I preferred bodyboarding to surfing, in SA surfers had to be out the water by 8am on the main beaches and had to head off to less pleasant shores but us bodyboarders were allowed to stay all day because we had better control of our boards - and we didn't knock people the f**k out if you did ride over them. The only problem was if you bailed on a wave, using your feet with was on and your calf muscle went into a spasm and popped out on place
Other than that getting your face dragged across the sea bed wasn't so bad if you f**ked up on a wave, face full of sand, mmmmm yum
