As the action camera brand launches on site, we track down the top thrillseekers documenting their adventures.

Long before Instagram, if you wanted to record your holiday for posterity, you pointed your camera, you clicked, and then you waited a week or so to find out if that image of an Ibizan sunset would come out. There were upsides, of course: who could forget that feeling of anticipation when you went to the chemist to pick up your developed film?

Today, in a matter of minutes you can snap, edit and view that selfie in front of the Great Wall/Ayers Rock like a professional. With 500 million Instagram users uploading 95 million photos and videos every day, it has never been easier to get lost among the snow-capped mountains and lapping waves on the travel- and adventure-inspired feeds on the social network.

We can all now live vicariously through breathtaking, assiduously retouched photography. But where to start? What are the best accounts to fire up our wanderlust? Those who travel with a GoPro are a good place to start. Small enough to fit in your pocket, though packing quite a punch when it comes to video quality, the GoPro is the latest way to capture life’s adventures. There are more than 24 million posts currently tagged #GoPro, which document activities as diverse as exploring the Norwegian fjords in a collapsible kayak to surfing in the Antarctic.

As the brand launches on MR PORTER (just in time for Christmas), here are five profiles to fuel your sense of adventure.

Adventure photographer Mr Tomasz Furmanek always takes a GoPro on his kayaking trips around the Norwegian fjords. His Instagram feed is shot from the point of view of a solo kayaker, with the camera often mounted on his helmet. His photos reveal some of the most idyllic spots in Norway, from the turbulent waters of the Lofoten Islands to the tranquility of Nærøyfjord (pictured above). Mr Furmanek’s trip to Nærøyfjord, a Unesco World Heritage Site, was in fact the maiden voyage for his new GoPro Hero5. “This photo was taken right before sunset – the light is usually best during and after the golden hour in the morning and evening. The water in the fjords is not usually this calm.” When he is not on the water Mr Furmanek works at the Institute of Marine Research in his hometown of Bergen.

**Unforgettable experience: **“Taking a kayak trip to Reinefjord, Norway, where I kayaked during the midnight sun. Breathtaking.”

Mr Abe Kislevitz not only lives his dream travelling the world – he has his dream job as well. Working as a creative director at GoPro, this year he’s already visited Hawaii three times, Mexico twice, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Canada and Chile. (We’re not jealous at all.) Aside from crafting video content to inspire GoPro owners, he also has a pretty amazing personal feed. Give Mr Kislevitz a surfboard or wakeboard and he’ll ride it and record it. Though when it comes to snow, he favours skis over a snowboard. Having lived in San Francisco for more than six years, Mr Kislevitz knows all the city’s best kept secrets – including his old backyard, where this photo was taken. “This spot is pretty magical. It’s right at the back of a residential neighbourhood, but you have to hop a little fence and crawl through a tunnel of shrubs to get to it. Once you’re through it opens up into a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean and is a great spot to watch the sunset.”

Ultimate ambition: “To influence the future products at GoPro through engineering.”

Most of Mr Espen Hatleskog’s adventures are spontaneous. He just chooses a mountain to hike, pops his GoPro in his pocket and off he goes – which is easy when you live in Forsand, Norway. Mr Hatleskog discovered Instagram while attending flight school in Florida four years ago and started taking photography more seriously when he moved back to Norway two years later. He uses his Instagram account as a means of “inspiring people to live an outdoor life,” and photos of jaw-dropping vistas, tranquil waters and, more recently, his trusty husky Fenris populate his feed. This particular image (above) was shot on the path up to Preikestolen, one of the most visited mountains in Norway, above fjord Lysefjorden. “I would say this photo is special because of the way it was shot. Though it is one of the most photographed mountains in Norway, not many people have photographed it from this spot.” He also works part time as a mental health worker and is studying for his pilot’s licence.

**Unforgettable experience: **“Standing on the edge of a 604m-high cliff, looking straight down at the fjord beneath. Always go to the edge – it makes you feel alive.”

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Mr Marc Ruffini’s account is a diamond in the social-media rough. His relatively modest following belies the quality of his images, which have won multiple GoPro awards, such as the GoPro Global Marketing Award and Photo of the Day. Working as an automotive engineer, Mr Ruffini has always been interested in design, which led him to start taking photos seven years ago. Every summer, Mr Ruffini takes a road trip with his wife and four-year-old son, and his feed allows you to follow them on their adventures to places such as Combloux in France and Palma de Mallorca in Spain. The photograph above was taken near Uzès, a small town in the south of France. Mr Ruffini’s aim was to capture the rotation of the Earth. To do this, he set up his camera so that it took a photo every 30 seconds, and let it spin for the entire night. “In the end it took about 800 shots of the starry sky, which I later assembled, to reveal the path they took.”

**Ultimate ambition: **“Just finding more time to travel, discover and explore with my family would be top of my list. Maybe a family world tour.”

Mr Valentin Kouba acquired his first GoPro in 2009, before they were even available to buy in Europe, to record his favourite hobby – riding motorcycles. Seven years on, the full-time student, part-time speed demon has amassed almost 28,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, where you can experience his journeys through the Austrian mountain ranges and the Passo del Rombo in northern Italy with his fellow two-wheeled friends. The picture above was taken a few minutes from the Austrian border. “I was keeping my mind occupied and entertained with controlled doses of adrenaline… the further I leaned the bike in, the bigger the adrenaline rush.”

Ultimate ambition**: **“To get paid to do something that doesn’t feel like work.”

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