She is hands down the best female snowboarder in the world; she won the gold in both 2000 and 2001 X Games Big Air, and also took the gold in Slopestyle at the Sims World Championships with her technical spins, rails, and big airs. Her fans adore her, she is known to make male fans bare their chests with "Tara is my Goddess" written across them.

Tara Dakides With her good looks and photogenic smile, Tara has been seen in Rolling Stone, Maxim, FHM and the cover of Sports Illustrated for Women. She has even graced the couch of the Late Show with David Letterman, where her charismatic personality made a definite impression on Dave. She has her own trading cards and appears in video games. Along with her sponsors, she has helped created her own Billabong snow clothing line, Vans snowboard boots, and a signature snowboard with Jeenyus.

Tara Dakides Bio Her recent interest has taking her to the racing world. She participated in the legendary, Gumball 2003. As well as making time in her scheduled to ride motocross, shifter cars and even rally racing in Ensenada! Tara is no timid woman. Her need for adventure keeps her fans watching to see what she is up to next .

Tara spends her time between her winter house in Mammoth Lakes and hitting the surf at her beach house in Southern California.

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