A shocker went down at the Baker household last week as up-and-coming personality Terry Kennedy departed the team to sign up with Element. Erik Ellington's back and forth act not withstanding, Terry is the first rider to ever quit the notorious Baker team. He will join Jeremiah Vance, PJ Ladd, and Jake Rupp on the full-time Element am team.

Meanwhile, from a land down under, the Globe World Cup played out in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend with Rick McCrank taking home the hefty first prize in street and Buck Lasek winning the vert. Also, of relevance, 11 year old Ryan Sheckler landed fourth place, beating out big guns like Koston, Anderson, and Chris Senn. Here are the top ten spots for street and vert:

Globe World Cup: Street
1. Rick McCrank
2. Kerry Getz
3. Carlos de Andrade
4. Ryan Sheckler
5. Chris Senn
6. Jeff Williams
7. Tim McDougall
8. Greg Lutzka
9. Eric Koston
10.Brian Anderson

Globe World Cup: Street
1. Bucky Lasek
2. Sandro Dias
3. Pierre-Luc Gagnon
4. Rune Glifberg
5. Jurgen Horrwarth
6. Jocke Olsson
7. Neal Hendrix
8. Renton Millar
9. Bob Burnquist
10.Mike Crum