‘Just you and the sea’: Bodysurfing in Cape Town
By AFP
11 April 2021 |
1:35 pm
In Cape Town, a handful of purists practice bodysurfing, a type of surfing without boards or bragging, the closest you can possibly get to the waves. It is a little-known sport, which historians trace back to the origins of surfing.
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