The Skate Ranch is an abandoned (American) wasteland where Iggy Van Zandt, Mindy, Boone, Murphy, and "Useless" Dave reside in. The story begins with the Custom Skater ariving in Hollywood from a transport bus with his luggage and skateboard. The second the Custom Skater steps off the bus, the Custom Skater gets ambushed by two locals that steal his luggage. The Custom Skater is helped off the ground by Mindy who tells the Custom Skater that if he wanted to make a career out of skateboarding, that he is going to have to the skater look the right moves. After the Custom Skater learns tricks from two of Mindy's skateboarding friends, regains his luggage, and manages to knock down a dinosaur head from a small theater, the two make their way to Beverly Hills, where the Skate Ranch is located at