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Santa Cruz native and son of well-known surfing family Kurt Van Dyke reportedly killed in Costa Rica

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 ...
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‘You left waves': Shock over apparent slaying of ex-Santa Cruz surfing great in Costa Rica

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 ...
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Santa Cruz surfing legend Kurt Van Dyke killed in Costa Rica, reports say

CAHUITA, Limón Province - 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 in the Cahuita area of ...
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Surfing generates nearly $200 million a year for Santa Cruz — and coastal changes could put it at risk

In the summer of 1885, three teenage Hawaiian princes visiting Santa Cruz dragged hand-hewn, 17-foot redwood boards — each weighing more than 200 pounds — across the sand at Main Beach. Riding waves ...