 Set in present day New York City, "Chronicles of a Skater Girl" is the story of Abby, a former skate punk. Twenty-five years old and already a cynic, Abby struggles to find the ever elusive middle ground between security-a job that won t leave her homeless, and happiness-one that won t leave her feeling morally bankrupt. For Abby, skateboarding remains the link to her free spirited alternative youth, representing the freedom to ride and fall. Though cynical about the world she sees around her-the suits, the Establishment, nine-to-five, corporate bloat, faceless Starbucks-fueled automaton sellouts-Abby still clings to the nonconformist ideals she held as a rebellious young teenager and holds those ideals close to her heart despite her own slide into the very establishment she scorns.