Shibumi Shades are lightweight, portable beach shades designed to be wind-powered. They are easy to set up and offer UPF 50+ sun protection. While more expensive than traditional umbrellas, their ...

Thomas Blackburn looks forward to his family’s weeklong beach vacation at the Isle of Palms every year. He has been coming to the South Carolina barrier island since he was a child. Now a father with ...

Shibumi co-founders Dane Barnes, Scott Barnes and Alex Slater (left to right) tapped their frustration with traditional beach umbrellas to create a fast-growing sun shade at their startup Shibumi. If ...

This article was originally published in the Assembly. Just off Access 29 in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, Sandra Parker and her sisters hid from the smoldering sun. Years back, Parker’s husband ...