Fans of lowrider culture had to fight to make the cars street legal, an their victories revved the engines for arguably one of the most popular parts of this weekend's San Francisco Carnaval parade.
Fans of lowrider culture had to fight to make the cars street legal, an their victories revved the engines for arguably one of the most popular parts of this weekend's San Francisco Carnaval parade. Daniel Salazar bought a lowrider five years ago and has invested thousands of dollars his car into a masterpiece on wheels.'You got ten switches, but I usually use just four: mainly the back, the front, and then I'll knock it to the side over there and back up.
And with that being said, to fight to be where we are today, it started with a lot of education. Because a lot of people didn't know about the culture,' Alonzo said.The lowrider community regards La Raza Park as the heart of their culture.'This place is where lowriders used to hang out. It was just a dirt lot with a lot of tires on it, and the lowriders were the ones who kept it clean,' Alonzo recalled.
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