drive
                           La Canada, California 91011
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

             SPORT CHALET, INC. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               Howard K. Kaminsky
                             Chief Financial Officer
                               Sport Chalet, Inc.
                             One Sport Chalet Drive
                           La Canada, California 92011
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (818) 790-2717
        (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                            Charles S. Kaufman, Esq.
                   Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
                        333 South Hope Street, 48th Floor
                          Los Angeles, California 90071
                                 (213) 620-1780

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                   Proposed        Proposed
  Title of each                     maximum         maximum
    class of      Amount to be  offering price     aggregate      Amount of
securities to be   registered    per share (3)  offering price   registration
 registered (1)      (1) (2)                          (3)          fee (3)
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Common Stock,     50,000 shares     $7.125         $356,250          $29
par value $0.01
per share
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(1) In addition,  pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration  Statement also covers an  indeterminate  amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

(2) In addition,  this  Registration  Statement  also covers such  indeterminate
number  of shares of Common  Stock as may be  issued  pursuant  to the  employee
benefit plan described herein as a result of the adjustment provisions thereof.

(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(h),  the maximum  offering price,  per share and in the
aggregate,  and the  registration  fee were calculated based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Stock as of July 31, 2003,  as reported on
the Nasdaq Stock Market.







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                                     PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

      The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the Employee Retirement Savings Plan of
Sport Chalet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), as specified by Rule
428(b)(1)   promulgated  by  the  Securities   and  Exchange   Commission   (the
"Commission")   pursuant  to  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended  (the
"Securities  Act").  Such documents need not be filed with the Commission either
as  part  of  this  Registration  Statement  or as  prospectuses  or  prospectus
supplements  pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424 in accordance  with the Note to
Part I of Form S-8. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference
in this Registration  Statement  pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8, taken together,
constitute  a prospectus  that meets the  requirements  of Section  10(a) of the
Securities Act.

                                     PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

      The following documents,  previously filed by Company with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference:

            (a) The  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal  year
      ended March 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on June 20, 2003;

            (b) The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
      period ended June 30, 2003, filed with the Commission on July 31, 2003;

            (c) All other reports filed  pursuant to Sections  13(a) or 15(d) of
      the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended,  since the end of the
      fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above;

            (d) The  Annual  Report  on  Form  11-K  of the  Company's  Employee
      Retirement Savings Plan for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, filed
      with the Commission on June 27, 2003; and

            (e) The  description of the Company's  Common Stock contained in the
      Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
      October 13,  1992,  and any  amendment  or report filed for the purpose of
      updating such description.

      All  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Company  pursuant  to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange  Act"),  prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment that
indicates that all securities  offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters
all securities  then remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.  Any information  that is furnished in any document


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incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein,  but that is not
deemed "filed" under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, is not incorporated
by reference herein. Any statement  contained herein or in a document,  all or a
portion  of which is  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference
herein,  shall be deemed to be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other  subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

      Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

            Section 145 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify  directors and officers as well as other employees and
individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees),  judgments,  fines and
amounts paid in  settlement  in  connection  with  specified  actions,  suits or
proceedings,  whether civil,  criminal,  administrative or investigative  (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation or a derivative action), if
they acted in good faith and in a manner  they  reasonably  believed to be in or
not opposed to the best  interests of the  corporation  and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct
was unlawful.

            A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative  actions,
except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action,  and the statute  requires court  approval  before there can be any
indemnification  where the person seeking  indemnification has been found liable
to the  corporation.  The statute  provides  that it is not  exclusive  of other
indemnification   that  may  be  granted  by  a  corporation's   certificate  of
incorporation,  bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement
or otherwise.

            As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Article V, Section 9 of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended,
provides:

            "No  director  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  liable  to  the
            Corporation  or to its  stockholders  for monetary  damages for
            breach of fiduciary  duty as a director,  except for  liability
            (i) for any  breach of the  directors'  duty of  loyalty to the
            Corporation or to its stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions
            not in good faith or which involve intentional  misconduct or a
            knowing  violation  of law as now in effect,  or any  successor
            provision  thereto,  (iii) under  Section  174 of the  Delaware



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            General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which
            the director  derives any  improper  personal  benefit.  If the
            Delaware  General  Corporation Law is amended after approval by
            the  stockholders  of this  Article  V to  authorize  corporate
            action further  eliminating or limiting the personal  liability
            of  directors,   then  the  liability  of  a  director  of  the
            Corporation  shall be  eliminated  or  limited  to the  fullest
            extent  permitted by Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, as so
            amended.

      Article VI of the Company's Bylaws, as amended, provides:

            Section 1. Indemnification and Insurance.
                       -----------------------------

            (a) Right to  Indemnification.  Subject to the  provisions  and
            restrictions  of Article V,  Section 10 of the  Certificate  of
            Incorporation  of the  Corporation,  each  person who was or is
            made a party  or is  threatened  to be  made a  party  to or is
            involved in any action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether civil or
            criminal,   administrative  or  investigative   (hereinafter  a
            "proceeding"),  by  reason  of the  fact  that he or she,  or a
            person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was
            a director or officer of the Corporation,  is or was serving at
            the request of the  Corporation  as a  director,  or officer of
            another corporation or of a partnership,  joint venture,  trust
            or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee
            benefit plans,  whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged
            action in an  official  capacity as a director or officer or in
            any other  capacity  while  serving as a director  or  officer,
            shall be  indemnified  and held harmless by the  Corporation to
            the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of
            the State of Delaware,  as the same exists or may  hereafter be
            amended, against all costs, charges, expenses,  liabilities and
            losses  (including  attorneys' fees,  judgments,  fines,  ERISA
            excise  taxes or  penalties  and amounts  paid or to be paid in
            settlement)  reasonably  incurred or suffered by such person in
            connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as
            to a person  who has ceased to he a  director  or  officer  and
            shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs,  executors  and
            administrators:  provided,  however, that except as provided in
            paragraph (c) hereof,  the Corporation shall indemnify any such
            person seeking  indemnification in connection with a proceeding
            (or  part  thereof)  initiated  by  such  person  only  if such
            proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of the
            Corporation.  The right to  indemnification  conferred  in this
            Article VI,  Section 1(a),  shall be a contract right and shall
            include the right to be paid by the  Corporation  the  expenses
            incurred in  defending  any such  proceeding  in advance of its
            final  disposition;  provided,  however,  that  if the  General
            Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires,  the payment
            of such expenses  incurred by a director or officer (and not in
            any other  capacity in which service was or is rendered by such




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            person  while  a  director  or  officer,   including,   without
            limitation,  service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of
            the final disposition of a proceeding,  shall he made only upon
            delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking,  by or on behalf
            of such  director or officer,  to repay all amounts so advanced
            it if shall  ultimately  be  determined  that such  director or
            officer is not  entitled to be  indemnified  under this Article
            VI, Section 1(a), or otherwise.

            (b) Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph
            (a) of this  Article  VI,  Section 1 is not paid in full by the
            Corporation  within  thirty (30) days after a written claim has
            been received by the Corporation,  the claimant may at any time
            thereafter,  bring suit against the  Corporation to recover the
            unpaid  amount of the claim and, if  successful  in whole or in
            part,  the  claimant  shall  be  entitled  to be paid  also the
            expenses of prosecuting the claim. It shall be a defense to any
            such action  (other  than an action  brought to enforce a claim
            for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of
            its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is
            required,  has  been  tendered  to the  Corporation)  that  the
            claimant  has not met the  standards  of conduct  which make it
            permissible  under the General  Corporation Law of the State of
            Delaware for the  Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the
            amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be
            on the  Corporation.  Neither  the  failure of the  Corporation
            (including  its  Board,   independent   legal  counsel  or  its
            stockholders)  to  have  made  a  determination  prior  to  the
            commencement  of  such  action  that   indemnification  of  the
            claimant is proper in the  circumstances  because he or she has
            met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General
            Corporation  Law of  the  State  of  Delaware,  nor  an  actual
            determination   by  the   Corporation   (including  its  Board,
            independent  legal  counsel  or  its  stockholders)   that  the
            claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall
            be a defense  to the  action or create a  presumption  that the
            claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

            (c) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and
            the payment of expenses  incurred in defending a proceeding  in
            advance of its final disposition  conferred in this Article VI,
            Section 1, shall not be  exclusive of any other right which any
            person  may  have  or  hereafter  acquire  under  any  statute,
            provision  of  the   Certificate   of   Incorporation.   bylaw.
            agreement,  vote of stockholders or disinterested  directors or
            otherwise.

            (d) Insurance.  The Corporation may maintain insurance,  at its
            expense. to protect itself and any director,  officer, employee


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            or   agent  of  the   Corporation   or   another   corporation,
            partnership,  joint venture,  trust or other enterprise against
            any  such  expense,  liability  or  loss,  whether  or not  the
            Corporation  would  have the  power to  indemnify  such  person
            against  such  expense,  liability  or loss  under the  General
            Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

            (e) Witness. To the extent that any director, officer, employee
            or   agent  of  the   Corporation   or   another   corporation,
            partnership,  joint  venture,  trust or other  enterprise is by
            reason  of such  position  a  witness  in any  action,  suit or
            proceeding,  he or she shall he  indemnified  against all costs
            and expenses actually and reasonably  incurred by him or her on
            his or her behalf in connection therewith.

            (f) Other  Persons.  The Board in its  discretion,  shall  have
            power on behalf of the  Corporation,  to  indemnify  any person
            other than those  mentioned in Article VI above,  who is made a
            party to any action,  suit or  proceeding by reason of the fact
            that  he or she  or a  person  for  whom  he or she is a  legal
            representative   is  or  was  an   employee  or  agent  of  the
            Corporation.

            The Company has entered into an agreement with each of its directors
and certain of its officers indemnifying them to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law.

            The Company  maintains  an  insurance  policy  pursuant to which the
directors and certain officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and
subject to the limitations of the policy, against certain expenses in connection
with the defense of certain claims,  actions, suits or proceedings,  and certain
liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions, suits or
proceedings,  which may be  brought  against  them by  reason of their  being or
having been such directors or officers.

Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed.

            Not applicable.

Item 8.     Exhibits.

   Exhibit
   Number                  Description of Exhibit
   ------                  ----------------------

     3.1      Certificate  of  Incorporation  of Sport  Chalet,
              Inc.  (incorporated  by reference to  Exhibit 3.1
              of the  Registration  Statement on Form S-1 (File
              No. 33-53120)).

     3.2      Bylaws of Sport Chalet, Inc., as amended.

     5.1      Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
              LLP.



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              The undersigned  registrant  hereby undertakes that the registrant
              will submit or has submitted the plan and any  amendments  thereto
              to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has
              made or will  make  all  changes  required  by the IRS in order to
              qualify the plan.


    23.1      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

    23.2      Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
              LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

    24.1      Power of Attorney (See page 10).

Item 9.     Undertakings.

            (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
            being  made,  a  post-effective   amendment  to  this   Registration
            Statement:

                        (i)  To  include  any  prospectus  required  by  Section
            10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                        (ii) To  reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events
            arising after the effective date of this Registration  Statement (or
            the   most   recent   post-effective   amendment   thereof)   which,
            individually or in the aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in
            the   information   set  forth  in  this   Registration   Statement.
            Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
            securities  offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
            would not exceed that which was  registered)  and any deviation from
            the low or high end of the estimated  maximum  offering range may be
            reflected  in the  form of  prospectus  filed  with  the  Commission
            pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the changes in volume
            and price  represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
            aggregate   offering  price  set  forth  in  the   "Calculation   of
            Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

                        (iii) To include any material  information  with respect
            to the  plan  of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in  this
            Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
            this  Registration  Statement;  provided,  however,  that paragraphs
            (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
            be included in a  post-effective  amendment by those  paragraphs  is
            contained  in  periodic  reports  filed  with  or  furnished  to the
            Commission by the registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
            Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
            Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
            the  Securities  Act, each such  post-effective  amendment  shall be
            deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities

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            offered  therein,  and the offering of such  securities at that time
            shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
            amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
            at the termination of the offering.

            (b) The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of  determining  any  liability  under the  Securities  Act,  each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and,  where  applicable,  each filing of an employee  benefit plan's annual
report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is  incorporated  by
reference  in  this  Registration   Statement  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

            (c) Insofar as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions  described in Item 6 above,
or  otherwise,  the  registrant  has been  advised  that in the  opinion  of the
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act,  the  registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of La Canada, State of California, on August 4, 2003.


                                      SPORT CHALET, INC.

                                      By    /s/ Craig L. Levra
                                            ------------------
                                            Craig L. Levra,
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                            (Principal Executive Officer)





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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8


            KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each of the undersigned  directors
and officers of SPORT  CHALET,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),
hereby  nominate and appoint Craig L. Levra and Howard K. Kaminsky,  and each of
them acting or signing singly, as his or her agents and  attorneys-in-fact  (the
"Agents"),  in his or her  respective  name and in the  capacity  or  capacities
indicated  below to execute and/or file,  with all exhibits  thereto,  and other
documents in  connection  therewith,  (1) a  registration  statement on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), in connection with the
registration  under the Act of shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock  issuable
under, and interests in, the Sport Chalet, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan
(including the schedules and all exhibits and other documents filed therewith or
constituting a part thereof);  and (2) any one or more amendments to any part of
the foregoing registration statement,  including any post-effective  amendments,
or appendices or  supplements  that may be required to be filed under the Act to
keep such registration statement effective or to terminate its effectiveness.

            Further,  the undersigned do hereby authorize and direct such agents
and  attorneys-in-fact  to take any and all actions and execute and file any and
all documents with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "SEC"), or state
regulatory agencies,  necessary, proper or convenient in their opinion to comply
with the Act and the  rules  and  regulations  or  orders  of the SEC,  or state
regulatory agencies, adopted or issued pursuant thereto, including the making of
any  requests  for  acceleration  of the  effective  date of  said  registration
statement,  to the end that the  registration  statement  of the  Company  shall
become effective under the Act and any other applicable law.

            Finally,  each of the  undersigned  does hereby ratify,  confirm and
approve each and every act and document  which the said  appointment  agents and
attorneys-in-fact may take, execute or file pursuant thereto with the same force
and  effect as though  such  action had been  taken or such  documents  had been
executed or filed by the undersigned respectively.

            This Power of Attorney  shall  remain in full force and effect until
revoked or superseded by written notice filed with the SEC.




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      Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act, this  Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities and
on the dates indicated.

        Signature                        Title                       Date
        ---------                        -----                       ----


/s/ Craig L. Levra                Chairman of the Board and       August 4, 2003
------------------------
Craig L. Levra                    Chief Executive Officer
                                  (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Howard K. Kaminsky            Executive Vice President        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Howard K. Kaminsky                Finance, Chief Financial
                                  Officer and Secretary
                                  (Principal Financial and
                                  Accounting Officer)


                                  Chairman Emeritus and           August 4, 2003
------------------------          Director
Norbert Olberz


/s/ John R. Attwood               Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
John R. Attwood


/s/ Al D. McCready                Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Al D. McCready


/s/ Eric S. Olberz                Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Eric S. Olberz


/s/ Kenneth Olsen                 Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Kenneth Olsen


/s/ Frederick H. Schneider        Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Frederick H. Schneider



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            Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the
trustees have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the  undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the City of La Canada,  the
State of California, on August 4, 2003.


      SPORT CHALET, INC. EMPLOYEE
      RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN


      By  /s/ Howard K. Kaminsky
         -----------------------
         Howard K. Kaminsky,
         Trustee


      By  /s/ Dennis Trausch
         -------------------
         Dennis Trausch,
         Trustee









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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


       Exhibit                     Description
       -------                     -----------

          3.1                      Certificate of Incorporation of Sport
                                   Chalet, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
                                   Exhibit 3.1 of the Registration Statement on
                                   Form S-1 (File No. 33-53120))

          3.2                      Bylaws of Sport Chalet, Inc., as amended.

          5.1                      Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
                                   Hampton LLP

         23.1                      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

         23.2                      Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
                                   Hampton LLP (included in the opinion filed as
                                   Exhibit 5.1).

         24.1                      Power of Attorney (See page 10)







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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2003

                                           Registration No. 333-_______

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                             -------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                              SPORT CHALET, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 Delaware                                  95-4390071
      (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                   Identification No.)

                             One Sport Chalet Drive
                           La Canada, California 91011
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

             SPORT CHALET, INC. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               Howard K. Kaminsky
                             Chief Financial Officer
                               Sport Chalet, Inc.
                             One Sport Chalet Drive
                           La Canada, California 92011
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (818) 790-2717
        (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                            Charles S. Kaufman, Esq.
                   Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
                        333 South Hope Street, 48th Floor
                          Los Angeles, California 90071
                                 (213) 620-1780
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                   Proposed        Proposed
  Title of each                     maximum         maximum
    class of      Amount to be  offering price     aggregate      Amount of
securities to be   registered    per share (3)  offering price   registration
 registered (1)      (1) (2)                          (3)          fee (3)
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Common Stock,     50,000 shares     $7.125         $356,250          $29
par value $0.01
per share
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(1) In addition,  pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration  Statement also covers an  indeterminate  amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

(2) In addition,  this  Registration  Statement  also covers such  indeterminate
number  of shares of Common  Stock as may be  issued  pursuant  to the  employee
benefit plan described herein as a result of the adjustment provisions thereof.

(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(h),  the maximum  offering price,  per share and in the
aggregate,  and the  registration  fee were calculated based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Stock as of July 31, 2003,  as reported on
the Nasdaq Stock Market.

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PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

      The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the Employee Retirement Savings Plan of
Sport Chalet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), as specified by Rule
428(b)(1)   promulgated  by  the  Securities   and  Exchange   Commission   (the
"Commission")   pursuant  to  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  as  amended  (the
"Securities  Act").  Such documents need not be filed with the Commission either
as  part  of  this  Registration  Statement  or as  prospectuses  or  prospectus
supplements  pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424 in accordance  with the Note to
Part I of Form S-8. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference
in this Registration  Statement  pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8, taken together,
constitute  a prospectus  that meets the  requirements  of Section  10(a) of the
Securities Act.

                                     PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

      The following documents,  previously filed by Company with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference:

            (a) The  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal  year
      ended March 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on June 20, 2003;

            (b) The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
      period ended June 30, 2003, filed with the Commission on July 31, 2003;

            (c) All other reports filed  pursuant to Sections  13(a) or 15(d) of
      the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended,  since the end of the
      fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above;

            (d) The  Annual  Report  on  Form  11-K  of the  Company's  Employee
      Retirement Savings Plan for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, filed
      with the Commission on June 27, 2003; and

            (e) The  description of the Company's  Common Stock contained in the
      Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
      October 13,  1992,  and any  amendment  or report filed for the purpose of
      updating such description.

      All  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Company  pursuant  to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange  Act"),  prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment that
indicates that all securities  offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters
all securities  then remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.  Any information  that is furnished in any document

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incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein,  but that is not
deemed "filed" under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, is not incorporated
by reference herein. Any statement  contained herein or in a document,  all or a
portion  of which is  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference
herein,  shall be deemed to be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other  subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

      Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

            Section 145 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify  directors and officers as well as other employees and
individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees),  judgments,  fines and
amounts paid in  settlement  in  connection  with  specified  actions,  suits or
proceedings,  whether civil,  criminal,  administrative or investigative  (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation or a derivative action), if
they acted in good faith and in a manner  they  reasonably  believed to be in or
not opposed to the best  interests of the  corporation  and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct
was unlawful.

            A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative  actions,
except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action,  and the statute  requires court  approval  before there can be any
indemnification  where the person seeking  indemnification has been found liable
to the  corporation.  The statute  provides  that it is not  exclusive  of other
indemnification   that  may  be  granted  by  a  corporation's   certificate  of
incorporation,  bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement
or otherwise.

            As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Article V, Section 9 of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation,  as amended,
provides:

            "No  director  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  liable  to  the
            Corporation  or to its  stockholders  for monetary  damages for
            breach of fiduciary  duty as a director,  except for  liability
            (i) for any  breach of the  directors'  duty of  loyalty to the
            Corporation or to its stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions
            not in good faith or which involve intentional  misconduct or a
            knowing  violation  of law as now in effect,  or any  successor
            provision  thereto,  (iii) under  Section  174 of the  Delaware

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General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which
            the director  derives any  improper  personal  benefit.  If the
            Delaware  General  Corporation Law is amended after approval by
            the  stockholders  of this  Article  V to  authorize  corporate
            action further  eliminating or limiting the personal  liability
            of  directors,   then  the  liability  of  a  director  of  the
            Corporation  shall be  eliminated  or  limited  to the  fullest
            extent  permitted by Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, as so
            amended.

      Article VI of the Company's Bylaws, as amended, provides:

            Section 1. Indemnification and Insurance.
                       -----------------------------

            (a) Right to  Indemnification.  Subject to the  provisions  and
            restrictions  of Article V,  Section 10 of the  Certificate  of
            Incorporation  of the  Corporation,  each  person who was or is
            made a party  or is  threatened  to be  made a  party  to or is
            involved in any action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether civil or
            criminal,   administrative  or  investigative   (hereinafter  a
            "proceeding"),  by  reason  of the  fact  that he or she,  or a
            person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was
            a director or officer of the Corporation,  is or was serving at
            the request of the  Corporation  as a  director,  or officer of
            another corporation or of a partnership,  joint venture,  trust
            or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee
            benefit plans,  whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged
            action in an  official  capacity as a director or officer or in
            any other  capacity  while  serving as a director  or  officer,
            shall be  indemnified  and held harmless by the  Corporation to
            the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of
            the State of Delaware,  as the same exists or may  hereafter be
            amended, against all costs, charges, expenses,  liabilities and
            losses  (including  attorneys' fees,  judgments,  fines,  ERISA
            excise  taxes or  penalties  and amounts  paid or to be paid in
            settlement)  reasonably  incurred or suffered by such person in
            connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as
            to a person  who has ceased to he a  director  or  officer  and
            shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs,  executors  and
            administrators:  provided,  however, that except as provided in
            paragraph (c) hereof,  the Corporation shall indemnify any such
            person seeking  indemnification in connection with a proceeding
            (or  part  thereof)  initiated  by  such  person  only  if such
            proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of the
            Corporation.  The right to  indemnification  conferred  in this
            Article VI,  Section 1(a),  shall be a contract right and shall
            include the right to be paid by the  Corporation  the  expenses
            incurred in  defending  any such  proceeding  in advance of its
            final  disposition;  provided,  however,  that  if the  General
            Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires,  the payment
            of such expenses  incurred by a director or officer (and not in
            any other  capacity in which service was or is rendered by such

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person  while  a  director  or  officer,   including,   without
            limitation,  service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of
            the final disposition of a proceeding,  shall he made only upon
            delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking,  by or on behalf
            of such  director or officer,  to repay all amounts so advanced
            it if shall  ultimately  be  determined  that such  director or
            officer is not  entitled to be  indemnified  under this Article
            VI, Section 1(a), or otherwise.

            (b) Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph
            (a) of this  Article  VI,  Section 1 is not paid in full by the
            Corporation  within  thirty (30) days after a written claim has
            been received by the Corporation,  the claimant may at any time
            thereafter,  bring suit against the  Corporation to recover the
            unpaid  amount of the claim and, if  successful  in whole or in
            part,  the  claimant  shall  be  entitled  to be paid  also the
            expenses of prosecuting the claim. It shall be a defense to any
            such action  (other  than an action  brought to enforce a claim
            for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of
            its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is
            required,  has  been  tendered  to the  Corporation)  that  the
            claimant  has not met the  standards  of conduct  which make it
            permissible  under the General  Corporation Law of the State of
            Delaware for the  Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the
            amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be
            on the  Corporation.  Neither  the  failure of the  Corporation
            (including  its  Board,   independent   legal  counsel  or  its
            stockholders)  to  have  made  a  determination  prior  to  the
            commencement  of  such  action  that   indemnification  of  the
            claimant is proper in the  circumstances  because he or she has
            met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General
            Corporation  Law of  the  State  of  Delaware,  nor  an  actual
            determination   by  the   Corporation   (including  its  Board,
            independent  legal  counsel  or  its  stockholders)   that  the
            claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall
            be a defense  to the  action or create a  presumption  that the
            claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

            (c) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and
            the payment of expenses  incurred in defending a proceeding  in
            advance of its final disposition  conferred in this Article VI,
            Section 1, shall not be  exclusive of any other right which any
            person  may  have  or  hereafter  acquire  under  any  statute,
            provision  of  the   Certificate   of   Incorporation.   bylaw.
            agreement,  vote of stockholders or disinterested  directors or
            otherwise.

            (d) Insurance.  The Corporation may maintain insurance,  at its
            expense. to protect itself and any director,  officer, employee

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or   agent  of  the   Corporation   or   another   corporation,
            partnership,  joint venture,  trust or other enterprise against
            any  such  expense,  liability  or  loss,  whether  or not  the
            Corporation  would  have the  power to  indemnify  such  person
            against  such  expense,  liability  or loss  under the  General
            Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

            (e) Witness. To the extent that any director, officer, employee
            or   agent  of  the   Corporation   or   another   corporation,
            partnership,  joint  venture,  trust or other  enterprise is by
            reason  of such  position  a  witness  in any  action,  suit or
            proceeding,  he or she shall he  indemnified  against all costs
            and expenses actually and reasonably  incurred by him or her on
            his or her behalf in connection therewith.

            (f) Other  Persons.  The Board in its  discretion,  shall  have
            power on behalf of the  Corporation,  to  indemnify  any person
            other than those  mentioned in Article VI above,  who is made a
            party to any action,  suit or  proceeding by reason of the fact
            that  he or she  or a  person  for  whom  he or she is a  legal
            representative   is  or  was  an   employee  or  agent  of  the
            Corporation.

            The Company has entered into an agreement with each of its directors
and certain of its officers indemnifying them to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law.

            The Company  maintains  an  insurance  policy  pursuant to which the
directors and certain officers of the Company are insured, within the limits and
subject to the limitations of the policy, against certain expenses in connection
with the defense of certain claims,  actions, suits or proceedings,  and certain
liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such claims, actions, suits or
proceedings,  which may be  brought  against  them by  reason of their  being or
having been such directors or officers.

Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed.

            Not applicable.

Item 8.     Exhibits.

   Exhibit
   Number                  Description of Exhibit
   ------                  ----------------------

     3.1      Certificate  of  Incorporation  of Sport  Chalet,
              Inc.  (incorporated  by reference to  Exhibit 3.1
              of the  Registration  Statement on Form S-1 (File
              No. 33-53120)).

     3.2      Bylaws of Sport Chalet, Inc., as amended.

     5.1      Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
              LLP.

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The undersigned  registrant  hereby undertakes that the registrant
              will submit or has submitted the plan and any  amendments  thereto
              to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has
              made or will  make  all  changes  required  by the IRS in order to
              qualify the plan.

    23.1      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

    23.2      Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
              LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

    24.1      Power of Attorney (See page 10).

Item 9.     Undertakings.

            (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file,  during any  period in which  offers or sales are
            being  made,  a  post-effective   amendment  to  this   Registration
            Statement:

                        (i)  To  include  any  prospectus  required  by  Section
            10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                        (ii) To  reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events
            arising after the effective date of this Registration  Statement (or
            the   most   recent   post-effective   amendment   thereof)   which,
            individually or in the aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in
            the   information   set  forth  in  this   Registration   Statement.
            Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
            securities  offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
            would not exceed that which was  registered)  and any deviation from
            the low or high end of the estimated  maximum  offering range may be
            reflected  in the  form of  prospectus  filed  with  the  Commission
            pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the changes in volume
            and price  represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
            aggregate   offering  price  set  forth  in  the   "Calculation   of
            Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

                        (iii) To include any material  information  with respect
            to the  plan  of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in  this
            Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
            this  Registration  Statement;  provided,  however,  that paragraphs
            (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
            be included in a  post-effective  amendment by those  paragraphs  is
            contained  in  periodic  reports  filed  with  or  furnished  to the
            Commission by the registrant  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
            Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
            Statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under
            the  Securities  Act, each such  post-effective  amendment  shall be
            deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities

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offered  therein,  and the offering of such  securities at that time
            shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective
            amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
            at the termination of the offering.

            (b) The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of  determining  any  liability  under the  Securities  Act,  each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and,  where  applicable,  each filing of an employee  benefit plan's annual
report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is  incorporated  by
reference  in  this  Registration   Statement  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

            (c) Insofar as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, executive officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions  described in Item 6 above,
or  otherwise,  the  registrant  has been  advised  that in the  opinion  of the
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act,  the  registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of La Canada, State of California, on August 4, 2003.

                                      SPORT CHALET, INC.

                                      By    /s/ Craig L. Levra
                                            ------------------
                                            Craig L. Levra,
                                            Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                            (Principal Executive Officer)

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

            KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each of the undersigned  directors
and officers of SPORT  CHALET,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company"),
hereby  nominate and appoint Craig L. Levra and Howard K. Kaminsky,  and each of
them acting or signing singly, as his or her agents and  attorneys-in-fact  (the
"Agents"),  in his or her  respective  name and in the  capacity  or  capacities
indicated  below to execute and/or file,  with all exhibits  thereto,  and other
documents in  connection  therewith,  (1) a  registration  statement on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), in connection with the
registration  under the Act of shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock  issuable
under, and interests in, the Sport Chalet, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan
(including the schedules and all exhibits and other documents filed therewith or
constituting a part thereof);  and (2) any one or more amendments to any part of
the foregoing registration statement,  including any post-effective  amendments,
or appendices or  supplements  that may be required to be filed under the Act to
keep such registration statement effective or to terminate its effectiveness.

            Further,  the undersigned do hereby authorize and direct such agents
and  attorneys-in-fact  to take any and all actions and execute and file any and
all documents with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "SEC"), or state
regulatory agencies,  necessary, proper or convenient in their opinion to comply
with the Act and the  rules  and  regulations  or  orders  of the SEC,  or state
regulatory agencies, adopted or issued pursuant thereto, including the making of
any  requests  for  acceleration  of the  effective  date of  said  registration
statement,  to the end that the  registration  statement  of the  Company  shall
become effective under the Act and any other applicable law.

            Finally,  each of the  undersigned  does hereby ratify,  confirm and
approve each and every act and document  which the said  appointment  agents and
attorneys-in-fact may take, execute or file pursuant thereto with the same force
and  effect as though  such  action had been  taken or such  documents  had been
executed or filed by the undersigned respectively.

            This Power of Attorney  shall  remain in full force and effect until
revoked or superseded by written notice filed with the SEC.

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Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act, this  Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in the  capacities and
on the dates indicated.

        Signature                        Title                       Date
        ---------                        -----                       ----

/s/ Craig L. Levra                Chairman of the Board and       August 4, 2003
------------------------
Craig L. Levra                    Chief Executive Officer
                                  (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Howard K. Kaminsky            Executive Vice President        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Howard K. Kaminsky                Finance, Chief Financial
                                  Officer and Secretary
                                  (Principal Financial and
                                  Accounting Officer)

                                  Chairman Emeritus and           August 4, 2003
------------------------          Director
Norbert Olberz

/s/ John R. Attwood               Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
John R. Attwood

/s/ Al D. McCready                Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Al D. McCready

/s/ Eric S. Olberz                Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Eric S. Olberz

/s/ Kenneth Olsen                 Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Kenneth Olsen

/s/ Frederick H. Schneider        Director                        August 4, 2003
------------------------
Frederick H. Schneider

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Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the
trustees have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the  undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the City of La Canada,  the
State of California, on August 4, 2003.

      SPORT CHALET, INC. EMPLOYEE
      RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

      By  /s/ Howard K. Kaminsky
         -----------------------
         Howard K. Kaminsky,
         Trustee

      By  /s/ Dennis Trausch
         -------------------
         Dennis Trausch,
         Trustee

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EXHIBIT INDEX

       Exhibit                     Description
       -------                     -----------

          3.1                      Certificate of Incorporation of Sport
                                   Chalet, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
                                   Exhibit 3.1 of the Registration Statement on
                                   Form S-1 (File No. 33-53120))

          3.2                      Bylaws of Sport Chalet, Inc., as amended.

          5.1                      Opinion of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
                                   Hampton LLP

         23.1                      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

         23.2                      Consent of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter &
                                   Hampton LLP (included in the opinion filed as
                                   Exhibit 5.1).

         24.1                      Power of Attorney (See page 10)

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