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Tauri D’Eatough
Deadly Vibe Issue 85 March, 2004 Leaving the courtroom for the surf may have seemed like an extreme career move to most people. But for Tauri D’Eatough, it was far more natural than you might imagine. Tauri, a descendent of the Anaiwan people, was separated from her Aboriginal mother as a child and discovered surfing […]
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Rayma Johnson
Rayma is from Griffith NSW, she is a Descendant of the Wiradjuri Nation. She began her Dance Training with Redfern Dance Theatre in 1987 and later with AIDT which in later years became NAISDA. At current Rayma is a Freelance Performer/Choreographer based in Sydney. Rayma’s Dance peformances include, Atanta Olympic Games Flag Handover Ceremony in […]
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A Good Sport
Name: Danny Allende Saying that he loves sport doesn’t do justice to Danny Allende. This father-of-three is a shining example of dedication to sport and community. A resident of La Perouse in southern Sydney, Danny uses his free time to serve as the vice-president of La Perouse football club, as well as being its A-grade […]
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Sharon Finnan
Deadly Vibe Issue 88 June, 2004 Sharon Finnan has had a long and successful career in netball. Playing first for her state and then her country, she was part of the Australian under-21 team that won the World Cup. She was then selected for the Australian team that won the World Championships in both 1991 […]
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Melissa Combo
Deadly Vibe Issue 85 March, 2004 Since bursting onto the Australian surfing circuit with a splash, Melissa Combo has remained one of the nation’s elite longboarders. Hailing from the NSW North Coast town of Ballina, Melissa began surfing at 13 and by 18 was crowned champion at the open women’s division at the Billabong Indigenous […]
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Cathy Freeman
Back to the Bush Cathy Freeman packs up the four-wheel drive and hits the road for another outback adventure. It seems once you get a taste for the bush, you just have to come back for more. After going through what she called a “life-changing experience” during the making of the first series of the […]
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Wet and Wild
Deadly Vibe Issue 110 April 2006 Waves of excitement ” when the outback meets the ocean. A group of kids from the Aboriginal community of Brewarrina enjoyed a weekend to remember recently, when they travelled to Sydney’s northern beaches for a special trip organised by the South Narrabeen Surf Life Saving Club (SNSLSC) and the […]
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Kate Romer
Deadly Vibe Issue 88 June 2004 Kate Romer is a member of Sydney Ice Impressions, a senior NSW synchronised ice-skating team. Established in 1997, the team has gone on to represent Australia in Italy, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. They’ve also won the national championships seven times So what is synchronised ice-skating anyway? Teams […]
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Leoni Carpenter
Leonie Carpenter is knocking the socks off soccer. Since taking up the sport six years ago, ‘Lilly’, as she likes to be known, has amazed her parents, team-mates and coaches with her talent as a goalkeeper. Lilly, who hails from the Tiwi Islands, started playing soccer “just for fun” while attending boarding school across the […]
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Jodie Barsby
Deadly Vibe Issue 85 March 2004 WHEN Deadly Vibe caught up with lively NSW surfer Jodie Barsby, she was going through a bit of a dry spell. ” I haven’t had a surf now for three weeks ‘ it’s been the longest time that I’ve spent out of the water!” Jodie said, explaining that the […]
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Dale Richards
Deadly Vibe Issue 85 March 2004 Dale Richards says that surfing just came easy to him. And that’s not hard to believe, considering the 16-year-old can already execute some of the sport’s most challenging moves with eye-catching precision and graceful ease. While still very much a developing talent, Dale balances his abilities with the perfect […]
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Norayah Joy Hewitt
Deadly Vibe Issue 75 It’s not much of a surprise that Norayah Hewitt’s favourite animal is a cheetah ” she spends a lot of her time acting like one and running as fast as she can. Norayah, who lives on the Gold Coast, is so quick off the mark that she took out the Australian […]
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Alison Lacey
Deadly Vibe Issue 71 January 2003 Bouncing Into The Big Time Too cool for netball, Alison Lacey has just scored herself a spot in the national U16 basketball team. Alison Lacey can’t get enough of her beloved game of basketball. For this 15-year-old Koori girl from Canberra, “˜training’ isn’t a dirty word so much as […]
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Samantha Hinton
Deadly Vibe Issue 106, December 2005 Aye Aye, Captain! This young cricketing dynamo is hitting “˜em for six! When we last heard from Samantha Hinton she was a 15-year-old burgeoning cricket star with big plans to work hard towards her ultimate dream ” to play for Australia. Two years later and this young all-rounder from […]
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Beau and Kyle Anderson
Deadly Vibe Issue 60 Febuary 2002 Hailing from the Perth suburb of Maddington, Beau and Kyle Anderson are two young Aboriginal boys making their mark in the very precise world of darts. Younger brother Kyle, 14, first got interested in the game after watching his father compete at the Maddington Tavern. He started playing at […]
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Stacey Porter
Deadly Vibe Issue 106, December 2005 Batter Up! The awards just keep coming for this silver sister. Stacey Porter will soon be running out of space on her mantelpiece if things keep going the way they are. This 23-year-old softballing sensation has been inundated with awards, with trophies of all kinds jostling for position with […]
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