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The right beach chair (plus a cooler, towel, and umbrella) can turn any stretch of Jacob Riis into a not-so-private beach club. Or, a little less ambitiously, just keep your wet butt off the sand.

Here are 25 things you need for the beach, including our favorite water shoes and a Tommy Bahama cooler chair. Shop the best beach essentials at Amazon today.

As lounge chairs that rent for up to $130 pop up across the islands, local people have decided they won’t take it lying down. By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Paros, Greece It is peak tourist ...

Coleman’s Utopia Breeze beach chair is 37 percent off at Amazon, taking the price down to just $32. It’s lightweight and has plenty of pockets.

German fan Claus Burkert booked a seat for the match by draping a beach towel over a pub chair - 70 hours before the kick-off.

Some beaches have banned chairs and umbrellas before 8.30am Credit: Alamy The people behind the initiative say using towels, chairs and umbrellas to hog the best spots is unfair, and enough is enough.