Kurt Van Dyke, a longtime Costa Rica hotel owner who left California in the 1980s, was reportedly slain in his apartment on ...
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 ...
As Costa Rican and international authorities investigate the killing of prominent surfer and Santa Cruz native Kurt Van Dyke, friends and family remember his deep love for surfing and the intense ...
According to CRHoy, Van Dyke traveled to Costa Rica in the 1980s and was known as the "King" among the local surfing ...
Kurt Van Dyke died after being attacked by two intruders who stole items from his home ...
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 ...