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Here are more photos from the VIP reception, cocktail party and dinner at the Ritz Carlton in Dana Point, California.
Honorees included Waterman of the Year Rob Machado, Environmentalist of the Year Dave Rastovich and Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dick Baker.
"On behalf of the surf industry, SIMA is proud to honor Rob, Rasta and Dick at this year's Waterman's Ball for their unique and powerful influence on the sport, culture and business of surfing," said Paul Naude, chairman of the Waterman's Weekend event committee and president of the SIMA Environmental Fund Board of Directors in a press release about the event.
Click here to see Waterman's Ball photos Page 1.
Rusty Clothing president Charlie Setzler and his wife Janeen
La Jolla Group President Bill Bussiere and Marty Samuels
Cari Church with Richard Woolcott, Volcom CEO
Reef's VP of marketing Kevin Flanagan and wife Alex
Lost Clothing President Tim Garrett and his wife Marlo
Sanuk founder Jeff Kelley and Electric Visual CEO Bruce Beach
Honolua co-founder Tommy Knapp, his wife Beth and Bob Mignogna
Surf Expo's Roy Turner and Sean O'Brien
Artist Wolfgang Bloch and Surfline Editorial Director Dave Gilovich
Dylan and Dustin Odbert of Ambsn
Fuel TV's GM CJ Olivares and his wife Amy
Ginger Conrad of ASR and Jim Shubin, who's putting together CLASS at ASR
Lost International CEO Joel Cooper and Rebecca Michaels
Kristina Dechter, editor of Foam magazine, and Joel Patterson, Surfer editor
Maureen and Steve Murray, president of VF Corp.'s Action Sports Americas Coalition
Element Skateboards President Johnny Schillereff
Simon Dufour and Frank Kaufman of Moss Adams
Jerry and Michelle LeBlanc, Paola Incisa, Chad DiNenna
Leila Endersby and PT Townend
Linda and Shaheen Sadeghi
Reef's Courtney Kincaid and his wife Racheal
At the Rip Curl USA table
Ron Abdel, CEO of Jack's
Quiksilver's Dave Rosenberger and his wife Cheryl
Volcom EVP of Sales Tom Ruiz and his wife Missy
Cecilia and Santiago Aguerre, co-founder of Reef
Quiksilver's Steve Tully and Dave Nash, owner of Sun Diego
Rob Machado accepting his award with the help of Gerry Lopez
Billabong USA President Paul Naude
Click here to see Waterman's Ball photos Page 1.