Carey Hart
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Carey Hart is a Freestyle Motocross Racer.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Years
Carey Hart was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 17, 1975. His parents divorced when he was very young and he and his younger brother Anthony "Tony" Hart were raised by their father, Tom Hart.[1] Hart began competing in motocross races in 1981 at only 6 years old, turned professional in 1993 when he was 18 and began competing in supercross racing at that time. Hart then began competing in freestyle motocross (FMX) in 1996.[1]
[edit] Career
During the 2000 Gravity Games, Carey attempted a backflip in a motorcycle competition[2]
He has been featured in nationwide ad campaigns for Ford and Mountain Dew, as well as in print publications such as Paper Magazine, Teen People, EXPN The Magazine, Rolling Stone, and has graced the covers of numerous Motocross magazines. Carey has also appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, appeared on The Today Show and has starred in ESPN/Touchstone Pictures’ IMAX film, Ultimate X and has cameo appearances in XXx and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Pink's videos Just Like a Pill and So What.[citation needed] Carey also appeared as a cast member on the fifth season of the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life.[3]
[edit] Wasted Space
Along with Mark Zeff, Hart created Wasted Space, a "tattoo-parlor-inspired" bar, located at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.[4]
[edit] Marriage
In 2006, Hart married the singer Pink. Hart met Pink in Las Vegas at the 2001 X Games. After four years of dating, Pink proposed to Hart in 2005 via a pit board during one of his races in Mammoth Lakes, California. She was holding a sign saying the classic phrase "Will you marry me?" On the other side was written "I'm Serious!" After Hart read the sign, he almost caused an accident.[5] They married in Costa Rica in January 2006.[6] After months of speculation, Pink's publicist Michele Schweitzer, told PEOPLE magazine in February 2008, that she and Hart had separated.[7]
"This decision was made by best friends with a huge amount of love and respect for one another," Ms. Schweitzer said.[8]
After two years of marriage, they separated in February 2008[9] However, as of March 2009, Hart revealed in an interview to SpeedFreaks that he and Pink are now 'dating'.[10] Pink has since confirmed that they are back together.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Notable Biographies.com". Notablebiographies.com. http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2006-Ei-La/Hart-Carey.html.
- ^ http://expn.go.com/xgames/sxg/viii/s/020815_backflip.html
- ^ http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_surreal_life_5/series_about.jhtml
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/realestate/commercial/02sqft.html?ref=commercial
- ^ "Pink Gets Engaged To Motocross Champion Carey Hart". http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1505056/20050630/story.jhtml. Retrieved on February 1 2008.
- ^ "Pink Gets Married in Costa Rica". http://top40.about.com/b/2006/01/09/pink-gets-married-in-costa-rica.htm. Retrieved on February 1 2008.
- ^ "Pink News on Yahoo! Music". http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/57322859.
- ^ "Pink blue after marriage bust-up". NEWS.com.au. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23245045-10388,00.html. Retrieved on Feb 20, 2008.
- ^ http://www.showbizspy.com/article/181529/pink-doesn't-regret-marriage-to-hart
- ^ http://www.speedfreaks.tv/gallery/display.sd?iid=4361
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/arts/2009/0515/pink.html
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