Ok, so I finally decided to post 2 examples of what I'm talking about when it comes to Aus vs SA (or at least Western Cape).
Below are 2 prime examples of spots with loads of potential for bodyboarders to charge and get great shots. And yet both waves are flawed when it starts to get bigger and more interesting.
First image: Tombstones - this wave looks insane when it plays nicely (see other shots in gallery), but then every couple of waves, the heavy foamball section you see here ploughs down the shoulder. Any rider who might be enjoying a leisurely slabbing tube would suddenly be rolled into sushi on the rocks below. From what i have seen, the bigger it gets the more this section closes down and ruins the wave. It sucks that an otherwise great wave has this issue, but I think its still worth riding when its mid size and looking good.
Second image: Slab (inside Dungeons) - I reckon the takeoff section in this image would match Rawlins wave (first image in this thread) punch for punch in a heavyweight title fight. But just look at that nasty foamball section lining up to mow down any sucker with a hope of making it out. The last thing you want after making a drop into something like this is to see your chances of being rewarded evaporate faster than the meths in your halfloaf. And then of course there is the fact that getting a support boat even close to this wave on a day about a quarter of this size is pretty scary (we tried it once). My best guess is that even Rawlins would avoid a wave that breaks like this...
On a lighter note; the motivating thing is that both these waves have already been ridden by local bodyboarders to varying degrees of success, and maybe its just a matter of getting it on the right day, with the right riders and a guy with the right gear to capture it all on film and inspire the whole SA bodyboarding community. But i dont reckon its going to happen unless riders get motivated to work together to organise these missions and to do crazy shit (like buying a boat). The other thing is that when it comes down to it and the swell is hitting, then okes need to have the motivation to head out into the solid stuff instead of following the masses to some protected Wedge that stays 4ft when everywhere else is scary and maxing out.
Ok so not everyone is into riding heavy waves and I'm sure that for every monster that the Rawlins crew rode, there were 100 boogers getting 4ft barrels elsewhere along the coast. But hopefully we'll see a few local guys get together, organise something great and represent for SA in the same way that the Aussie riders do.
Wouldn't it be insane to have an Aussie mag like Riptide publish a shot of an SA rider charging a macking SA bomb?
Aah, back to daydreaming....
id be jet propelled leaving a brown streak behind me if i tried charging that!!! 
