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Sunny Abberton (born in Maroubra, Sydney), is a founding member of the Australian surf tribe, the Bra Boys. Together with his brothers, Koby, Jai, and Dakota, Sunny Abberton achieved national and international attention in 2007 with the release of a feature-length documentary entitled ''Bra Boys: Blood is Thicker than Water'', that he wrote and co-directed with another member of the Bra Boys. ==Biography and surf career== Sunny Abberton is the oldest of four boys. The Abberton men were born in the eastern suburbs of Sydney to a heroin addicted mother and her criminal boyfriend (who was not their biological father).〔Jarratt, Phil. Australia's Hottest 100 Surfing Legends. Hardie Grant Publishing, 2012.〕 Their grandmother, Mavis Abberton a.k.a. "Ma", opened her beach house to the boys. Soon the house was overflowing with other young boys that needed a safe place to spend time. "If anyone started 'Bra Boys' it was Ma," says Sunny in the Bra Boys documentary.〔Abberton, Sunny. Bra Boys: Blood Is Thicker Than Water. Documentary, 2007.〕 With the young men spending all of their time on the beach and in the water, Sunny quickly became a noteworthy surfer. In 1989 the then 16-year-old Sunny competed, and placed fourth, in the Australian Scholastic Titles in Victoria, Australia.〔Wilcox, Kirk. "The Reoubtable Sunny Abberton Can Wait..." Australia, 5 January 1989, Late Edition, sec. Eastern Herald.〕 Before leaving for the world tour, Sunny established the Bra Boys with the hopes that they would look after one another while he was gone.〔Nick Scott. "Blood Brothers." The Guardian, 28 September 2008, sec. Sport. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/sep/28/surfing.gang.〕 Their motto: "My Brother’s Keeper" was tattooed on the boys, sealing the bond that they had with one another. Years later after a heated argument between Sunny’s brother, Koby, and their mother’s boyfriend led to Koby getting hit in the head with a baseball bat, Sunny took Koby in to his own home.〔Minion, Lynne. "Brotherhood & Redemption". Canberra, Australia, 8 September 2009.〕 With the influence of Sunny and the beach, Koby focused on surfing and quickly became one of the most well-known big wave surfers in the world. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunny Abberton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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