Taking home the grand title as overall winner of the fifth edition of Red Bull Illume is Ben Thouard with his mind-bending underwater image of athlete Ace Buchan surfing in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, in French Polynesia! We are delighted to add Ben's name to the list of overall winners of the world's greatest adventure and action sports imagery contest.

Check out the full story behind the phenomenal winner-image!

The incredbile 11 category winners of the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2019 have been unveiled at the spectacular Winner Award Ceremony! At this unique event Salewa and SanDisk also surprised two finalists with special-category prizes, turning the top 11 images into top 13!

Check out the stories behind these amazing images as told by the photographers themselves!

Take a look at 260 of the best adventure and action sports images from the Image Quest 2019 - selected from a record-breaking 59,551 images submitted by thousands of photographers from all over the world!

See for yourself and get inspired!