Breathtaking Winning Action Sports Images Of The Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2019

Red Bull Illume is the world’s greatest adventure and action sports imagery contest. It showcases the most creative and captivating images on the planet, while illuminating the passion, lifestyle and culture behind the photographers that shoot them. The Image Quest 2019 is the fifth edition and evolves with two exciting new categories; Best of Instagram by SanDisk and the Moving Image category.


Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Chris Tedesco. Athlete: Tom Parsons. Location: Swing Arm City, UT, Unites States

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Category Finalist 2019: Emerging by Red Bull Photography. Photographer: Jean-Baptiste Liautard. Athlete: Jeremy Berthier. Location: Bourgoin-Jallieu, France


Category Finalist 2019: RAW. Photographer: Christian Gisi. Athlete: Caro North & Steph Davis with Thomas Senf & Juerg Ruf. Location: Mittellegi-Ridge, Eiger, Switzerland


Category Finalist 2019: Creative by Skylum. Photographer: Philip Platzer. Athlete: Markus Stöckl. Location: Atacama Desert, Chile


Category Finalist 2019: Innovation by Sony. Photographer: Lorenz Holder. Athlete: Anne Eaton. Location: Ötztal, Austria


Category Finalist 2019: Innovation by Sony. Photographer: Laurence Crossman-Emms. Athlete: Katy Winton. Location: Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales, United Kingdom


Category Finalist 2019: Best of Instagram by SanDisk. Photographer: Hamish Frost. Athlete: Nathan Paulin. Location: Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia


Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Kamil Sustiak. Athlete: Chris Wallace. Location: Blue Mountains National Park, Australia


Category Finalist 2019: Energy. Photographer: Robin O’Neill. Athlete: Chris Rubens. Location: Pemberton, BC, Canada


Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Andrius Aleksandravičius. Athlete: Unknown. Location: Lithuania


Category Finalist 2019: Lifestyle. Photographer: Kohei Ueno. Athlete: Shuyi Chua. Location: Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia


Category Finalist 2019: Wings. Photographer: Pablo Jiménez. Athlete: Tomás Tudela. Location: Arica, Chile


Category Finalist 2019: Masterpiece by EyeEm. Photographer: Morgan Maassen. Athlete: Mo Freitas. Location: Log Cabins, North Shore of Oahu, HI, United States


Category Finalist 2019: Emerging by Red Bull Photography. Photographer: Nick Green. Athlete Rosin Carolin. Location: Park Beach, TAS, Australia


Category Finalist 2019: Creative by Skylum. Photographer: Denis Klero. Athlete: Pavel Alekhin. Location: Streetfire Club, Moscow, Russia


Category Finalist 2019: Energy. Photographer: Mahallia Budds. Athlete: Cole Kraiss. Location: Camarines Sur, Philippines


Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Geoff Coombs. Athlete: Andrew Ryzebol. Location: Tobermory, ON, Canada


(L): Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Matt Georges. Athlete: Paul Serin. Location: Nosy Ankao, Madagascar (R): Category Finalist 2019: Masterpiece by EyeEm. Photographer: Lorenz Holder. Athlete: Senad Grosic. Location: The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland


(L): Category Finalist 2019: Emerging by Red Bull Photography. Photographer: Matt Horspool. Athlete: Karina Elliott. Location: Kastellorizo, Greece (R): Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Lorenz Holder. Athlete: Vladic Scholz. Location: Ouse Valley Viaduct


Category Finalist 2019: Best of Instagram by SanDisk. Photographer: Dasha Nosova. Athlete: Sebbe De Buck. Location: Folgefonna, Norway


Category Finalist 2019: Lifestyle. Photographer: Tyrone Bradley. Athlete: SKing (Adosu Segun). Location: Lagos, Nigeria


Category Finalist 2019: Energy. Photographer: Matt Wood. Athlete: Ted Morton. Location: Lindis Valley, Central Otago, NZ


Category Finalist 2019: Wings. Photographer: Lachie Carracher. Athlete: Bren Orton. Location: Alexandra Falls, North West Territories, Canada


Category Finalist 2019: RAW. Photographer: Daniel Bernstål. AthleteA: lfred Björebo. Location: Sågmyra


Category Finalist 2019: Emerging by Red Bull Photography. Photographer: Jean-Baptiste Liautard. Athlete: Amaury Pierron. Location: Brioude, France


Category Finalist 2019: Best of Instagram by SanDisk. Photographer: Baptiste Fauchille. Athlete: Alex Bibollet.
Location: Fillinges, France


Category Finalist 2019: Lifestyle. Photographer: Alexander Wick. Athlete: Philipp Bankosegger, Chris Rudolph, Luke Lalor. Location: Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, CA, USA


Category Finalist 2019: RAW. Photographer: Noah Wetzel. Athlete: Chris Brule. Location: Teton Valley, WY, United States


Category Finalist 2019: Energy. Photographer: Jay French. Athlete: Billy Meaclem & Sam Minnell. Location: Canterbury, New Zealand


Category Finalist 2019M: asterpiece by EyeEm. Photographer: Kevin Molano. Athlete: Dawinson Manuel Murillo. Location: Bogotá, Colombia


Category Finalist 2019: Energy. Photographer: Ben Thouard. Athlete: Ace Buchan. Location: Teahupo’o, Tahiti, French Polynesia


Category Finalist 2019: RAW. Photographer: Sterling Lorence. Athlete: Ryan ‘R Dogg’ Howard. Location: Kamananui, Oahu, Hawaii


Category Finalist 2019: Wings. Photographer: Chris Burden. Athlete: Corey Martinez. Location: Nashville, TN


Category Finalist 2019: Energy. Photographer: Garrett Bradley. Athlete: Logan Barber. Location: Squamish, BC


Category Finalist 2019: Wings. Photographer: Eva Berten. Athlete: Charlize Glass. Location: Los Angeles, California, USA


Category Finalist 2019: Innovation by Sony. Photographer: Claudio Casanova. Athlete: Thomas Kälin. Location: Hoch Ybrig, Switzerland


Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Piotrek Deska. Athlete: Wojciech Kujawski. Location: Mirów, Poland


Category Finalist 2019: Masterpiece by EyeEm. Photographer: Daniel Bernstål. Athlete: Alfred Björebo. Location: Gävle


Category Finalist 2019: Masterpiece by EyeEm. Photographer: Ydwer van der Heide. Athlete: Kevin Langeree. Location: Camps Bay / South Africa


Category Finalist 2019: Playground. PhotographerVegard Aasen. Athlete: Knut-Hendrik Lajord Snitjer. Location: Hurrungane, Norway


Category Finalist 2019: RAW. Photographer: Matteo Pavana. Athlete: Luca Forti. Location: Arco, Italy


Category Finalist 2019: Innovation by Sony. Photographer: Shawn van Eeden. Athlete: Eric Garbers. Location: Windhoek, Namibia


Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Erik Gross. Athlete: Tom Kleinschmidt. Location: Gran Canaria


Category Finalist 2019: Wings. Photographer: Jan Kasl. Athlete: Dawid Godziek. Location: Uppsala, Sweden


Category Finalist 2019: Masterpiece by EyeEm. Photographer: Jean-Baptiste Liautard. Athlete: Jeremy Berthier. Location: Lyon, France


Category Finalist 2019: Wings. Photographer: Sterling Lorence. Athlete: Tom VanSteenbergen. Location: Big Water, Utah


Category Finalist 2019: Playground. Photographer: Guy Fattal. Athlete: Colter J. Hinchliffe. Location: Whistler Backcountry


Category Finalist 2019: Innovation by Sony. Photographer: Lorenz Holder. Athlete: Vladic Scholz. Location: Köln – Germany


Category Finalist 2019: Innovation by Sony. Photographer: Lorenz Holder. Athlete: Griffin Siebert. Location: Tandådalen – Sweden

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