Matchstick founders claim it has been ‘saving skiing since 1992.’ One of the original members, Crested Butte resident Murray Wais, can attest to the company’s novel approach to making ski films.

LONDON — You could say Richard Plaud's dreams of making the world's tallest matchstick sculpture may have gone up in smoke. The Frenchman spent the last eight years painstakingly piecing together ...