Nick Thucydides

British Columbia, Canada | Active public archive: 2018-present | Known for: CHEF films, Grouse Mountain edits, skier-filmer work, SuperUnknown 23 recap | Current: skier, filmer and editor

Grouse Park Through The Lens

The rail line at Grouse was still holding shape when the camera moved into position, close enough to hear edges scrape through soft coastal snow. Nick Thucydides’ ski archive starts in that practical space: friends dropping one by one, a small park above Vancouver, and a filmer who was also part of the crew.

Thucydides is not best described through a contest ranking or a podium list. His strongest public role is as a skier-filmer inside CHEF, the British Columbia crew that grew from Grouse Mountain edits into longer ski films and recognized street-video projects. He appears in front of the camera, but his heavier footprint is behind it: filming, editing, shaping the rhythm of the crew’s archive, and keeping the CHEF visual identity consistent over several seasons.

Chef Boyardee Before The Name Became CHEF

The first major public marker is Chef Boyardee: The Movie, published in 2018. The video was described as favorite shots from the Grouse boys throughout the season, and the listing credits it as mostly filmed and edited by Nick Thucydides, with additional filming and editing by Leif Wilson. That credit is important because it places Nick at the center of the production from the earliest documented crew era.

The skier list also connects him to the same local network that would keep appearing in later CHEF projects: Alex Thucydides, Leif Wilson, Steven Kahnert, Will Penrose, Davis Mulder, Ben Lynch, Nick Hamilton, Tyler Crickmore-Thompson and others. The film was not a polished sponsor campaign. It was a local record of a group learning how to turn repeated Grouse sessions into a coherent ski movie.

PARADISE And The 2019 Grouse Season

PARADISE, released in June 2019, gives Thucydides another clear rider credit. The CHEF listing describes the film as a short record of the crew’s season, filmed mostly at Grouse from January to May 2019. Nick Thucydides appears in the skier list with Nick Hamilton, Leif Wilson, Alex Thucydides, Ben Lynch, Steven Kahnert, Kai English, Davis Mulder, Harry Smethurst, Will Penrose, Mitch Steven, Jonas Hjohlman and Josh Martin.

That January-to-May window says a lot about the skiing. Grouse changes fast across winter and spring. Riders deal with wet snow, short inruns, night laps, park features that soften in afternoon light, and sessions that have to be filmed before rain or temperature changes erase the setup. A skier-filmer in that environment needs timing on both sides of the camera.

Editing The Crew Into A Recognizable Voice

Nick’s strongest contribution is the way CHEF videos feel connected across years. In small-crew skiing, editing is not only a technical job. It decides which skiers appear next to each other, how jokes and slams fit beside tricks, how much dead space stays in the clip, and whether the video feels like a group of friends or a detached highlight reel.

The CHEF archive repeatedly credits Nick on filming, editing or video work. That makes his profile different from a skier who simply appears in one or two edits. His role is closer to a scene builder. The footage is local, but the editing gives it identity: Grouse laps, street attempts, handheld angles, loose pacing, and a tone that keeps the viewer inside the crew rather than outside watching a formal production.

Exit Strategy And The Feature-Film Step

Exit Strategy marked a larger step for CHEF. Newschoolers described the group, formerly Chef Boyardee, as a crew of friends who like to ski, film and have fun, and framed the project as their first feature film after years of edits. Photo credits on the article included Edwin Poulston and Nick Thucydides.

For Nick, the importance of Exit Strategy is structural. It shows CHEF moving from seasonal web edits into a longer-format identity. A feature film asks for more than a pile of clips. It requires sequencing, crew management, spot selection, music timing, and a sense of how one skier’s part supports the next. Nick’s earlier editing role made him one of the natural figures in that transition.

Fool Me Twice And The Wider Travel Map

Fool Me Twice, listed by iF3 for 2024, was presented as a loose sequel to Exit Strategy. Its description places the film mostly in British Columbia, Japan and California, with athletes such as Leif Wilson, Alex Thucydides, Kai Martin, Stephen Lindsay-Ross, Alec Henderson, Steven Kahnert, Aidan Mani, Luke Smart, Will Penrose, Stephen Siska, Floyd Guy and Jarl Whist.

That wider map matters because it shows how CHEF’s style moved beyond one hill without losing its base. British Columbia stayed central, but the film language could travel: street spots, resort parks, snowpack changes, different crews, and different filming constraints. Nick’s editing credit on the YouTube listing reinforces his place in the production side of that evolution.

Barbosa And The 2025 Rider-Filmer Balance

Barbosa, published by CHEF in 2025, gives one of the cleanest examples of Nick’s hybrid role. The rider list includes Will Penrose, Nick Thucydides, Davis Mulder, Thomas Whittaker, Oliver Hume, Alex Thucydides, Trigg Colwell, Brett Landry, Valentin Pierson and Jarl Whist. The same listing credits the video to Nick, with additional filming by Will and Alex.

That combination is the core of his profile. He is not only credited as the person making the video, and not only as a skier inside it. He is both. In crew skiing, that dual role changes how a project gets made. The person filming understands the trick because he skis. The person skiing understands the shot because he edits.

The Browns And The Last Days Of Grouse

the browns, published by CHEF in April 2026, keeps Nick attached to the current Grouse timeline. The listing describes it as “Last days of Grouse” and features Will Penrose, Stephen Siska, Haruki Van Veenendaal, Alex Thucydides, Finian SL, Jarl Whist, Travis Reid and Finn Case. It was filmed by Nick, Josh Nicholson and Will.

That project returns the archive to its most natural setting: a local hill, a closing-season window, and a crew trying to make one more park edit before the snow disappears. For Nick, it confirms that his role did not stop with the early Chef Boyardee years. He remains tied to the active production rhythm around CHEF and Grouse.

SuperUnknown 23 And A Larger Filming Stage

Nick’s strongest non-CHEF marker is Level 1’s SuperUnknown 23 recap program in 2026. Freeskier reported that SuperUnknown invited four filmers to create their own recap edits in a revived FilmerUnknown format, and Nick Thucydides was one of the four alongside Hugo Monmont, Chris DeJohn and Suspect.

That credit gives his filming work a wider industry frame. SuperUnknown is built around up-and-coming freeski talent, but the 2026 recap format also highlighted filming style as its own competition. Being selected for that group places Nick beyond a purely local crew role. It shows that his camera and editing work had become visible enough to be invited into a Level 1 environment.

How Nick’s Skiing Reads From The Archive

As a skier, Thucydides fits the park and street vocabulary of the CHEF scene: rail entries, short-feature speed control, compact landings, switch movement, slush timing, and camera-aware line choice. The sources do not support a signature-trick claim, a sponsor roster, or a competition-heavy biography.

His strongest technical trait may be visual understanding. A skier who edits his own crew’s work learns which tricks carry on camera, which angles hide weak body position, and which sessions need one more clip to complete the sequence. That feedback loop can shape the skiing itself. The trick is not separate from the edit; it is chosen because of how it will live inside the film.

The Current Nick Thucydides Archive

The verified archive supports a focused creative biography: Chef Boyardee: The Movie in 2018, PARADISE in 2019, Exit Strategy, Fool Me Twice in 2024, Barbosa in 2025, the browns in 2026, and the Level 1 SuperUnknown 23 recap invitation. That is enough to place him as one of the central skier-filmers in the CHEF ecosystem.

For skipowd.tv, the best classification is Canadian skier-filmer, CHEF video lead, Grouse Mountain creative figure, and park/street crew contributor. Future updates should track new CHEF films, SuperUnknown-related releases, and any dedicated project where Nick is credited as director, editor or lead filmer beyond the recurring crew archive.