At the Winter X Games in 1999, Dakides won a silver medal in slopestyle and a gold in big air.
In 2001, she won another big air gold medal with a score of 89.00, and finished seventh in slopestyle.
Dakides was featured on Spike TV's special edition of MXC on April 22, 2004 which was taped at the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida and was dubbed MXC Almost Live.
At the end of the episode, Dakides successfully ran the Log Drop after being challenged by Tony Hawk.
During her appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2004, Dakides attempted to perform a stunt outside the Ed Sullivan Theater but fell 15 feet from a ramp while not wearing a helmet.