{"id":2414,"date":"2026-02-25T01:36:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azoressurfholidays.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:32:57","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/azoressurfholidays.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2414\" class=\"elementor elementor-2414 elementor-222\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0e9385 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d0e9385\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b03b9d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b03b9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d3fc8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76d3fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From Ribeira Grande to the world\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-addc9f5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"addc9f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My name is Gon\u00e7alo and I\u2019m 26 years old. 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