--- title: GoPro Compiles Best Videos of 2016 description: Take a front row seat to the best GoPro videos of 2016, thanks to a now action-packed compilation from GoPro. canonical: https://time.com/4619532/best-gopro-videos-2016/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-29T16:53:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:46.693Z og:title: Here are the Best GoPro Videos of 2016, According to GoPro og:description: Get a front row seat to all the fun and action captured this year og:url: https://time.com/4619532/best-gopro-videos-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta68767cb6a72afd0/6988b429bc6cfca1ce3dfabb/screen-shot-2016-12-29-at-11-38-17-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1540 og:image:height: 866 og:image:alt: GoPro video og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here are the Best GoPro Videos of 2016, According to GoPro twitter:description: Get a front row seat to all the fun and action captured this year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta68767cb6a72afd0/6988b429bc6cfca1ce3dfabb/screen-shot-2016-12-29-at-11-38-17-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here are the Best GoPro Videos of 2016, According to GoPro > Sponsored content. 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GoPro looks back on some of the best videos shot in 2016.GoPro by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 29, 2016 4:53 PM UTC **_These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser._** The world looks a little different when shot from a [GoPro](http://time.com/3819293/gopro-spacewalk-astronauts/?iid=sr-link9). The small, [nearly indestructible](http://time.com/7162/youre-going-to-want-to-watch-this-camera-falls-from-airplane-lands-in-pig-pen-keeps-recording/?iid=sr-link5) cameras give a first-person point of view to everything from base-jumping to fire eating to Brazilian capoeira. The videos offer a front row seat to an extreme sport for couch dwellers, or maybe just those who can’t afford extreme adventures, and are always fun to watch. Now, [GoPro](https://time.com/coupons/gopro) has a compiled an impressive, adrenaline-fueled collection of what they believe are the best [GoPro videos](http://time.com/4071720/gopro-falls-into-rattlesnake-pit/?iid=sr-link7) of 2016\. The ones that made the cut capture incredible events like Australian stunt driver Matt Mingay performing a dizzying drive on two wheels, basketball star Devin Williams sinking shot after shot, and dazzling shots taken from airplanes, hot air balloons, skis, dragon boats, water slides, sheep runs, surfboards, among many others. This year has been a wild ride for everyone, but based on the videos captured by [GoPro](http://time.com/3828820/gopro-commercial-boring-office-job/?iid=sr-link7) users, it looks like at least some people really enjoyed the trip. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4619532/best-gopro-videos-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4619532/best-gopro-videos-2016/"},"headline":"Here are the Best GoPro Videos of 2016, According to GoPro","datePublished":"2016-12-29T16:53:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:46.693Z","description":"Get a front row seat to all the fun and action captured this year","url":"https://time.com/4619532/best-gopro-videos-2016/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Videos","GoPro","Viral Videos","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta68767cb6a72afd0/6988b429bc6cfca1ce3dfabb/screen-shot-2016-12-29-at-11-38-17-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta68767cb6a72afd0/6988b429bc6cfca1ce3dfabb/screen-shot-2016-12-29-at-11-38-17-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GoPro video","caption":"GoPro looks back on some of the best videos shot in 2016.","creditText":"GoPro","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4619532/best-gopro-videos-2016/","name":"Here are the Best GoPro Videos of 2016, According to GoPro"}}]}] ```