The man was surfing near Haskell's Beach in Goleta, Calif., when the incident took place

A LEGENDARY surfer has been suffocated and stabbed to death after an apparent robbery of his home in Costa Rica. Kurt Van Dyke, 66, was found dead – with a sheet wrapped over his head

The surfing community is mourning the loss of a legend whose family helped define the culture along the Santa Cruz coast.

They found him over a thousand feet out to sea, clinging to a lobster trap for survival. Video footage of the rescue was captured; see below. “A 26 y/o surfer got swept out by high surf after losing his board, but his friend reported it immediately and he clung to a lobster trap buoy until help arrived.

The rescue only took about 30 minutes.

Nicolas Cage’s character in The Surfer, known only as The Surfer, is visiting a scenic Western Australia spot called Luna Bay with his teenage son, The Kid (played by Finn Little). The Surfer’s mission is to scout out an old family property. It’s the ...

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Image via Getty Images A surfer in Australia is returning to the sport despite losing his leg in a shark attack. Nothing, not even something traumatizing like that, could keep him from the sea. The surfer,