Santa Cruz surfing legend Kurt Van Dyke was found slain on Valentine’s Day in Costa Rica, friends and family said. They said Van Dyke’s oldest son shared the news.

Costa Rican authorities are investigating the killing of a U.S. citizen in what they describe as an apparent robbery. On ...

A well-known California surfer turned businessman was reportedly killed by intruders in his Costa Rican home over the weekend ...

Armed assailants entered his home and stole valuables during the scuffle, then stabbing ensued, according to several outlets.

Kurt Van Dyke, a California surfer and longtime Costa Rica resident, was found dead at his home. Authorities say the killing appears linked to a robbery.

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 ...

A California surfing legend has been brutally killed while his girlfriend was tied up and robbed at their Costa Rica home.

The 66-year-old hotel owner was found beneath a bed after masked men allegedly entered his home in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rican ...

An expatriate American hotel owner from a prominent surfing family in California was brutally killed in Costa Rica this ...

Kurt Van Dyke, 66, was killed in a home invasion in Costa Rica over the weekend. His girlfriend survived the attack.

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 ...

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.