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The year was 1993, and the movie was "Soul Sessions and Epic Impressions".\xa0 Thus began the career of Murray Wais and his business partner Steve Winter and their fledgling company, Matchstick Productions (MSP).\xa0 Every year since then, the Crested Butte based film company wows crowds across North America and beyond, and has grown into one of the most popular action sports film producers in the world.

Crested Butte is often shown prominently in their films- from a then unknown Seth Morrison jumping all of the Edge in their first film, to Crested Butte native and two time Olympian Aaron Blunck more recently.\xa0 From my own personal perspective, it isn't a stretch for me to say that Matchstick movies and their movies constitutes one of the reasons why I moved to Crested Butte in 1996.\xa0

In this episode, Murray and I discuss a wide variety of subjects:

• How he got into the ski film business.
• The athletes he has worked with over the years.
• How the ski film industry has changed.
• Why MSP stayed in Crested Butte, rather than relocating to a larger city which may have made travel and production logistics easier for the company.
• How MSP finds the athletes and the music for their movies.

I hope you enjoy this special episode of the Crested Butte is Home podcast.

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Learn More:

Matchstick Productions has two websites.\xa0 On the ski side, visit:

skimovie.com

Focusing more on the commercial side:

mspfilms.com