Corey Webster is an amateur skateboarder from out of town who is staying in Los Angeles with friends in hopes of competing and winning a downhill competition for which he has been training.

During his stay in LA, he falls for a beautiful blonde named Chrissy, who happens to be the younger sister of Hook, the leader of "The Daggers," a tough punk rock skateboard gang in the Los Angeles/Venice Beach areas.

Upset at Corey, The Daggers find The Ramp Locals' half-pipe and burn it to the ground, thus creating more drama between the two skate crews.

An emotionally upset Chrissy arrives at the Daggers' house, tells her brother she is returning to Indiana and asks to be driven to the bus station in the morning; she goes upstairs to pack.

Having doubts, Chrissy exits her bus on the highway and hitch-hikes back to Los Angeles just in time to see Corey and Hook battle it out in the last turn of the downhill race.

Hook flies over the side of the road, and Corey speeds through the finish line at 63 MPH off a ramp and into a crowd of fans who cheer him in victory.

[5][6][7] Sixteen years after the initial film release, the MTV series Jackass, in a February 2002 episode, played homage to the "jousting scene" with "maces and man-purse".

[9] The film features a performance from the Freaky Styley incarnation of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with Cliff Martinez and Hillel Slovak, as well as music by Devo, Circle Jerks and Meat Loaf.