14 September 2010, Rote Island, East Indonesia: Rote Open 2010, presented by Billabong was kicked off at the Beach Boa views on the beautiful island of Rote in East Indonesia today with an opening ceremony complete with local traditional dances and speeches excited by Regent Rote, and Rote then local surfers took to the waves 2-4 feet consistent reef break to compete in the Division of Local.Regent Rote Haning Honorable Leonard opened the event with a reception and delivery of a symbolic transfer of a surfboard to a surfer girl, Nina Jago from Australia. Regent Haning express his feelings about the incident, stating "I am proud to welcome you here to this beautiful island, and for the second time we hold Open Rote here at Boa Beach. I hope you have a great time and enjoy the competition and the beauty of the island This and all these people have to offer. We thank you for coming here and hope to see you back here every year. And please invite your friends and family to come too! "
Rote 2010 Open presented by Billabong is a major six-star Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship surfing event which will last until 18 September and included 5 categories of competition: International, Open ISC, ISC Teacher, ISC Women and Area (Rote). At stake is a prize purse of USD $ 20,000, so for 4 days in the future more than 100 participants will be fought out for their share of the spoils. A whopping $ 3500 waiting for the winner of the International division, and $ 2,750 and 3,500 points for winning the division championship ISC ISC Open.Today 22 local surfers surfing complete 10 heats to get the list narrowed to 8 Rote best surfers, who will then face each other in two semi-finals later in the week on their way to the final.

 Tomorrow the plan is to start the action at around 8:30 with the first round of the Coca-Cola ISC Tour Open Division surfers. Waves are expected to be the same as today, with 2-4 foot waves peeling off of coral reefs and provide both surfers and spectators some great action.Check out the website at www.isctour.com ISC and ISC site up on the Indonesian Surfing Championship for periodic updates throughout the event.Rote Open 2010, presented by Billabong is sponsored / supported by the Government Rote Ndao, Trensa Tours, Bank of NTT, the Ministry of Tourism of RI, Visit Indonesia, TransNusa Airlines, Susi Air, Garuda Indonesia, Batavia Air, Archipelago (NAC), Bintang Flores, White Rose , BlueDragon, Coca-Cola ISC Tour, Surfersvillage.com, Media Nusantara Citra, Lines Magazine, SurfTime magazine, Magic Wave Surf Community Newspaper, Trans, Trans7, Metro TV, and RCTI.The Rote Open 2010 is sanctioned by the Coca-Cola Indonesian Surfing Championship Tour.

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