Registration No. 333-136470

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

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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

Nevada  95-2848021 
(State or other jurisdiction  (IRS Employer 
of incorporation or organization)  Identification No.) 

10280 Camino Santa Fe 
San Diego, California 92121
(858) 625-2633 
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including 
area code of registrant’s principal executive offices) 
  
Paul M. Wyandt
Chief Financial Officer
10280 Camino Santa Fe
San Diego, California 92121
(858) 625-2633 
(Names, address, including zip code, and telephone number 
including area code, of agents for service)
 
 
Copy To:
James A. Mercer III, Esq.
SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP 
12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200
San Diego, California 92130-2006
(858) 720-8900 
Fax: (858) 509-3691 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
No longer applicable because the shares are being removed from registration.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE – DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

On August 10, 2006, Nitches, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-136470) (the “Registration Statement”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), which registered 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”) to be sold by the selling security holders named therein. As of the date of the last post-effective amendment, 557,853 shares remained unsold.

In accordance with the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 512 of Regulation S-K, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement is being filed to deregister and remove all of the Common Stock that remain unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing an amendment on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement No. 333-136470 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, California, on the 19th day of February, 2009.

NITCHES, Inc. 
 
By: /s/ Paul M. Wyandt 
Paul M. Wyandt 
Chief Financial Officer 

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Name       Title       Date 
 
     /s/ Steven P. Wyandt  Chairman and Chief Executive  February 19, 2009 
     Steven P. Wyandt  Officer   
 
     /s/ Paul M. Wyandt  Director, President and Chief  February 19, 2009 
     Paul M. Wyandt  Financial Officer   
  (Principal Financial Officer)   
 
     /s/ Eugene B. Price II  Director  February 19, 2009 
     Eugene B. Price II     
 
     /s/ Michael D. Sholtis  Director  February 19, 2009 
     Michael D. Sholtis     

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