(This content was created with the help of AI.) America’s latest beach fight isn’t over booze or boom boxes—it’s about a $255 strip of polyester.
The Wall Street Journal reports on the Shibumi, a 4-pound shade that catches the wind like a sideways flag and, in some coastal towns, has practically taken over the shoreline.
In North Carolina’s Wrightsville Beach, homeowners say the sea of blue-and-turquoise canopies is a welcome sign that summer has arrived. But in places like Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, officials have banned Shibumis and similar canopies, citing clogged sand, tripping hazards, blocked access for emergency crews, and even noise from all that flapping fabric…