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00:03:19Hello, my name is Marina Kabanis Konsul, and I'll be with you
00:03:23in the next part of the Pyrenees as well. There are only two
00:03:26geographical locations where the Pyrenees end in the sea.
00:05:00most interesting, most important point, already
00:05:03as a child he ran around here, later
00:05:06he walked around here with his friends, then
00:05:09his girlfriend.
00:05:12who later became his wife, and finally my
00:05:16mother. She said he lived here
00:05:20for a long time before he had the idea
00:05:24to bring his sculptures here.
00:05:28It couldn't have been easy to set them up here, each of them could weigh around 10
00:05:31tons.
00:05:34Rather 13, than
00:05:3610. During his life, he rarely
00:05:40shied away from problems, in fact. "Difficult
00:05:43tasks rather
00:05:44motivated him.
00:05:48How did it happen that his father, the goalkeeper of the local football club
00:05:52Real Sociedad, eventually became a famous
00:05:55sculptor?
00:05:58Nothing special happened to him, he always
00:06:00said,
00:06:03when he was still playing, his was the only
00:06:06three-dimensional post in the goal, and that
00:06:10couldn't have been a coincidence.
00:06:43We are at the entrance of the Chillida Museum, it has been closed for a year,
00:06:47but we are now exceptionally granted entry,
00:07:12even if not for long.
00:07:17Good day, hello, I'm
00:07:19Marina.
00:07:26Was the museum closed due to an economic crisis, or rather because of a lack of support for
00:07:29cultural institutions?
00:07:42The number of visitors also decreased,
00:07:46this is not an easy time for anyone
00:07:48either,
00:07:55for us, this museum itself is a complete
00:07:58work of art, of course it includes
00:08:01my father's works, but more
00:08:03importantly,
00:08:06here we can keep his entire oeuvre together even
00:08:09without the help of state institutions.
00:08:32The title of this sculpture is "Searching for Light", why?
00:08:36Because if we look inside, it guides our
00:08:39gaze to where the sculptor envisioned it beforehand.
00:09:25What will we find here at the Chillida Antoki
00:09:26workshop?
00:09:29Antoki is the workshop where my father
00:09:32made his largest
00:09:36works.
00:09:42"They could only be made in such a large workshop.
00:09:45Exactly, over
00:09:48time the sculptures grew larger
00:09:52and larger.
00:09:54So this work demanded maximum
00:09:58effort
00:09:59from everyone.
00:10:03Well, it would have been impossible in a smaller
00:10:07workshop. But then he found this
00:10:10place in Lasarte-Oria. where they could finally
00:10:13be created.
00:10:16How did he explain to the workers exactly what he wanted? First, he
00:10:20made a scaled-down model, from which the foreman could take
00:10:24measurements. After this, they could calculate how much material they would
00:10:27need and what machines they would have to use. These were
00:10:31followed by the individual
00:10:32work phases.
00:10:41Here is another wind comb. He dedicated this to my
00:10:45mother. This was made after the other sculpture
00:10:49erected in San Sebastián. My mother commented on this.
00:10:52Now at least she has her own comb, which she can't really
00:10:56lose, in the end this sculpture became one of the most
00:10:59complicated combs, I think my
00:11:02father was inspired by the place where they spent
00:11:05so much time together, even in their youth,
00:11:09on the beach, the wind could comb very strange shapes
00:11:11into my mother's hair, so this represents my mother's
00:11:15dishevelled hair? Yes, that gave
00:11:18my father the idea, and what else he loved about this sculpture was its
00:11:21sound.
00:11:25It sounds like bells, or like a giant
00:11:29tuning fork, only it's multi-voiced,
00:11:33and its sound is quite
00:11:36calming.
00:11:55"We are back on the beach, at the water-soaked feet of the Pyrenees,
00:11:59we won't stray too far from the other states of water,
00:12:02snow and ice. I suggest
00:12:05we visit a winter resort now and see how
00:12:08they prepare for the season. Of course, first of all, we need
00:12:11snow, and if it's not falling from the sky, they
00:12:15make it themselves. Besides that, you also need a super slope, which is also
00:12:18made by people. Let's take a closer look at all this
00:12:21in Font-Romeu.
00:12:34snowpark, freestyle, rider, biker, kicker, new school, dummer,
00:12:37shaper.
00:12:40These 100 English terms are quite peculiar.
00:12:44Especially around here, in the Eastern Pyrenees,
00:12:47in Font-Romeu. Head to the
00:12:49snowpark.
00:13:04The jumping dances can be made of earth and snow, but also of metal. Mark
00:13:08the shaper is having a meeting with Kristoff the dummer. The
00:13:12dummer and the shaper are professionals without whom a
00:13:15winter resort can hardly
00:13:16exist nowadays.
00:13:20Here comes a looping, starting from the highest point, then
00:13:2317 meters later.
00:13:25"So from the takeoff to the
00:13:27landing,
00:13:31so it takes off here, but not high, rather it flies far, and
00:13:35then lands on a slanted surface,
00:13:38of course only after a lot of practice, a lot of practice is needed, and when
00:13:42it really lands on its feet, you have to start
00:13:45gradually, that's right, exactly
00:13:48so, gradually, at a slow
00:13:52pace,
00:13:55"you have to practice quite a lot, yes, if
00:13:58I draw it,
00:14:02the jump looks like this, yes, this is
00:14:04its profile,
00:14:06I'll prepare the base, and you set up the
00:14:09marker buoys,
00:14:13okay, take the drawings,
00:14:15okay,
00:14:19yes, alright, it'll be done, okay, thanks,
00:14:22Mark, good job,
00:14:49A shaper is an English term
00:14:52originally.
00:15:28The final design is carried out according to the function and difficulty
00:15:32of the track.
00:15:33The angle
00:15:37is always determined by the shaper, we are only executors,
00:15:41our shapers are well-known and famous throughout
00:15:45the Pyrenees.
00:15:47In Font-Romeu and the surrounding stations, five
00:15:51shapers and three dumpers work.
00:15:54The latter operate the huge machines. Every day from 9:30 AM
00:15:58we work here, preparing the slopes. Our job is
00:16:02also to ensure the safety
00:16:05of the Snowpark and the skiers here. In the evening, we then restore
00:16:08the slope so that everything is in order
00:16:11the next day.
00:16:14We are not building a new slope today. How does one become
00:16:17a shaper? By starting to work for a snow company, and slowly learning
00:16:21all the tricks involved, until they get the necessary
00:16:25official permits, for example here
00:16:27in Font-Romeu. That's how we slowly became professional
00:16:30shapers.
00:16:32The shapers and dumpers are very busy today because an important
00:16:36competition is being held on Saturday.
00:17:37we call, and the second is the reception part,
00:17:41where the rider, that is, the competitor, lands on the ground with their
00:17:44skis
00:17:45or snowboard,
00:17:50in this specific case it is a 20 meter
00:17:53kicker, it is important that the jump is executed
00:17:57precisely, and the landing, the touchdown, is also
00:18:00perfect, that's why we call it
00:18:02big air, because here it's quite a big jump,
00:18:06when it's much more than this.
00:19:53The snow cannon is actually a sprinkler system, so
00:19:57we are actually spraying water, only mixed with
00:20:01compressed air, and that too, when the air temperature is
00:20:05below freezing. That's completely.
00:20:50"Well let's see, it's already
00:20:53going, okay, bye,
00:20:56bye, all the
00:20:58best,
00:21:02working in minus 20 degrees is not always a pleasure, but I think
00:21:06driving this machine is still the best job here on the
00:21:09slope,
00:21:17this sport is not among the most dangerous ones.
00:21:20Provided that whoever skis here is aware of what
00:21:24they need to do, everyone needs to assess what
00:21:27they are committing to when they might fly up to a height of 15
00:21:31meters before landing again.
00:21:34The thing only becomes truly dangerous if someone
00:21:38is not aware of what they need to pay attention to in a
00:21:42snowpark like this.
00:21:49Yes...
00:22:23And the people who use the slope can finally
00:22:26be
00:22:27satisfied.
00:22:31Well, that's when we
00:22:33are also most satisfied.
00:22:39After four days, the slope in
00:22:42Font-Romeu is ready.
00:23:16Our last rendezvous today brings us together with
00:23:19Occitan John, who I think is once again
00:23:22biting off more than he can chew,
00:23:25and as for me, I think I'll stay here and
00:23:28taste the
00:23:30pintxos.
00:23:33I hope it will be delicious.
00:23:52"Hello, are you ready for adventures,
00:24:07come on piggy, come on, the Varus valley is the love nest of the kings of the
00:24:09forest,
00:24:11and it's deer rutting season right now, we're going
00:24:15to talk to Luc, who is the president of the local
00:24:18hunting association. Hi!
00:24:22Please explain what
00:24:24deer rutting is exactly?
00:24:26Deer rutting is a love ritual for
00:24:28red deer stags. This period usually starts around
00:24:32mid-September and lasts for about a month, until mid-October,
00:24:36of course, it also depends on the weather, how long it lasts
00:24:39each year?
00:24:47The red deer stags walk around up here in the mountains,
00:24:51and sometimes they
00:24:52fight each other.
00:24:59When such a combat competition ends, both parties leave and look for
00:25:03new
00:25:04opponents.
00:25:09Here we see the signs that a male has sharpened
00:25:12its antlers here.
00:25:14This often happens to them, especially before the mating
00:25:17season.
00:25:22It is usually most characteristic then,
00:25:26tell me Luc, when and how can one observe deer rutting up close?
00:26:45"Before I say goodbye, let me give you one last survival
00:26:48tip, when you are in nature, in the wild,
00:26:51you might encounter a lovesick
00:26:53red deer stag,
00:27:01what does he do?".