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A little Bit of Sturtevant’s History

ne House Bellevue circa 1969″ width=”300″ height=”216″ />With history tracing back to over 50 years in the Greater Seattle Area, and a former relationship with the famous Sun Valley shop that gave us our namesake, we have a pretty long history for a ski shop. It started with Hal’s Sport Shop which was originally located in Seattle and later relocated to Bellevue where the name was changed to the Alpine House. Over the next 40 years the store would pass hands a few times, change its name once.

Here is a little rundown of how we became the Sturtevant’s you know today, starting with some history on the Sturtevant’s name, our relationship with Sturtevant’s of Sun Valley and the original store at 622 Bellevue Way NE:

• 1963 – Fred Sturtevant opens Sturtevant’s of Sun Valley in Ketchum, Idaho
• 1963 – Hal Hansen relocates his store, Hal’s Sport Shop, from Seattle, Washington to 622 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, Washington
• 1965 – Hal Hansen and his new partner, Erl Julnes, change the name of Hal’s Sport Shop to Alpine House
• 1971 – Fred Sturtevant sells Sturtevant’s of Sun Valley to four Bellevue, Washington entrepreneurs and moves to Hagerman, Idaho to be a farmer
• 1973 – The four owners of Sturtevant’s of Sun Valley buy Alpine House in Bellevue and rename it Sturtevant’s of Sun Valley
• 1977 – Duncan Campbell and Alan Quinn buy Sturtevant’s of Sun Valley in Bellevue, Washington and drop “of Sun Valley” from the name. Dual Sports, Inc. is incorporated to serve as the parent company to the store
• 1986 – Dual Sports, Inc. opens the first Ski Mart store on 103rd and Main Street in Bellevue as a discount outlet offering close-outs, rentals and consignment skis
• 1992 – Dual Sports, Inc. opens Boarderline Snowboards, the Eastside’s first snowboard shop, next door to Sturtevant’s at 622 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue
• 1999 – Sturtevant’s and Boarderline move to 1100 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue
• 1999 – Ski Mart moves to 830 106th NE, Bellevue
• 2000 – Sturtevant’s partners with Altrec.com and launches the Sturtevants.com online store
• 2001 – A second Sturtevant’s location opens in Puyallup, Washington
• 2004 – Duncan Campbell takes sole ownership of Dual Sports, Inc., DBA Sturtevant’s, Boarderline and Ski Mart
• 2005 – Dual Sports, Inc. purchases SkiBonkers, the ski & snowboard tent sale that Olympic Sports launched in 1979
• 2005 – Ski Mart moves to 13219 NE 20th Street, Bellevue
• 2007 – Duncan Campbell sells Dual Sports, Inc. to long-time employees Jeff Campbell, Tracy Gibbons and Stacey Weichbrodt
• 2009 – Boarderline Snowboards is incorporated into Sturtevant’s, offering customers a seamless shopping experience for all their ski and snowboard needs
• 2009 – Sturtevant’s Kids opens in Boarderline’s former space
• 2009 – Sturtevant’s in Puyallup closes and a new Sturtevant’s Ski Mart store opens at 2220 South 37th Street, Tacoma, Washington
• 2009 – A third Sturtevant’s Ski Mart store opens at 18920 28th Avenue West, Lynnwood, Washington
• 2010 – Sturtevant’s and Altrec.com end their partnership and a new Sturtevants.com launches, offering customers the same products available in-store at Sturtevant’s in Bellevue, Washington