Del Rosario RP's 1st world jetski champion

This one's for the books. Filipino jetski rider Paul del Rosario became the first Pinoy world champion, this after ruling the recent 2010 QuakySense-IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona . Del Rosario surprised everyone by upending topnotch rivals with relative ease to capture the Premium Open Expert Runabout crown in the International Jetsports and Boating Association (IJSBA)-organized World Finals. An event usually dominated by strong bets from Europe, the United States, and Thailand, which is considered as Asia’s jetski capital, Del Rosario emerged as the fastest in the whole Expert class. Banking on his turbo four-stroke Yamaha boat set up by Rius Racing, Paul upstaged his more illustrious rivals. John Hecox of Gothenburg, Nebraska was the runner-up while Dennis Mack of Loganville, Georgia, placed third. Deniso Casarini of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Greco Giuseppe of Serbia completed the top five finishers. “This one is for the Philippines. It feels great to win in this event which is considered as the Formula One of Jet Ski. There were strong competitors who joined in this tournament. It feels even greater to know that with this victory, the world has come to know more about the Philippines," said Del Rosario, who was accompanied by his entire family, top rate jetskier BJ Ang, Jet Sports Association of the Philippines (JSAP) President Dong Arcilla, JSAP director Willy Ang and cousin Jun De Jesus, who acted as assistant mechanic.

It was a trouble-free campaign for the Filipino champ. Del Rosario went full throttle the rest of the way and drew loud applause from spectators and competitors. The Filipino Community from California and those from nearby towns gave their all-out support to Del Rosario, who was a runner-up in this event several years and and was an overall champion in Thailand ’s National Jetski Tour. No other Asian made it into the top ten, with the closest being Indonesia’s Aero Sutan Aswar, who finished 12th in the race. - KY/Rey Joble, GMANews.TV