A Santa Cruz native from a prominent surfing family was believed to be slain in his home this weekend along Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, according to several local news reports. Kurt Van Dyke, a ...

SANTA CRUZ — A Santa Cruz native and the adult son of a legendary California surfing family was killed last weekend in Costa Rica in what appears to be a homicide, according to early investigative ...

American surfer Kurt Van Dyke was found dead in an apparent robbery at his apartment in Cahuita, a Caribbean coastal town in Costa Rica, on Saturday. He was 66.The incident was reported around 10:50 a ...

The 66-year-old from an iconic surfing family was found dead underneath a bed in his Costa Rica apartment after robbers broke in and attacked him and his girlfriend.

A SANTA CRUZ NATIVE AND LOCAL SURFING LEGEND WAS KILLED OVER THE WEEKEND IN A COASTAL TOWN IN COSTA RICA, WHERE HE NOW LIVES. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT KURT VAN -- WAS KILLED DURING A ROBBERY, AND HIS ...