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The
ASP World Tour is a
professional competitive surfing
league run by the Association of
Surfing Professionals. Men and women
compete in separate tours with
events taking place from late
February to mid-December, at various
surfing locations around the world.
Surfers receive points for their
best events. The surfer with the
most points at the end of the tour
is announced the ASP surfing
world champion.
Long
Beach is a city in Nassau County,
New York. One of Long Island's two
cities, it is located on a namesake
island, which forms part of the
Outer Barrier off Long Island's
South Shore. As of the United States
2010 Census, the city population was
33,275. It was incorporated in 1922,
and is nicknamed The City By the Sea
(as seen in Latin on its official
seal). According to the United
States Census Bureau, the city has a
total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2
km²). The city is located on a
barrier island off the South Shore
of Long Island. It shares the island
with Atlantic Beach to the west and
Lido Beach and Point Lookout to the
east. Within its section of the
barrier island, the city takes up
the entire north-south span,
fronting on both Reynolds Channel to
the north and the Atlantic Ocean to
the south. A drawbridge, the Long
Beach Bridge, connects it to Island
Park on the mainland of Long Island.
To the west, the Atlantic Beach
Bridge, connects the island to
Lawrence on the mainland of Long
Island. The Loop Parkway, located to
the east along the Lido Beach and
Point Lookout borders connects the
island to Jones Beach.
Unlike
most suburbs, Long Beach is a
high-density community. Fewer than
40% of the homes are detached
houses, and the city ranks as the
24th densest community in the United
States. The city is less than a mile
wide from ocean to bay and about
three and a half miles long. The
city is divided into the West End,
home to many small bungalows, and
the East End. West of New York
Avenue, the barrier island is less
than a half mile wide and West Beech
Street is the main east/west
commercial street.
East
of New York Avenue, the island is
wider between the bay and ocean and
is home to larger more expansive
family houses. There is the city's
boardwalk, which begins at New York
Avenue and ends at Neptune
Boulevard. Along the boardwalk are
many apartment buildings and condos.
The main commercial strip is Park
Avenue, which narrows into a small
residential strip west of New York
Avenue.
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