"According to multiple media reports, 66-year-old Kurt Van Dyke died last Saturday in Cahuita, a town near the country's coastline along the Caribbean Sea. The Tico Times, an English language Costa Rican newspaper, reported that Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency received a report about the incident at 10:50 a.m. Van Dyke's body was discovered with signs of asphyxiation and multiple stab wounds, according to a preliminary examination by the investigative agency."
"Investigators reported that two men entered Van Dyke's apartment and pointed guns at him and a woman he had been sharing the unit with before confining them both to the room. According to the local news outlet, the assailants took several valuable items before attacking Van Dyke and fleeing the scene in two vehicles, including one that was taken from the property. The woman, who was reportedly tied up, survived the ordeal."
"Gene Van Dyke, called "the fraying thread of Bay Area surf culture" by the Mercury News in 2021, began surfing Santa Cruz's picturesque breaks in 1950 alongside his brothers Fred and Peter. Later on, the trio became well-known for shredding the cresting blue giants along Oahu's North Shore and rubbed elbows with surf legends Jack O'Neill and Duke Kahanamoku."
Kurt Van Dyke, 66, died last weekend in Cahuita, Costa Rica. Investigators found his body with signs of asphyxiation and multiple stab wounds. Two men entered his apartment, pointed guns at him and a woman, confined them, and stole valuable items before attacking Van Dyke and fleeing in two vehicles, including one taken from the property. The woman was tied up and survived. Van Dyke lived in the surf town and owned Hotel Puerto Viejo. He was raised in Santa Cruz by surf pioneers Gene and Betty Van Dyke; Gene and his brothers later surfed Oahu's North Shore and associated with surf legends.
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