. "2008-10-20T00:00:00"^^ . . . "1"^^ . "5"^^ . "1"^^ . "It's almost season and looking for the best deals is always fun for me at Sports Chalet!! \nI shopped for all of my snowboard gear, equipment and accessories!!\nHere's a great tip: If you rent a snowboard...upon returning the gear you can credit the dollars you paid in rentals toward a new snowbaord purchase!! This saved me about a third of the cost of a new board!!! It may have been a special promotion towards end of the season - but that's when they mark down their inventory too - so you can save even more!!\nIt's great for kids too: You can return anything....even after 3 wears on any of the gear!! They really cant police this policy but its a great marketing effort reaching out to families with kids - we know how quickly they out-grow everything!!! All they ask is that you return everything in one piece.\nIf you join their club - members will received coupons via mail to use towards anything instore!!! YAY more shopping - check out their sale racks too!"^^ . "0"^^ .