Tara Dakides back on Sessions
After a decade, the pioneering female rider is back with her original sponsor
It was announced Friday that after 10 years, Tara Dakides has signed back up with Sessions, the award-winning snowboarder's first outerwear sponsor.
After stints racing motocross, trucks and in the Gumball 3000, co-owning Omatic Snowboards and being featured on FHM's Hot 100 list and The Late Show with David Letterman, Dakides' focus returns to snowboarding.
"Life really does come full circle. Sessions was my first sponsor back in the day (19 years old) when a girl getting sponsored was few and far between. It's a trip to come back after all these years with a new outlook and more experience. I'm excited to have more creative freedom with my outerwear designs and to be able to work with such great people who love to ride. It's nice to feel a part of helping build something and be appreciated in the process. It's good to be home!" said the rider.
Dakides has had many accomplishments in her career to date including Transworld and Snowboarder magazines' Best Freestyle Rider, Best Overall Female Rider, Female Snowboarder of the Year, Best Rail Rider, as well as gold medals at the Winter X Games Slopestyle and Big Air, Vans Triple Crown and the Roxy Chicken Jam.
Sessions team manager Brett Butcher is elated by Dakides' comeback. "Snowboarding has a lot to thank Tara for. In a time when women's snowboarding was not as popular as it is today, Tara was breaking boundaries. She was not only progressing woman's snowboarding but snowboarding as a whole. She paved the way for the Gretchens and Torahs of today and opened up everyone's eyes to what was possible. Cheers to you, Tara, and welcome back!"
Dakides will have a signature outerwear line with Sessions for 2011.
