My Brother's Keeper
The Official Bra Boys Story: My Brothers Keeper, By Sean Doherty
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Book Description
Maroubra was a tough place to grow up. Ringed by a jail, a sewerage works, a rifle range and a housing commission estate, it was where the streets of Sydney met the beach. It was a place where the local boys surfed hard and partied harder. It was also a place where trouble easily found you. Adopted by Maroubra Beach at a young age, the four Abberton brothers, all born to different fathers and a mother in the clutches of heroin addiction, grew up at a time when the area was shadowed by drugs and gang violence. Raised largely by their grandmother, Sunny, Jai, Koby and Dakota found solace in the surf, and solidarity with their mates, the Bra Boys.
The official biography of the Abberton brothers follows their story from a turbulent upbringing on the sands of Maroubra to international surf stardom, and the fateful events of 5 August , when Jai shot dead Maroubra underworld figure and childhood friend Tony Hines, only to be acquitted on the grounds of self-defence. The Official
How Koby Abberton left Australia and embarked on an island romance
Koby Abberton has emerged as contender on this season of SAS Australia, proving himself as a strong physical recruit with a knack for hand-to-hand combat.
Although the surfer was surrounded by scandal when he was accused of cheating in last week’s fitness challenge, he has remained a main player on the show.
However, Koby’s life outside of SAS Australia looks quite different to the gruelling conditions he lives under during the show.
Koby is actually a resident of Bali, where he lives with his fiancée, Olya Nechiporenko, and their young son, Makua.
Koby and Olya have been together for eight years now, and although they’re not yet married, they seem to share a beautiful relationship.
Koby rose to fame around with the release of Bra Boys: Blood is Thicker Than Water, a documentary about himself, his brothers and the Maroubra-based gang, ‘the Bra Boys’.
The documentary, which was narrated by Russell Crowe, was successful in Australia and also premiered in the US.
Around the time the documentary was giving the ex-gang member a platform, he was romantically linked
Surfer Tattoos: The Good, The Bad &#; The Ugly
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9. Koby Abberton
Another hard nut sporting another shoulder-to-shoulder tattoo with a story to tell. &#;My Brother&#;s Keeper&#; is the motto of the Bra Boys, a gang named after the Sydney suburb of Maroubra from which it sprung and famed for its DIY approach to law and order. Koby Abberton, who would later gain fame as an exceptional big wave surfer, was one of the gang&#;s founders, and like many of its members bears a tattoo proclaiming his allegiance. It&#;s not an empty platitude either; in Koby was found guilty of perverting the course of justice in order to protect his brother, who had been accused of murder (his brother was ultimately acquitted).
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From housing commission flats to movie stars and PRISON: The rise and fall of Sydney's notorious Bra Boys gang - as two of the founding brothers face court
They began in the early s as a beachside band of brothers who came together to surf big waves and protect their home break.
But the Bra Boys from Maroubra, in Sydney's south-east, soon had a reputation beyond fierce tribalism including street violence and other anti-social behaviour.
Among their number have been members charged with murder, armed robbery and smuggling cocaine.
Along the way the Bra Boys have been the subject of a movie, formed a clothing label and inspired the fictional River Boys in the TV drama series Home And Away.
Bra Boys founder Koby Abberton pictured with his psychologist wife Olya Nechiporenko
Big waver surfer Koby Abberton with his model-turned-actor former girlfriend Tahyna Tozzi
Brothers Koby (left), Sunny (centre) and Jai (in sunglasses) Abberton outside court in
Koby (left) and Sunny Abberton (right) with Russell Crowe at the premiere of the Bra Boys film
For years the gang seemed to go quiet but this week they have been back in the headlines.
Just this month two
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