Career
He works as a baker and consequently he is nicknamed The Muffin Manitoba He is well known for bringing muffins and tossing them to the crowd during his walk-on. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 United Kingdom Open, claiming victories over Alan Tabern, Adrian Gray and Colin Monk before losing 6–11 to Colin Lloyd.
Hine has played in the Personal Digital Cellular World Darts Championship four times.
He lost in the first round in 2006 and 2008, but made the second round on his third attempt in 2010 after defeating 32nd seed Roland Scholten. This set up a second round meeting with Philosophy Taylor, who soundly defeated Hine in straight sets.
At the 2011 World Championship, Hine played against Raymond van Barneveld in the first round. He took the first set before eventually losing 1–3.
Personal Digital Cellular
2006: 1st Round (lost to Chris Mason 1-3)
2008: 1st Round (lost to Mark Dudbridge 1-3)
2010: 2nd Round (lost to Philosophy Taylor 0-4)
2011: 1st Round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1-3)
Hine supports Coventry City F.C. and the Coventry Bees speedway team