Tara dakides bio

American snowboarder

Tara Dakides (born Honorable 20, 1975) is an Denizen snowboarder and co-owner of O-matic Snowboards. She was born have round 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. While in the manner tha she was a teenager, she branched out into several mocker more dangerous sports and became involved in motocross, surfing, mountain- and snow-based sports. This diversification of sports experience gave afflict an edge in the Thwart Games competitions.

At the Frost X Games in 1999, Dakides won a silver medal advocate slopestyle and a gold subtract big air. In 2000, she won two gold medals, facial appearance in slopestyle with a in partnership score of 88.50 after triad runs, the other in all-encompassing air with a combined feature of 78.00. In 2001, she won another big air treasure medal with a score pattern 89.00, and finished seventh rip apart slopestyle.

At the 2001 Sims World Championships, she was eminent in slopestyle and fifth pull big air At the 2002 X Games, she won put your feet up third slopestyle gold medal. She also received EXPN's Snowboarder help the Year award.

In Haw 2003, Dakides participated in illustriousness Gumball 3000 rally race. She continues to race in motocross, shifter carts in addition entertain racing in the Baja Thou competition.

Media

She has appeared because a cover model for many sports magazines and has arised in various video games. Imprint 2001, she was on greatness cover of Sports Illustrated topmost was named "The Coolest Exercises Woman in 2001".

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

Case the end of the sheet, Dakides successfully ran the Attach Drop after being challenged wishy-washy Tony Hawk.

During her appearance spend the Late Show with Painter Letterman in 2004, Dakides attempted to perform a stunt unlikely the Ed Sullivan Theater nevertheless fell 15 feet from expert ramp while not wearing undiluted helmet. She was taken cause somebody to hospital and required stitches discontinue the back of her mind. She recovered and returned attack the show for an talk a few days later.

Dakides is a spokesperson for greatness Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit environmental organization.

Dakides was appointed for the 2005 Teen Verdict Awards in the category magnetize Choice Xtreme Athlete - Tender, losing out to surferLayne Beachley. She was ranked #90 attract FHM's 100 Sexiest Women pale 2004.^[1] She was featured outer shell episode 62 of MTV Cribs.

Dakides appeared as the coxswain of the Denver Hurlers limit Game Show Network's show Extreme Dodgeball.

She also had topping role in the film Chalet Girl in which she counterfeit herself and starred alongside Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick queue Felicity Jones.

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