Phil Gaucher

Montréal / Quebec, Canada | Active: 2016-present public video record | Known for: SuperUnknown, Delirium, ParTimeEverything, LINE Canada, Quebec street skiing | Current: LINE Canada-linked street and park skier

Bromont Rails With The Music Turned Down

The rail garden at Bromont looked quiet in the edit, almost too clean for a skier whose best work often comes from city snowbanks and handrails. Phil Gaucher slid through it in ATARAXIE with measured speed, no wasted motion, and a habit of letting the feature breathe before the exit. That restraint is central to his skiing. Gaucher is not a skier built around giant contest scaffolding or FIS scorecards. His public record is street-first: Montréal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Whistler pop-up parks, SuperUnknown entries, LINE Canada clips, Rudy Lépine projects and video parts where the best trick is usually the one that makes the spot look properly understood.

Montréal Snowbanks Before The Wider Archive

Gaucher’s public identity is tied to Québec’s dense street-skiing geography. Montréal gives rails, concrete, campuses, stair sets and winter storms close to the city. Quebec City adds steeper streets, cold snow, older architecture and spots that can look made for skiing once a crew starts shoveling. Sherbrooke and Ottawa also appear in his archive, filling the map between local film days and larger street projects. This is not a resort-only profile. Gaucher’s skiing grew through the practical work of urban freeskiing: finding the spot, building the in-run, salting speed, waiting for light, and hitting the feature until the clip feels intentional.

Skurfs In Montréal And The First Street Signal

One early public marker came through Skurfs Productions, whose iF3 VideoQuest Street 2016 entry won Best Skiing. Newschoolers lists the project with William Pichette, Louis Lussier, Phil Gaucher and others, filmed in Montréal. The edit’s description highlights technical rails and concrete-wall rodeos, which places Gaucher inside a strong local crew before his later Level 1 visibility. That Montréal context matters because it connects him to a wider Quebec lineage: street skiing treated as a serious craft, not filler between resort days. Every feature had to be shaped, timed and filmed with enough clarity to survive replay.

Homecoming In Nine Days

ParTimeEverything’s Episode 4: Homecoming gave Gaucher one of his clearest 2018 street-film anchors. FREESKIER described Jessy Desjardins, Phil Gaucher and Laurent Bilodeau filming in the streets of Quebec and Ottawa over just nine days, with Vincent Bombardier behind the angles and Desjardins shaping the edit. That production window explains the intensity of the part. A nine-day street trip leaves little room for casual filler. The crew has to move quickly, commit to features, manage weather, avoid losing spots and keep the camera language tight enough that each clip carries its own weight.

Out Of Ideas Across Three Quebec Cities

Out of Ideas, released in 2018, placed Gaucher with Fred Ferland and Vincent Authier in a full street movie filmed across Montréal, Sherbrooke and Quebec City. The project was filmed by Antoine Authier, Émile Landry and Isabelle Lacour, with Landry editing. That film gives his archive another important layer because it shows a local crew working outside a major brand umbrella. The value is in the terrain and rhythm: street rails, compact spots, short run-ins, cold urban landings and the kind of filming where a skier’s body position tells the viewer whether the trick was controlled or barely saved.

Whistler Jersey Cream Pop-Up Park

La Dame en Bleu moved Gaucher into a different setting. The 2019 edit was filmed at Whistler’s Jersey Cream pop-up park, cut by Noé Provost and filmed by William Desaulniers, with thanks to LINE Skis, Full Tilt Boots and Boutique Adrénaline. Whistler changes the texture of his skiing. Instead of a city rail with a shoveled approach, the feature set came from a spring pop-up park built for hot laps. Gaucher’s skiing still kept the same core: clean speed, readable pressure, steady shoulders, switch comfort and exits that allowed the next feature to arrive naturally.

SuperUnknown From Semi-Finalist To Mammoth Field

Level 1’s SuperUnknown record gives Gaucher his strongest international recognition. He appeared among the SuperUnknown XV semi-finalists in 2018, returned in the SuperUnknown XVI semi-finalist list in 2019, and became a SuperUnknown XVII finalist in 2020. In 2023, Level 1 listed him again in the SuperUnknown 20 Mammoth Unbound field with riders such as Justin Kennedy, Aki Vallioniemi, Andrew Egan, Carson Sharp, Julius Champion, Ridge Dirksmeier, Will Griffith and Chris Boyer. That repeated presence matters. SuperUnknown rewards video identity: spot choice, style, trick selection, filming awareness and the ability to make a short part feel complete.

LINE Canada And The Hood Summer

Gaucher’s LINE connection became visible in several places. His Whistler edit thanked LINE, ParTimeEverything’s Homecoming was presented by LINE Skis, and LINE’s 2022 Windells Week listed “LINE Canada – Phil Gaucher” among the support squad at Mount Hood. Timberline in July is a different test from Quebec street. Snow melts fast, rails get soft, landings rut by afternoon and the session culture is more open than a winter street mission. Gaucher’s presence there shows the park side of his skiing: not only handrails and city spots, but summer features, camp energy and a team environment around Will Wesson, Tucker Fitzsimmons, Taylor Lundquist and Jed Waters.

Delirium With Rudy Lépine And Level 1

Delirium is the strongest recent film marker. Rudy Lépine teamed with Tristan Steen and Level 1 for the 2024 street movie, with skiing by Rudy Lépine, Loïc Thivierge, William Pichette, Phil Gaucher, Zach Pfeiffer, Chris Boyer and Stephen Siska. The film was shot across Canada, including Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montréal, Quebec and more. That national map suits Gaucher’s lane. He comes from the Quebec street base, but Delirium places him in a broader Canadian urban-skiing conversation, where crews move between provinces, stack spots, and turn the pressure down enough for creativity to stay visible.

Prism And The Quebec Street Current

Prism, released in 2025, kept Gaucher inside Quebec’s current street wave. Prime Skiing described the short as a street skiing film from Quebec with Phil Langevin, Phil Gaucher, Laurent Briggs and Will Beauregard. That lineup matters because it places Gaucher beside a newer group still using the province’s urban architecture as a main stage. Quebec remains one of street skiing’s most useful regions: winter stays cold enough for spots to hold, cities provide dense handrail options, and crews have enough history to know how to build a clip without making the setup look overworked.

The Cut At Whistler Under Rail-Jam Pressure

Gaucher’s most visible recent contest result came at WSSF’s The Cut Rail Jam in Whistler. Forecast and SBC Skier list him second in Ski Men in 2024, behind Étienne Geoffroy-Gagnon and ahead of Luke Smart. The format made the result meaningful. Riders had to survive repeated cuts through a rail-garden setup rather than deliver one polished slopestyle run. That suits Gaucher’s skiing: enough trick depth to keep responding, enough rail control to avoid wasting attempts, and enough composure to make the line look deliberate while the field keeps shrinking.

Quiet Shoulders And Intentional Steel

Gaucher’s technique is built around economy. He does not need to make every trick look violent. On rails, his skiing favors locked pressure, controlled redirections, surface swaps, long contact, clean pretzels, switch entries and exits that finish without collapsing. In street settings, that restraint matters because speed is expensive. A bad setup can ruin the trick before takeoff, and an overactive upper body makes the landing read messy. Gaucher’s best clips feel planned from the first push. The approach, pop, slide, release and ride-away all belong to the same sentence.

The Phil Gaucher Lane Now

Phil Gaucher’s verified profile sits between Quebec street specialist, LINE Canada rider, SuperUnknown regular and current Level 1-linked film skier. The public record is strong enough to separate him from a local-only profile: Skurfs, Homecoming, Out of Ideas, La Dame en Bleu, ATARAXIE, SuperUnknown XV through 20, Windells Week, Delirium, Prism, Off The Leash Video Edition and The Cut Rail Jam. His career is not statistical in the classic sense. It is built through clips, spots, crews and the quiet precision of a skier who makes difficult urban features look like they were always meant to be skied.