A bit about the crazy bodyboarders

We in Mossel Bay have a group of insane bodyboarders. They surf spots that are more navigational hazards than surf spots, and they are often the only ones out when Outerpool starts showing it's dark side.
But what truly makes them insane is their love affair with the hand full of reefs on the other side of the point. There are 3 spots that you will basically only find bodyboarders attempt. The most famous of the three is SCS, SCS stands for Seriously Considering Suicide. Just getting in the water at this spot takes a certain amount of insanity, needing to cross several massive sharp rock formations.

Now, once you get there, it looks something like this:

The surfers have good reason to not want anything to do with this wave. Once in a while they will trick a guy into trying it out, but return customers are quite rare. To the left of SCS you will find a spot called Mushrooms, that is a shallow board breaking unforgivable slab.


The other spot, Graveyards, is situated to the left of SCS and Mushrooms, in a setting that is so sharky it scares away the sharks. It is a wave that is a bit more suitable for surfers, as it doesn't warp into such strange shapes as SCS does, making the drop a bit more possible. I have always wanted to go surf Graveyards, but I have never had the courage nor skill to venture into it's dark foreboding depths. That is, until a week ago. A few days after the epic Outerpool sessions, two of the bodyboarders, Lee and Christian, decided to paddle out there on a small day. I decided I'm coming with them. Two other bodyboarders joined them, and they first went to SCS. I wasn't up for destroying my board, so I sat that one out. When they paddled to Graveyards, I joined them. When I got there I was greeted with the shiftiest, sharkiest, and most unpredictable line up I've ever been at. At first I was just trying to figure the place out, but before I could catch a decent wave, someone spotted a shark. The session was abruptly ended, and we jetted out of the water. I vowed I will be back some day, hopefully with better luck.

The deep, dark, foreboding depth of Graveyards