Tao Berman Greatest Hits

[@jasondickensheets6478]

Still...the gnarliest kayaking highlight video ever. And it’s 2021 🤯

[@beenwithalowercaseb19]

this ones pretty gnarly kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4jWYoJ5e8tkqpo

[@peeterpolomaa6180]

say what you want about this guy, but the stuff he's done on here is completely insane

[@Michael65429]

"Insane" being the key word...

[@Romany1111]

Logs have been doing this for millions of years with the same skill.

[@aussierules3436]

😂😂😂

[@aussierules3436]

And without helmets....pussies

[@MrPartyPantsMonroe]

I wasn't convinced he actually knew how to roll until the final few seconds of the video.

[@the2012kayak]

the name of the song is "Freak" - by Megaphone

[@brandob9]

The crowd reaction to this at the PDXKayaker film fest was awesome.

[@mightyhumbledread]

Haters gotta learn their history. Tao grew up on a river in norcal, doin loops at like 10. No one was sending this stuff back then. The nomad was the boat of choice, cutting edge and still relevant to this day. Haters that have no kayak vids...👎

[@philippd6117]

the song is called 'Freak' by Megaphone

[@StillRapidsMedia]

they founded and sponsor sickline, the world extreme kayaking championships, and have a team that go to it. also a sizable freestyle team.

[@danblais21]

He is nuts ! I think he prefers rocks than water...

[@braedenpelland1676]

Much gracefulness!

[@jonasbrown1]

1:32 OUCH OUCH OUCH!!!!!

[@inazone222able]

From reading these youtube comments, sounds like Tao Berman is the Anne Hathaway of extreme whitewater kayaking

[@TheGODAcronym]

It's difficult to paddle with such big balls.

[@Embrio]

Nice "carnage" vid.

[@classfunwhitewater2926]

Anyone know what that first slide is?

[@SurfSUPadventures]

Sick vid!

[@spatnaspolecnost]

sounds a lot like cobrastyle by robyn / teddybears / others before them lol

[@kazkajak5941]

ekstremalnie, wprost niewyobrażalnie - brak możliwości jakiejkolwiek asekuracji !!!

[@darthtrump4428]

whatever boat he uses that doesnt disintegrate for duration of one descent, will last me a lifetime

[@JohnS-er7jh]

LOL I was going to post the same comment. My kayaks are lasting decades, whereas you notice in each clip he has a new kayak (well at least his sponsors covered the costs)

[@darthtrump4428]

@@JohnS-er7jh mine only for few years tho, because i am afraid of kayaking sharp scrapy runs, and also i dont kayak as much as i would wanted but when i go for rock slides or rock ledge boofs, they are always somehov over some tiny sharp rock 😥😥

[@susanparker767]

✨🙏🏼✨

[@The3rdBaboon]

@g0atstr0ker I assume you mean Sunny Afternoon? Thats not the song, I don't know what the song is.

[@AdamJohnson2]

Sweet vid. One question: Why run all that shit that had wood in it? Looks like you got destroyed real good on that one clothesline. Lotta stouts there. Cheers, -Adam WhitewaterFreestyle

[@g0atstr0ker]

"Lazy Afternoon" - the Kinks. If I'm not mistaken.

[@canyontritt4488]

It's freak by megaphone

[@meandermind]

How are you still alive!??

[@cbr125rcanada]

So, where's Tao at these days? Haven't seen much of his recent stuff. Did he retire? Back injury? Lost nerve?

[@fender8421]

+Dr. Fronkensteen he retired. probs still kayaks though

[@jessicatritt3458]

no he is one of are good friends I think he put it to rest when he had kids

[@cbr125rcanada]

Jessica Tritt Ah yes, that happens a bit. ;-)

[@chris082681]

He retired after surfing the biggest ocean wave I think. There's another vid somewhere

[@corsica6565]

1:33 to 1:47 ragdoll. love it

[@tedroberts5210]

There’s these two guys named Aniole and Dane running stuff similar to this in 2022 and making it look easy. Still, somebody had to do it first and it wasn’t pretty, that’s for sure.

[@Michael65429]

Dane isn't this insane...

[@ballplayMccoy]

balls to the wall!

[@DPats1228]

Or at least he lives in white salmon wa now

[@DanTaitMusic]

Jesus.

[@mrbadwhiskey]

what is the song

[@1993FreeStyle]

not a big fan of tao but god dam he has got balls

[@reseth]

music anyone?

[@TKM11370]

He is a typical american jock kayaker. He has skill for sure but nearly as much as he thinks he has.

[@canyontritt4488]

Then why is he sponsored by red bull??? I bet you can't even roll.

[@canyontritt4488]

@Gabriel Deschênes élève yeah dudes cocky, but you’ve never met him...known the guy personally for most my life, he hooked me up with all my boats, dude is one of the nicest guys, and whether you think he was good or not, he ran some of the gnarliest drops in kayaking, that will never be ran again cuz no one has the balls for it.

[@TKM11370]

@@canyontritt4488 Actually, I can. Look at Dane Jackson who runs some mental stuff but always looks in control. I am glad Tao retired as he was only going to kill himself if he continued. Dude was like a cat with nine lives..

[@tedroberts5210]

Some of the shit he’s seen running here seems to be at too low flow. The worst hits look like ELF.

[@thecrazydonut]

The only kayaker who prefers rocks over water.

[@pyranhadave24]

UPDATE: Tao Berman's bones can no longer function. Full time nurse wanted to regularly apply poop tube. All application's are accepted.

[@garageskatepark]

Yeah, out of all the socially awkward kayakers that there are (as much time as we spend in the woods and sleeping onthe ground) this guy takes the cake. I have literally never met anyone that couldn't talk about themselves so much. He comes up to my armpit and his attitude stinks about as much. I wish he would take up rally racing, or maybe look into being a race horse jockey!

[@slappadabass3290]

garageskatepark Shut up

[@jonasbrown1]

I do know some one who used to date his wife

[@canyontritt4488]

Wow, that's cool! I got something better! He's one of my dad's best friends.

[@aidanmcmanus9372]

@@canyontritt4488 ok dude

[@jonasbrown1]

I've herd Tao burman is kind of a jerk.

[@canyontritt4488]

He's one of my family's best friend's he's not

[@jenniferalf1992]

Dude your rude he is my uncle

[@delmar2169]

He's my cousin.

[@TheRedbull101]

He’s my dad

[@delmar2169]

Family reunion boys!!

[@manusk40]

mostly rocks lol

[@maximilianrodliff]

i dont really get kayaking it seems like you just push yourself down a river in a boat put a helmut on and get bashed around ?

[@be05068906]

and if you swim drink a bootie kidding for me its the rush i live in norway so i go on multi day trips on class 1 to 4+ rivers

[@WoodsmanSkills]

Clearly you need to try it then..... Your hooked and scared and understand the need

[@FreeRivers85]

this guy... has no style.

[@eengulden]

NO, not funny.

[@chuckatleescap]

Freakshow. I'm sorry, but I'm not seeing alot of padding here, if any. What I AM seeing is alot of out of control bouncing, skipping, scraping, and reacting to the effects of throwing oneself down steep drops and slides. Not much skill, but lots of raw stupid courage. Stupid because Tao is going to kill himself someday if he keeps it up. His over confidence will be his downfall.

[@SteepVisions]

Reacting to out of control bouncing IS a skill.

[@huckwhisenhunt4940]

Back when these guys were at it they didn’t have all of the boat tech that we have the nomad is still relevant boat on that I agree but only to a certain point. if anyone is running the stuff that he did today they have a modern creek boat with a high rocker profile and more of an edge. The boat that he uses the dagger nomad is a round hull with little/no edge and it’s slow that’s why he is reacting instead of being proactive and to hit the lines of some of those rapids and drops with that boat is very impressive the guy has mad skills and is a legend in the sport in my opinion.

[@b5yuwu672]

Its not that eaay to paddle down a slide... And "not much skill" is a stupid take.