
MY
BROTHER'S KEEPER: THE OFFICIAL BRA BOYS STORY
Author: Sean Doherty
Inside
the world's most infamous surf tribe: the Bra Boys, in their own words
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 2003, when Jai shot dead Maroubra
underworld figure and childhood friend Tony Hines, only to be acquitted on the
grounds of self-defence. 'My Brothers Keeper' is raw, gritty, from the heart
and everything you won't read about in the newspapers.
'My
Brother's Keeper' is available now.