How you doing?!

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How you doing?!

Hey Everyone,
I'm a "beginner" of this forum, my name is Andrea Pagan Ceo of Seatexboards.com.

We are located in Italy where cause of Covid 19 we are lock down since feb.29.

How you guys doing over there?

Stay safe.
Andrea

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Andrea, thank you for visiting our little "home". These are very challenging and tragic times. The shock of seeing what was happening in Italy did encourage some of us to begin preparing for what eventually would happen here.

Unlike other parts of the U.S., our state, Georgia, locked down relatively late and the restrictions are much looser than what you have. The good part is that we are still able to get out for exercise and recreation. The bad is that the seep of Covid has been only slowed. The list of "essential" activities is a bit stretched at times.

We do practice social distancing when we go out - there is enough space where most of us go that we can rig and talk while still staying 3 5 or more meters away from each other. A lot of us are older so take everything pretty seriously all around. Some people here - as you know, the US can be a very spread out in places - don't seem to be quite as serious.

Atlanta is not a windy place so foiling has become very important to us and how we found you! Your blog posts inspire us even though we are very far from you. If only you were closer so we could foil harder without fear. Biggrin

I hope Barrett joins this thread - he visited your neighborhood a few years back. https://windsportatlanta.com/gallery/album/483/list

My son had planned to visit Italy this spring - tickets bought and hotels booked. He hopes to complete the trip when things improve.

Likewise, stay safe, too.
All the best - William

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Thank you for your answer,
Italy had one of the worst time even since 1943 (i think, i was not born yet Smile ), we had a bad luck to be the 2nd country after China, that now admits that they got more dead but they forgot to tell... so we were totally unprepared and really not ready for something like that.
Now, the only way to get out, it's get a Vaccine, otherwise we can stay locked down for months / years and like a regular Flu will come back.
Since yesterday, we had less cases and less dead but we are lock down until May 3, 2020.
The economy it's dead too, a lot of people lost a job and even i've my job it's hard to work because i can't find any more materials, like Masks and plastc Gloves.
We were lucky to left Maui on time, before Italy closed the borders, we have friends that they are stuck there since March 7, and they can't leave because they don't find any fly that goes from US to Europe.
Maybe they can come back on April 27.

Meantime I saw the photo gallery, funny because one picture its just around my House!!

Never been in Georgia, i been almost around, but never in Georgia, i have a really good friend in SC that looks not so far from you guys..

I hope keep in touch .. i must run in the shop, today i need to glue a PVC on my foil board.

See ya,
Andrea

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I hope keep in touch .. i must run in the shop, today i need to glue a PVC on my foil board.

See ya, Andrea

His board: https://www.seatexboards.com/wing-board-unboxing/

Edit: Like an idiot, I stared at the second pic for a few moments wondering why he put his shoulder bag up on the board where it's being covered in foam flecks. D'oh... that's a weighted bag to keep the blank in place. Blush


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Thank you!!

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Things are looking up for our friends in Italy.

https://www.seatexboards.com/lockdown-update-day-48-some-news/

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

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Thank you!
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Check out Andrea's blog for more eye candy!

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First Day, after almost 2 months, outside.

Feel FREE, you can't believed.

hope i can go in the water soon.

Take care and thank you

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How you bed a foil box properly: Lots of Divinycell/PVC foam and carbon wrap.

https://www.seatexboards.com/wing-board-update-day-6/

If only our essential medical workers had as much PPE Cray 2

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