Glitz and Glamour at the WSL Awards

Julian Wilson and his fiancée, Ashley Osborne, hitting the red carpet. The were engaged at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, during the European leg of the 2015 season.

Despite a tough year in 2015, Mick Fanning arrived at the WSL Awards refreshed and ready for his cameo.

Close friends and fellow CT surfers Bianca Buitendag and Joanne Defay hit the red carpet, ready for festivities.

John John Florence, who won for Heat of the Year -- despite, as he noted in his speech, losing the heat.

Californian Courtney Conlogue fell just short of winning her first-ever World Title last season. Without a doubt, she'll come out of the gates firing when the Roxy Pro Gold Coast kicks off March 10.

Australian Championship Tour veterans (from left) Dimity Stoyle, Laura Enever, Stephanie Gilmore, and friends got gussied up for the WSL Awards. After being sidelined by a persistent injury last season, Gilmore is gunning for a seventh World Title in 2016.

While Californian Sage Erickson had mixed results on the Championsip Tour in 2015, she finished at No. 2 on the Qualifying Series. With results like that -- and her winning, upbeat attitude -- she's poised for more success in 2016.

Bede Durbidge's injury didn't keep him from the red carpet with his wife, Tarryn. Nor will it keep him from Snapper: He'll be commentating the event when it kicks off March 10 local time.

Australian Tour veteran Sally Fitzgibbons may not have won a World Title, but she has plenty to grin about this year: She's headed into Snapper at World No. 3, and was engaged in November.

Brazilian powerhouse Italo Ferreira was named 2015 Rookie of the Year. Known for massive boosts and dark-horse heat wins, he knows how to dress for success, too.

Brazilian surfer and tube-guru Jadson Andre, trading surf gear for a more dapper look, with his date at the WSL Awards.

For Californian Conner Coffin, it was a long road to qualify for the 2016 Championship Tour. Before his first contest in the big show, he attended his first-ever WSL Awards.

After suffering his own share of injuries in 2015, Australian Matt Banting was awarded the 2016 injury wildcard, in which he'll compete on the CT in place of a sidelined surfer.

Jeremy Flores and his date upped the elegance-factor in a way that is uniquely French.

Australian Josh Kerr, who was nominated for men's Move of the Year, with his daughter, Sierra, and wife, Nikki -- both of whom are his frequent travel partners on Tour. Bonus: A budding surfer in her own right, Sierra has been known to caddy for her dad.

World No. 20 Adrian "Ace" Buchan and his wife, Rebecca.

Californians Kolohe Andino (left) and Nat Young, with their red-carpet dates.

Rachael Tilly, the women's World Longboard Champion, bucked the all-black trend and went for broke with color.