Sunny Abberton

Sunny Abberton, born around 1974 in Maroubra, Sydney, is a former professional surfer and a founding member of the Bra Boys, the Maroubra surf tribe. The eldest of four brothers, including big-wave surfer Koby, he was raised partly in the beach house of his grandmother Mavis, known as Ma, and became a noteworthy surfer early, placing fourth in the Australian Scholastic Titles in Victoria in 1989 at sixteen. He founded the Bra Boys before leaving for the world tour, adopting the motto My Brother's Keeper. In 2007 he wrote and co-directed with another Bra Boys member the documentary Bra Boys: Blood is Thicker than Water, which became the highest-grossing documentary in Australia, and he has since worked as a documentary filmmaker.