(CNN) — Three young women are photographed, mid-laughter, on a beach. It’s a sunny day in the early 1980s. Their arms are wrapped around one another. They’re snacking on potato chips, stretching out ...

Hitting the beach in the ’80s was a whole different vibe. From boomboxes blasting mixtapes to kids cannonballing into the waves with inflatable rafts in tow, playing hooky at the beach in the ’80s ...