The best beach umbrellas are like great mattresses or high-performance running shoes: Skimp on quality and you’ll have a bad time (or worse, you’ll end up hurt). Maybe that sounds far-fetched, but ...

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Last year, I wrote about a breakthrough canopy-styled beach umbrella that uses sandbags to prevent it from cartwheeling down the shoreline in windy weather, while providing great coverage and an easy ...