It was a moment for the history books as Berlin Eagles’ dynamic duo of Ludger Beerbaum and Christian Kukuk became the first team to ever win GCL Miami Beach on a score of 0 faults. Riding Mila and Mumbai respectively the pair shot to the top with a dramatic shake-up in the overall rankings as the season starts to unfold.

Set next to the effervescent Atlantic ocean, clean jumping rounds were few and far between over the technical, twisting track in the second and final GCL team competition at the Miami Beach. But it was the Berlin Eagles — a team unchanged from the first round and sitting in fourth overnight — whose two explosive performances secured them the coveted gold medal at this leg of the Championship race, banking valuable points in their bid to compete in the GC Prague Playoffs.

Christian Kukuk smiled and said, “It’s definitely a very, very good feeling, I think we can be very happy with our performance today and today it was a very strong course, I have to say. There were many faults all around and I think that makes our win even stronger today.”

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