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Tara Dakides to be on Letterman on Monday
From a CBS press release February 16, 2005 SNOWBOARDING SUPERSTAR TARA DAKIDES RETURNS TO CBS' "LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN," MONDAY, FEB. 21 Dakides to Attempt Snowboarding Backflip During the Broadcast Seven-time Winter X Games snowboarding medalist Tara Dakides returns to the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, Feb. 21 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Dakides, a snowboarding innovator nicknamed "The Terrorizer" who has won five gold and two silver medals in her Winter X Games career, will talk to Letterman and, later in the show, attempt a backflip from a ramp constructed outside the Ed Sullivan Theater. This is Dakides' first appearance on the LATE SHOW since her memorable visit to the show one year ago. During a snowboarding demonstration on a taping of the LATE SHOW on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, Dakides, while attempting her signature 'backside 360' jump, was injured when she slid off the landing platform of the ramp, from which she was snowboarding down outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, and fell to the pavement below. After a short hospital stay, Dakides returned to the LATE SHOW that following Monday, Feb. 9, 2004 to talk with Letterman about her fall; during the interview, she also viewed video of the accident for the first time. The LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN is a production of Worldwide Pants Incorporated. Maria Pope, Barbara Gaines, Rob Burnett and Jude Brennan are the executive producers. |
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