Carey Hart

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Carey Jason-Phillip Hart (born on July 17, 1975 in Seal Beach, California and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American motorcycle rider. Carey Hart entered the world of motocross at the age of four when he began riding dirt bikes while growing up in Las Vegas. He turned pro at the age of 17 and began riding freestyle when he was 23. Since then, he has become the planet's most well-known motocross rider - and even has a trading card game and his own action figure. Carey has broken over 58 bones in his body. His favorite hobby is music and he played bass with Pennywise on the 2001 Warped Tour. He also appears in Kid Rock's video for Bawitdaba as the guy who jumps over the trailer park on a motorcycle. Hart is reputedly an avid fan of the punk band Social Distortion.

Hart starred in the fifth season of The Surreal Life. He’s also appeared in 12 videos, been featured several times in Rolling Stone and pulled tricks in XXX and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.

In 2000, at the Gravity Games, Carey became the first rider to complete a back-flip on a 250cc motorcycle. He later injured his back while doing a backflip and was not expected to completely heal. On The Surreal Life he recounted that after his accident he struggled with alcoholism.

He is also the first rider to perform the "Hart Attack" on a 250cc motorcycle.

The reality show "Inked," shown on the A&E cable network, chronicles Harts Las Vegas tattoo shop, Hart and Huntington.

He is married to the American singer P!nk (Alecia Moore). She proposed to him during a race in Mammoth Lakes in 2005. The couple were married on January 7, 2006, Pink and Hart had a non-denominational ceremony on a Costa Rican beach at the Four Seasons Resort on the Papagayo peninsula

Recently Carey has opened Hart & Huntington Tattoo shops in, Honolulu, Hawaii & also in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Another shop will be opening on May 10th in Orlando, Florida. He has also expressed interest in becoming involved in racing cars.