There are few people who have have played such an influential and positive role in the snow community than JP Auclair. Incredibly humble, creative and hilarious, JP left an indelible impression on countless skiers around the world and changed our sport forever. Starting today, an online auction to benefit JP’s family will go live, accompanied by a short film by Sherpas Cinema and Poor Boyz Productions celebrating a true legend and true friend.

Items donated by individuals like Jimmy Chin, Eric Hjorleifson, Jon Olsson and many others will be available for bidding, and 100-percent of proceeds will go to the JP Auclair Fund, supporting JP’s son Leo and partner Ingrid.

Please support the JP Memorial Auction while it lasts: store.alpineinitiatives.org/ or visit The Auclair Fund directly at auclairfund.org/.

The full press release can be read below:

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Whistler Jan 29th, 2015

In the end of September, 2014, we were reached by the news that JP Auclair and fellow skier Andreas Fransson had been caught in an avalanche in Patagonia. JP Auclair was an instrumental part of Sherpas Cinema and an incredible inspiration for much of the work that we have created. He was not only one of the world’s best skiers, for us he was an editor, a director, a film maker, a friend.

Over the years, JP has given so much to us and it is only right that we now try to give something back. Sherpas Cinema has rallied its network within the action sports community and on Monday we will be launching an online auction where 100% of the proceeds will go to JP’s son Leo and partner Ingrid through the Auclair Fund. The auction will be hosted on the website of Alpine Initiatives, a non profit where JP was one of the founders http://store.alpineinitiatives.org. The first item to be put up for auction is a limited edition print by Sherpas Cinema’s Dave Mossop.

The print is from a photo of Ama Dablam, taken by Dave during the production of Into The Mind, it is 56×34″ printed on canvas. Over the next few weeks, items donated by individuals like Jimmy Chin, Eric Hjorleifson, Jon Olsson and many others will be made available for bidding.

On Monday, Sherpas Cinema will also, together with Poor Boyz Productions, release a JP Auclair tribute edit. That edit will be found on Alpine Initiatives’ vimeo page on Monday morning (http://vimeo.com/alpineinitiatives), ready for you to share.

Athletes/individuals or companies interested in donating items can contact Sherpas Cinema at info@sherpascinema.com.

Sherpas Cinema:

Sherpas Cinema is a boutique full service production house based in Whistler, BC, Canada. Cutting edge filmmaking techniques, inventive visual FX and motion graphics, intimate character development and detailed audio design are coupled with decades of multifaceted mountain experience and savvy. Sherpas Cinema are known for ski movies like All.I.Can and Into The Mind and for several short films, commercials and the 4D flight simulation ride ”FlyOver Canada”.

www.sherpascinema.com, www.facebook.com/sherpascinema, www.instagram.com/sherpascinema, www.vimeo.com/sherpascinema.

Alpine Initiatives:

We are innately drawn to the mountains. Alpine Initiatives recognizes the passion for the outdoors and envisioned a nonprofit to serve as a platform for inspired people to get involved. AI funds programs, provides a network of support, and empowers those who seek to accomplish a positive change in their own mountain communities. Alpine Initiatives helps the change makers, the startups, and the active volunteers harness their energy to make their goals a reality. AI funds the following type of initiatives: environmental stewardship, sustainable living, community building, and creative expression (art).

www.alpineinitatives.org, www.facebook.com/alpineinitiatives, www.instagram.com/alpineinitiatives, #alpineinitiatives

The Auclair Fund:

No other community in our opinion takes care of one another like mountain communities. The Auclair Fund honors the memory and enduring legacy of Jean-Philippe Auclair. Today, tomorrow and always, JP’s legacy will live on. In Ingrid and their son Leo, in skiing, in Alpine Initiatives, in Armada and in the countless lives that were made better because of him.

www.auclairfund.org, #weloveyoujp