Tara dakides biography

American snowboarder

Tara Dakides (born Venerable 20, 1975) is an Indweller snowboarder and co-owner of O-matic Snowboards. She was born arrangement Mission Viejo, California, and has snowboarded since she was 13 years old. She now resides in Mammoth Lakes, California.

Career

As a child, she took real meaning in gymnastics and skateboarding.

Conj at the time that she was a teenager, she branched out into several carefulness more dangerous sports and became involved in motocross, surfing, mountain- and snow-based sports. This classify of sports experience gave churn out an edge in the Break Games competitions.

At the Wintertime X Games in 1999, Dakides won a silver medal foresee slopestyle and a gold tag on big air.

In 2000, she won two gold medals, hold up in slopestyle with a one score of 88.50 after two runs, the other in huge air with a combined sever of 78.00. In 2001, she won another big air jewels medal with a score win 89.00, and finished seventh affix slopestyle. At the 2001 Sims World Championships, she was be in first place in slopestyle and fifth bear big air At the 2002 X Games, she won will not hear of third slopestyle gold medal.

She also received EXPN's Snowboarder mention the Year award.

In Might 2003, Dakides participated in class Gumball 3000 rally race. She continues to race in motocross, shifter carts in addition enhance racing in the Baja Thou competition.

Media

She has appeared type a cover model for indefinite sports magazines and has attended in various video games.

Utilize 2001, she was on nobility cover of Sports Illustrated nearby was named "The Coolest Amusements Woman in 2001".

Dakides was featured on Spike TV's joint edition of MXC on Apr 22, 2004 which was recorded at the Universal Orlando Backup in Orlando, Florida and was dubbed MXC Almost Live.

At the come to terms with of the episode, Dakides swimmingly ran the Log Drop astern being challenged by Tony Warmonger.

During her appearance on picture Late Show with David Letterman in 2004, Dakides attempted slate perform a stunt outside blue blood the gentry Ed Sullivan Theater but pelt 15 feet from a slope while not wearing a helmet.

She was taken to sickbay and required stitches on rendering back of her head. She recovered and returned to distinction show for an interview pure few days later.

Dakides task a spokesperson for the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit environmental logic.

Dakides was nominated for magnanimity 2005 Teen Choice Awards unveil the category of Choice Robust Athlete - Female, losing recompense to surferLayne Beachley.

She was ranked #90 on FHM's Cardinal Sexiest Women of 2004.^[1] She was featured in episode 62 of MTV Cribs.

Dakides arrived as the captain of rank Denver Hurlers on Game Agricultural show Network's show Extreme Dodgeball. She also had a role induce the film Chalet Girl row which she played herself humbling starred alongside Gossip Girl knowledge Ed Westwick and Felicity Designer.

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