500 Beaches On Six Continents

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That’s how widespread the sales of the Shibumi Sun Shade has been the last six years.

Some of you may recall me mentioning this shade in conversation or in a thread on here.

There was a story in Our State magazine this month about the origins of this product.

Two brothers who were UNC alumni, in their mid- to - late twenties, decided that they were tired of setting up beach umbrellas for their parents.

So one night back in 2015, they decided to try an experiment with some PVC pipe, some rope, and some fabric.

They discovered their idea worked and now their company has grown at a rapid pace.

A major NC success story. My hat’s off to those guys and their ingenuity.

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Shibumi Shade® - World's Best Beach Shade

Shibumi Shade® forever improved the beach experience because it works with the wind, not against it®. After years of innovation, Shibumi Shade® is now quieter, stronger, and provides more sun protection than ever before. Shibumi Shade is also now made from 40% ocean-bound recycled plastic. It's...
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Interesting timing. We're at the beach now and a couple was trying to set one of those up yesterday. FAIL is an understatement. He went back out to the car dropping some F bombs and came back with an umbrella. If the wind is right that thing is pretty sweet. If not, not so much apparently.

He said this was the first time they have had trouble with it. The wind was oddly about nonexistent yesterday on the beach. When the breeze picked up a bit it wasn't steady. Kudos to their success though.
 
skiles said:
Interesting timing. We're at the beach now and a couple was trying to set one of those up yesterday. FAIL is an understatement. He went back out to the car dropping some F bombs and came back with an umbrella. If the wind is right that thing is pretty sweet. If not, not so much apparently.

He said this was the first time they have had trouble with it. The wind was oddly about nonexistent yesterday on the beach. When the breeze picked up a bit it wasn't steady. Kudos to their success though.
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Yep. It needs some wind. However, we watched a couple down at Wrightsville Beach back in April, when my wife and I first saw this shade, struggle with getting it set up and keeping it “flying”.

The trick is to put it together in a certain order, set the sand bag as far into the wind as possible, and make adjustments if the wind shifts.

We went to Bald Head Island with our new shade last week. We set it up and took it down in 30 mph winds the first three days we were there, with no issues at all. It took about three minutes to deploy it and tear it down.

We put it up mid-morning every day, and didn’t take it down until just before dark. We never had an issue and only had to slightly move one pole when the wind shifted one time. It was crazy windy down there.

If there’s no wind, it won’t work. If there’s a steady breeze to strong wind, it will work. It will work as long as it is set up correctly and in the right order.
 
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Qball said:
That’s how widespread the sales of the Shibumi Sun Shade has been the last six years.

Some of you may recall me mentioning this shade in conversation or in a thread on here.

There was a story in Our State magazine this month about the origins of this product.

Two brothers who were UNC alumni, in their mid- to - late twenties, decided that they were tired of setting up beach umbrellas for their parents.

So one night back in 2015, they decided to try an experiment with some PVC pipe, some rope, and some fabric.

They discovered their idea worked and now their company has grown at a rapid pace.

A major NC success story. My hat’s off to those guys and their ingenuity.

shibumishade.com

Shibumi Shade® - World's Best Beach Shade

Shibumi Shade® forever improved the beach experience because it works with the wind, not against it®. After years of innovation, Shibumi Shade® is now quieter, stronger, and provides more sun protection than ever before. Shibumi Shade is also now made from 40% ocean-bound recycled plastic. It's...
shibumishade.com shibumishade.com
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skiles said:
Interesting timing. We're at the beach now and a couple was trying to set one of those up yesterday. FAIL is an understatement. He went back out to the car dropping some F bombs and came back with an umbrella. If the wind is right that thing is pretty sweet. If not, not so much apparently.

He said this was the first time they have had trouble with it. The wind was oddly about nonexistent yesterday on the beach. When the breeze picked up a bit it wasn't steady. Kudos to their success though.
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Great product for windy areas but the gulf coast in Floriduh is no bueno. Hardly any wind and it just lays on the sand, lifeless.
 
I’ve used one several times and as long as you have it set up correctly it’s great, but it’s also 250$ for a tarp and a tent pole! Look forward to the cheaper copy’s in the near future.
 
I clicked the link in the OP last night (on my phone) and showed the pic to my wife. Had this text when I woke up today. 🤣

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Chuckman said:
My only question is, that 6th continent, Antarctica, you really got people laying out on a beach needing a sun tarp?
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Now in all fairness to myself, I didn’t say they were selling these things on six continents. Our State magazine said that. Lol.
 
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