Opinion Leader

Jordi Atienza

Nationality: Spanish
Website GoPro courses: https://cursosgopro.com
Website GoPro trips: https://viajesgopro.com

Opinion Leader

Jordi Atienza

Nationality: Spanish
Website GoPro courses: https://cursosgopro.com
Website GoPro trips: https://viajesgopro.com

BIOGRAPHY

Jordi was born in Barcelona, Spain, and has had a lifelong love of the sea. As a child, he would spend hours on the beach, taking in the sights and sounds of the ocean.

A true pioneer in the world of Scuba Diving, Jordi has been instrumental in helping PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) develop their business in Spain and Portugal. While working for PADI as an Examiner, translator and legal advisor for over 15 years, the organisation grew to be a leader in these countries.

During his professional career he has been involved in teaching over 5,000 students, from beginner to instructor level, during over 15,000 dives. In his career, he has been a strong advocate for PADI's mission to promote safe and responsible scuba diving practices.

After a successful career as a professional diver, Jordi switched to filming the beautiful underwater world and its characters. His main interest is capturing the natural behavior of wild animals and documenting our fragile marine ecosystems.

He currently collaborates with one of the largest diving certifying agencies, SSI (Scuba School International), teaching specialty underwater video courses. With a curriculum developed and based on his extensive knowledge and experience, he uses GoPro cameras and different lenses, running introductory to advanced courses including editing.

As a keen and dedicated underwater photographer, Jordi is a GoPro Advocate, highly competent in capturing high-quality images and organizing materials for photo and video shoots. He has extensive experience in specialised underwater filming, with his videowork being used for the documentary program “Thalassa” which was shown on TV3 and ETB in Spain and France. Jordi has also had his images published in the National Geographic magazine and has worked with other renowned broadcast and publishing companies.

He has been teaching GoPro courses since 2015, instructing participants on how to achieve spectacular images with such a small camera. Currently Jordi conducts diving tours and GoPro courses with his international travel agency, Viajes GoPro, to places like Egypt, the Maldives, Australia, Spain and Portugal.

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