Koby Abberton

Koby Abberton
Koby Abberton in July 2013
Born (1979-06-02) 2 June 1979 (age 45)
Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Surfer, actor
Years active1998−present
SpouseOlya Nechiporenko (engaged)
ChildrenSunny Makua Abberton

Koby Abberton (born 2 June 1979 in Maroubra, New South Wales), an Australian former professional surfer, is a member of the Australian surf gang the Bra Boys. He rose to local prominence in 2006, when he was found guilty of perverting the course of justice[1] in an incident surrounding his brother Jai Abberton, who was charged but found not guilty of the 2003 murder of stand-over man Anthony 'Tony' Hines.[2] Together with his brothers, Abberton achieved national and international attention in 2007[3] with the release of a feature-length documentary entitled Bra Boys: Blood is Thicker than Water, written and directed by members of the Bra Boys. In November 2008, Koby Abberton was jailed for three days by a US court after being found guilty of assaulting an off-duty police officer in a fight outside a nightclub in Honolulu, Hawaii.[4] In 2021, Koby appeared on the TV show SAS Australia.

  1. ^ "Star surfer escapes jail". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. AAP. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. ^ Surfermag (22 July 2010). "Bra Boys: The often maligned surf brotherhood's new movie". Surfer Magazine. Interlink Media.
  3. ^ Marks, Kathy (19 March 2007). "Sydney's notorious surf gang turns tide of violence into big-screen adulation". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  4. ^ Hellard, Peta (21 November 2008). "Guilty Bra Boy Koby Abberton in Honolulu jail for three days". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited.