PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Esparza, Daniel TI - DP - 2013 Jun 1 TA - Romanica Olomucensia PG - 47--59 VI - 25 IP - 1 AID - 10.5507/ro.2013.005 IS - 18034136 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.