Liquid Nation Ball: The Party!
Dancers from San Diego Dance Theater greeted Liquid Nation partygoers with a live performance.
Reef Founder Fernando Aguerre’s multi-level home overlooking the ocean in La Jolla provided perfect party grounds for the SIMA event.
Guests enjoyed live music by Suzy Skarulis and bid on exclusive surf trips, artwork and NBA memorabilia to raise funds for 13 surf-based humanitarian organizations.
Brent Sandor of Spy Optic sporting Kr3w, Spy Optic glasses and his own sweater.
From right to left: Surfer and Billabong National Sales Manager Jeff Booth in a buckskin suede jacket made for him while surfing in South Africa; Shaheen Sadeghi, founder of The Lab and The Camp, in a custom Brooks Brothers jacket and YSL bowtie; Sadeghi's son Sebastian in a pink YSL jacket; and Booth’s wife Melissa, in a vintage Woolrich blazer. Booth recalled that the South African tailor tried to marry his daughter off to him when he picked up the jacket.
Madeline Damasceno of Billabong Latin America sporting a Hot Delicious dress and Jeffrey Campbell orange platform wedges.
Mark “Schmiddy” Schmid in an 1970s Sandwich Isles tuxedo jacket. Schmiddy says he owns more than 100 vintage evening jackets, which he finds at flea markets and online.
Sal Masaekela, industry legend and host of the night, in a Tribeca jacket, J.Crew shirt, Timberland shoes and NSF denim.
Kayla Kelly in a jacket by The Ragged Priest.
Host of the evening Fernando Aguerre with his girlfriend Florencia Gomez Gerbi, after he lost his pants!
A quiver of models based on Kelly Slater’s favorite boards was one of many items auctioned to raise money for the 13 different nonprofits being honored that night.
Aguerre brought back wooden houses from Southeast Asia to complement his beach home.
Aguerre also maintains one of the largest collections of vintage surfboards, including one signed by Chrissie Hynde.
Guests danced to a live DJ on a dance floor covering an indoor pool.
DJ Tina T wore a Fox Riders sweater while spinning a mix of old and new tunes, including Gaga and AC/DC.
