Desc: The Signal Hill Speed Run: Directed by Jon Carnoy, Mike Horelick. With Kenny Anderson, Mauritz Armfelt, Don Autry, Shawn Barron. In 1975, the Guinness Book of World Records TV show called skateboard promoter James O'Mahoney and asked him to stage a skateboard race. The result - the world's first skateboard race, the Signal Hill Speed Run. It soon became an annual event, with crowds over 5,000 and national television crews, and competitors chasing a prize that didn't cover medical expenses of this most dangerous race.