PT Journal AU Esparza, D SO Romanica Olomucensia PY 2013 BP 47 EP 59 VL 25 IS 1 DI 10.5507/ro.2013.005 DE surf; history; culture; press; Spain. AB The history of surfing origins in Spain is an issue rarely explored as yet. In order to go a step further, the paper explores the Spanish press to find references about surfing. The results have been crucial to know the origins of surfing in Spain: in order to fix dates, events and names. The press articles are classified by categories and all of them are listed in chronological order that could be useful as a databasis to other researchers. ER