Sport Chek

I do not write many reviews but felt a need to contribute this one as it is well earned. Every year I bring my three kids and wife into this Sport Chek location for ski equipment. They are growing fast so about 60% usually needs replacement and Victoria is not a great place to buy ski gear. When we are lucky, something can be handed down. I am relatively clueless when it comes to sizing ski gear, particularly boots, so we make a point of coming when one of the managers, Mark, is on shift. He knows his stuff. He's usually understaffed and still patiently takes the time to work with us to get the right sizes and types of everything. Last year he helped us understand one set of boots from my older boy (that we had bought from him 2 years ago) were now ok for my second boy (I had thought they were too tight) and so he saved us from buying what we didn't need. That's good for us but also good for the store as we came back again this year and three out of three kids needed new boots (and two needed skis) so he waited until the right time to make the sale. It's been great to have a very personable, knowledgeable person to help with the ski gear who is helpful without any hard sell. We will be back again next year but only when Mark is on shift - my youngest is 9, so I hope he has a few more years at this location yet!

A good sized store. Lots of recognizable brands like Nike, Adidas, The North Face and Fitbit. Really like that there is the affiliated Atmosphere store above to view Solomon, Archery, McKinley and Woods.

Many Thx to Sportcheck Hillside for helping me out to get fitted for complete set of Ski gear, and outfitted for all accessories required. Lovely group of people working together to help everyone out! ???

The young guy Sahjun in the ski dept was super helpful with the fitting of my new ski boots. He was patient and has a lot of product knowledge.