Nunes, J.M.Mendes, S.Jorge, J.P.2022-08-042022-08-042015Nunes, J.M., Mendes, S., & Jorge, J.P. (2015). Surf: royal sport for the natural kings of earth: uma perspetiva histórica. Proceedings Book of the International Conference Heritage vs Tourism, Torres Vedras, Portugal, February 10-13. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4829.0806http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/7506In recent years, surf has reached such proportions in terms of media coverage and importance in the Portuguese economy such a way that even attracted the government's attention to the phenomenon. This attention was reflected in national strategic documents of the economy of the sea, through the surf tourism. Nowadays Portugal is mentioned as one of the countries with the highest tourist demand for surfing, which is reflected in the increasing availability of products relating to this activity, including hostels, surfcamps and surfschools, among others. As a first introduction we refer to the origin of the word surf, as well as their differentiation relative to the term surfing, some of the modalities that are practiced in the waves, chronologically followed by their origin, history, social issues and decline, with the connection to surf tourism at the beginning of the 20th century proving to be extremely important to your success and rebirth, while economic activity and subsequent development. In the end, globalization, finishing with its arrival in Portugal.engSurfSurfingHistóriaTurismoconference object10.13140/RG.2.1.4829.0806