This Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., Red Square will fill up with tricked-out trucks, cars and bikes for the annual Ridin’ Low in the 3-6-0. This is the eighth year of the event, sponsored by AS club Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlan (MEChA), and they hope for an even bigger turnout than last year, MEChA minister of education Maribel Galvan said. They are anticipating filling Red Square and spilling over to Carver gym, under the sky bridge and even onto High Street.
“We want people to see the cars for the pieces of art that they are,” Galvan said. The show means to break down the stereotypes of gang affiliation that pervade low rider culture.
The show won’t just include low riders (vehicles that have had their suspension modified so that they ride as low to the ground as possible). Last year’s event showcased supped up mini vans, 1940’s classics, old and new custom painted trucks, cars with booming sound equipment, and customized low rider bicycles with chrome banana seats and handles.
