Sports stars bare all

Sports stars bare it all to show just how the demands of their sporting codes shape their beautiful physiques.

See our steaming hot gallery of some of SA's favourite sports men and women in their birthday suits.

See Springbok eighthman Pierre Spies reveal his inch-perfect build that powers his devastating performance on the field. Also "uncovered" are Springbok centre Wynand Olivier, surfer Rosy Hodge, showjumper Cara Frew, mixed martial arts fighter Darren Daniel, gymnast Odette Richard and footballer Ryan Botha.

This ground-breaking feature that originally appears in the August edition of Sports Illustrated,looks to explain the way repetitive sporting motion moulds and forms South Africa’s most impressive builds.

Sports Illustrated editor, Brendan Cooper says: "It is remarkable to study these beautiful bodies, and how they were shaped by their sport."

This is an edited version of feature that originally appeared in the August 2010 edition of Sports Illustrated.