Queralt Castellet often may appear quiet, but don’t let that fool you; it’s no coincidence that the 24 year old Spanish is often quoted as one of the greatest rivals of snowboarding legend Kelly Clark.

Queralt made her debut appearance back in 2005, at the World Championships in Chile. One year later, she was competing at the Winter Olympics in Italy and finished in tenth. Needless to say that the last eight years have been busy for her. In 2010, for example, Queralt got second at the Burton New Zealand Open; in 2011, she got second at the Burton European Open, won her first X Games medal, got another podium place at the Burton New Zealand Open and came in third at the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix; in 2012, she nabbed herself the second place at the World Snowboarding Championships and managed to win the Burton Canadian Open, including a 1080. She was the second woman to land that trick in halfpipe competition, by the way.

Queralt has the ability to charge a halfpipe with great power and speed, boosting huge airs and impressive spins all the way down the pipe. She also has a clean frontside 900 and an inverted 540 that kinda looks like a lazy McTwist. Altogether, that puts her amongst the best what women’s halfpipe snowboarding has to offer these days.

Queralt Castellet finishes in 6th place – X-Games Aspen 2013 – Photo by Gabriel Christus / Espn images