Judicial authorities in Costa Rica are investigating the killing of a Santa Cruz native from a well-known surfing family who was found dead in a home.

"He was a class act," said one longtime friend of Van Dyke's. "Just someone who you'd want to hang out with ... was passionate about surfing; passionate about life." ...

Kurt Van Dyke, a longtime Costa Rica hotel owner who left California in the 1980s, was reportedly slain in his apartment on the Caribbean coast during a weekend robbery.

American surfing legend Kurt Van Dyke was found dead at his apartment over the weekend. He was just 66 years old. Van Dyke, ...

Van Dyke moved to Costa Rica's southern Limón province in 1983 and spent roughly four decades running a modest hotel that became a magnet for traveling surfers, as detailed by CRHoy. In the water, he ...

A Santa Cruz native from a well-known surfing family was killed in Costa Rica, according to several reports. According to several reports, Kurt Van Dyke was found dead Saturday, inside his apartment.

The man was surfing near Haskell's Beach in Goleta, Calif., when the incident took place ...

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A San Jose family of six narrowly escaped tragedy when their boat capsized in rough waters near Santa Cruz, thanks to the ...

The small fishing boat, which carried two parents and four children, capsized in the Pacific Ocean near the Surfing Museum, ...

Local surfers jumped into action when a boat capsized in Santa Cruz, helping pull four children and two adults from the water ...