My Brother’s Keeper: The Official Bra Boys Story – Sean Doherty
Surfing magazine Tracks’ editor Sean Doherty’s new book My Brother’s Keeper: The Official Bra Boys Story tells the inside story of the notorious Maroubra surfing gang the Bra Boys
Life was never destined to be a smooth ride for the Abberton brothers. The four boys all born to different fathers grew up on Sydney’s Maroubra beach at a time when the place was shadowed with drugs and gang violence. Raised largely by their grandmother Sunny Jai Koby and Dakota found solace in the surf while finding solidarity with their mates the Bra Boys.
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The official biography of the Abberton brothers the book follows their story from its humble beginnings on the sands of Maroubra to global surf stardom big-wave heroics and the fateful events of 5 August 2003 when Jai shot dead Maroubra underworld figure Anthony Hines only to be later acquitted on grounds of self-defence. With a reputation for surfing hard partying even harder and attracting trouble the Bra Boys have polarised public opinion worldwide. For the first time in print here’s everything you won’t read in the newspapers.
Their story is raw uncompromising and told from the heart. BRA BOYS the documentary narrated by Russell Crowe won awards internationally and a major Hollywood feature film is now in pre-production.
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