Skidmark Skatemag #36 | Page 12

BONELESSS PHOTO BY STEVEN "SCUBA" STEWART Piles of broken glass, bricks, plastic bottles, and rusting road signs have been swept away to make room for launch ramps, rails, ledges, a bump, banks, a hip, and a rounded wedge. Acording to Daniel “DIY Dan” Rastatter, Slums Lot is crawling with massive spider by day and pimps, hookers, and crackheads by night. Boxed in by a chain link fence, a patch of scrub grass leading to the partially dismantled shell of a former motel, and two Jersey barriers that separate the lot from an alley and a construction equipment staging area, Slums Lot is visible to anyone driving past. “People honk, they’re excited,” Rastatter says, amused. “One guy yells, ‘Suck my dick!’ every time he drives by.”