Seventh-grader Steven White's family has just moved to Oregon. There is lots of great snowboarding, but Steven dreads having to start over in yet another new school. He devises a scheme to boost his popularity: he lies about being champion snowboarder Cody White's cousin. The white lie unravels, the kids shun him, and Steven finds himself facing the worst, loneliest Winter Break ever, until he meets pro-snowboarder D-Day Davis on the slopes.