Hot city skateboarder Casey Janz shames himself in a near-fatal wipeout, winds up living with his ski-bum father, a rogue charmer who's juggling serious gambling debts. The two team up with a foxy ski patrol girl to turn Casey snowboarder (and spark a volatile romance). They prep him for a high-stakes faceoff on the dreaded Steeps. But first Casey must deal with his demons - his flash temper and, to face his archrival on that perilous plunge, his fear of heights.