A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

Finn is a small-town misfit who pursues his passion of becoming an expert roller skater when he enters into a local competition. But when the rink he trains at closes, him and his friends must find a way to open it back up again.