I'm from Northern New Mexico for as long as I can remember people have been lowriding. Downtown Albuquerque on a Friday night you will see plenty just like Los Angeles.
You can't say that because this is Americans car these car like Apollo Cadillacs Buicks these are car that are popular in the black community so they put hydraulics on the car it is Americans culture that just like say Mexican Imitate black Americans but it is a Mexican culture because they have a different way of talking
All I ever saw in the 70's was blacks cruising in pimped out cadillacs with no hydaraluics and the chicanos were the ones in the hydraulic lowriders with the bas ass mural paintings.And now it has grown nationally and internationally where you will even find Japanese that customize their own lowridres.
Right? I talked to this dude in the video from the tv company "OWN" , which had Paul Wall talk about "Swangaz" of what them wired rims are called in Texas. Some dude commented saying that " Are anyone is going to jack our texas Swangas style?" I told him in that case, "us blacks" should give back the lowriders n hydraulics back to the Mexicans and Chicanos since "we" "jacked "those lol
@@stuchbrosmnore8627 nah just let people do what they want to do, who cares black,hispanic, asian or white, as long as they're appreciating the beauty of the car, that should be all that matters
If it weren't for Europeans and white Americans, you wouldn't even have cars in the 1st place to low ride. Be humbled. Plus white guys were lowering hot rods in the early 50s.
@@user-rw2dr5my1s I drive a German car. Do you drive a "Mexican car"? Lol that's not possible because there are no Mexican cars. There are Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese, Swedish cars. But no Mexican cars. Weird. Seems like it's you who is stealing other people's culture.
+Manuel Salas Damn dude, was that necessary? What if somebody told you to go back to whatever your ancestors came from? Would you go? Hell No! How come people can't just get along? Lowrider culture is nice, I don't care who wants to claim it. black, brown, white, whatever, the culture is nice. Life is too short to be so petty. I say we all embrace instead of hating each other. Looking at the cars is what I like and it is more productive than being ignorant.
David Simmons I don't care who who are, respect culture and recognize who started it. I was emphasizing on the fact that he is a foreigner trying to criticize the customs of people who have been here. I said that If he didn't like them he could go back to wherever he came from. It's not petty it's fact, nobody's forcing him to stay.I wouldn't have a problem with people telling me to came back to where I'm from, my people are Native and are from the Americas.
i think it’s great that the art of low riders is so widespread to a global level but lets not forget where it originated from. from mexican americans in southern california.
Thanks man, I directed it and had a great crew who worked close with me on it. I am a lowrider at heart and you hit the nail on the head, I wanted to show people that Lowriding is a positive sub-culture and it involves incredibly talented and skillful people to create these rolling pieces of art. Lowriders preserve history with each and every car they build. I shot a ton of footage since in order to create a re-cut long format version that could be suitable for broadcast, just haven't had time.
“Everybody in Los Angeles was inspired or affected by Chicano culture. LA is not a European-based city, the Mexican culture is very dominant here, the first street in Los Angeles was Olvera Street (1781)”
I grew up loving lowriders, one of my friends uncle had a 66' chevy impala with 12 switches, candy apple red,chromed out. That's when i fell inlove with lowriders which was 1973 ,i was 8yrs old. And my friend & his family taught me about LA RAZA. Lowridin forever!!
You'll find it in Japan too. My parents have a 64 SS 409. It's nothing extravagant but it is on wires and has extensive engine work and a super charger.
@@brandonmoreno1752 Can we talk about how a lot of Chicano "oldies" is just African American soul, funk, RnB and jazz music? Same for the zoot suits that you guys wear in El Paso and East LA. Chicano rock borrowed heavily from Doo Wop as well.
@@bobmarley4272 i agree, you hear the delegation and zapp and older shit in the back of it all. but they do their magic with their lyrics too tho eh??/
@@shareefaleem4144they wrote that song from seeing the mex. culture embracing thier love for thier idea of lowriding ,,,just look at the original war music video ok ,,,all u see is mex. riding in thier lowriders bro ,,, that doesn't need no explaining
I'm 55 Mexican American I remember the old lowrider magazines since the Early 70s it was mostly Raza, Chicanos, Mexican American that started lowriders .. but now anyone can own a lowrider and that is awesome... lowrider 4L
Foos don't even know who created the first bomba or ranfla as it was known originally nonetheless the area where it originated from: San Jo, El Paso, even East Los takes claim for it but needless to say it was a Chicano invention. Not black or white.. they've assimilated & built upon our invention later on. Btw Lowriders & Hot Rods aren't the same thing.
It was really disrespectful of that Black dude to claim that Blacks deserve equal credit for lowriders, and it was disappointing that the producers would even include that claim because it may give clueless people the false impression that the topic is up for debate when it's not. Everyone knows that it was within the Mexican American community that the lowriding subculture flourished and achieved an iconic status. It's cool that more people are being introduced to it because of the internet, but people shouldn't forget about the roots. Overall, I found this documentary kind of disappointing, because it focused a lot on random people who seemed to have originally been introduced to lowridering more as a novelty. But if the producers really wanted to focus on the heart of the lowriding community, they should have spent more time going deep into the Mexican American barrios where it's been a way of life for generations. Another thing, some people associate lowriding with hip hop because of what they see in rap videos, but old school lowriders actually prefer oldies music, and it would have been cool if that had been reflected on this film's soundtrack instead of only featuring rap music.
As the Director of this doc. I would like to point out that this film was made on a near zero budget. With that being said all of the music was graciously donated by the artists. The inclusion of Kool Aid's (the black guy) statement was relevant because it's his perspective, his statement was more so geared toward what blacks have done for the Lowriding culture...it has been built over the years and made to by popular culture by people of all ethnic backgrounds. This documentary was a Canadian school film project that took us from Niagara Falls Canada to California, it was an incredible effort by some hardworking individuals long hours and no pay. And at the end of it all it it covered a lot of ground for a 20min. school project...being a solo rider myself and lowrider enthusiast since I was 15yrs old (I am now 38yrs old) I have been building lowriders over the years with very limited resources in Canada since the 90's,..I had hoped to make this a full length feature but had never got around to it, maybe one day I will be able to get the full cut done and help to round off the info with more time available. It was meant to give a brief overview from the individuals we had access to in a very sheet period of time...thank you for your feedback.
+James A I'm black and agree with your statements because it's the truth. I love lowriders and lowrider culture. It was created by Mexicans, period. Blacks and other races have embraced it. Just like Hip-hop was created by blacks and all races embrace it now.
Just to set the record straight, Ron Aguirre was the first to use Hydraulics on a vehicle. Not Bill Hines. And I have allot of respect for the old man ( And have met him personally) and he can tell you himself that Ron Aguirre was the first. So please...Get your facts staright before you post nonsense!
My fam the Ruelas brothers started one of the oldest car clubs known the dukes car club in east la. Much respects to everyone still going on with the Mexican tradition.
I'm a Puerto Rican and I love lowriders but we have to give the title of lowriding they started it and it took off. con mucho respeto Que vivan las rasas Latinas .
To the dudes here sayin blacks copied are just haters ..We don't hate when you try to rap and pumpin oldies or R and B or when you wear Laker and Raider jerseys and no Mexican in history has played for neither team so knock it off!!
@Finn Caomhánach Blacks do own oldies and RB and rapp u uncreative wall jumper.look at the fukin album covers...🤣.i give to fuks about a bouncing car ..lol.thats all u have besides cheap labor..
Watching tricked-out lowriders on a cruise brings me joy. People that are creative, and take pride in their work, are what make America the place to be. If you look closely at some of the work done on these cars, it is obvious that people put their love into every detail. It's astounding. I am overwhelmed by some of it. I mean, I am speechless. Some of it is just fun, sexy, flashy, intricate...it's a true art form.
I understand the love of understanding who "started" lowriding, but it's petty and childish to bash each other and argue over it. It's a culture that should unite people bc of the mutual love for the art
The first known lowrider was created by Harry Westerguard's shop. From there, some early innovators were George Barris, Bill Hines, Al Sullivan, Carl Watson, Terry Anderson, David Woo, "Bear," Don Lasar and Vince Bacardo.
Cheers man....much appreciated. Big up's to layitlow dot com for featuring the doc in their mail-out...Lay it Low played a big part as a forum that allowed me to reach out to many of the people in the film...A HUGE contributor to assisting with our contacts was in the film was Joe Wing from Niagara Rollers Only, he set us up with allot of the Cali contacts...Mufasa from layitlow was incredible, he had helped me on the forums years before at solving issues with my hydros...great community!!
Lowriding started in East LA and Espanola New mexico,mexicans started it and african americans followed and those both ethnicities keep it alive no doubt. 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
lol...I was debating about weather or not to include that part of the interviews to avoid the argument : ) but at the end of the day it is nice to see all cultures embrace lowriding and help the movement grow in a positive light instead of painting it like its some gang banger shit. Thanks for the comment!
Always be humble.ok,Lowriders are ancient,back then blacks rolled lookin sharp in a horse and cairrage vehicle.the blackz had charriots with elaborate designs, and sometimes gold was used for royal families, the chariot was built with springs so that it will endure ruff turain, lol stuntin, way back then, in four wheeled vehicles that eventually inspired the four wheel cars u see today. LetsLets talk about how and why it really started.
I believe to every owner that has a lowrider is to each is own style from street cruising,show car and hoping competition,I respect all of those styles.
i didn't buy a lowrider because I'm a different culture trying to copy another ones culture I'm a Mexican American that respects and loves the history of lowriding, its not just a look it was a way of life even before that I love to compare lowriding to the pachuco era in which Mexicans would pull themselves away from the America that looked down upon the way they lived and did things , we gave ourselves an identity every time we put on a zoot suit or every time we put a beautiful paint job and beautiful rims on a car . I also respect that its spreading I just feel like the Mexican American people aren't getting enough credit as they should
My parents and most my family are straight from Mexico, I was born here. Chicanos that dont speak spanish is weird to me, but not wrong, you do you ima stick to my roots a lil more tho lmao
For me it was like 8 or 9 yrs old and seeing Cheech & Chong. I was hooked. That and our family always owned Impala’s. Even used them for some of my first jobs driving taxi. Always ran with Impalas. Nothing cooler than a lowrider.
You guys probably meant well but this documentary was miss informed, Chicano in Los Angeles started the low rider scene period no one else! Blacks adopted the culture but that was decades later. Chicanos did it for an identity u can’t just take that away and give to other people as well. I’m glad more people adopted the culture and show love towards it, but don’t misinform people on its history, cause it’s Mexican American history no one else’s.
@film lab productions Great job on the video, I didn't know it was a project! There has been alot of speculation on who started lowriders, I heard all the time South Americans started it first and moved it to mexico. Or Mexicans started it first. The root are the most important because it is the heart. Have blacks contributed to the culture of course! Did blacks start it, I don't think so! Did blacks create hip-hop and rap YES! Did latinos contribute to hip-hop of course!! All the black dude was saying that blacks contributed to the culture and made a major impact on it RAP/Lowriding goes hand and hand. Just like those black oldies songs the Chicanos when jammin back then.
There are great! GREAT!! Lowrider documentary video's out there, This one I got to question it's authenticity reason being there are maybe two or three vato's who are in my opinion qualified to even speak on behalf of the history of lowriding?! Although I believe lowriding can be for everyone no matter of race or creed or gender!
In the 1970's we were very possessive of our lowriding legacy. We fixed our car different than other ethnic groups. I remember our ELA car clubs throwing out black lowriders from Whittier Blvd. We Chicanos considered ELA our house. We were not as tight as the media makes it seem. You remember.
Lowrider is a car that's been lowered and has chrome wheels on it, the bigger the card the better. Some people should get off their high horse because back in the day that's what they had and that's how it started.
Harry westgaurd's shop was the first to put hydraulics on a car. Ask the inventer of lrm he might hesitate cause he's done it before, but I'm not here for all of that. I just want to thank the producers for not saying its a one sided culture to lie to the world like the media does. Its an inner city culture. I've been around low riding since 78 and know a lot of old school low riders thats given me a lot of game in my time, so we can stop all the arguing about who started it first...and just lowride.
That's what the media told y'all lol...but hey man whatever floats your boat. No time to get into full detail because its been an argument since the 70's. All I know is that I love low riding and will low ride for the rest of my days
me gusto el documental pero seria genial una version en castellano para la gente que vive mucho mas al sur de E.U.A. como Bolivia ya que aqui tambien nos gusta el estilo de LOWRIDER gracias .
Who really started the lowriders did it start in the Pachuco days or did it start in the 60s because I saw a documentary where this guy named Jesse and his 1964 Chevy Impala called Gypsy Rose from the Imperials car club and he also came out on the show Chico and the Man and really put lowriders on the map or did it really start before then???
