The surfing world is mourning the loss of Kurt Van Dyke, a California-born wave rider whose life ended violently in Costa Rica over the weekend. Per the San Francisco Chronicle, authorities in Costa ...

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.

A surfer at a popular Sydney beach was mauled to death by a suspected "large shark" on Saturday, Australian police said, in a rare fatal attack. The 57-year-old man was surfing with friends in the ...

According to CRHoy, Van Dyke traveled to Costa Rica in the 1980s and was known as the "King" among the local surfing community.

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 ...