When his mother sends Lewis off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Lewis uses the magic bike to save the local hot dog stand from the clutches of corrupt big business, he becomes the town hero.

No one could be more bored than Lewis, the new kid in town with no friends in sight. When a gang of hip, skateboarding thrashers start cruising his neighborhood, Lewis hopes his luck will change. But they want nothing to do with him. Then Lewis makes the discovery of his life: a talking wisecracking, magical skateboard. And suddenly, skateboarding rises to entirely new heights.