Nuria Castán, Völkl Snowboard Rider International team, she got this past weekend a great sporting success, to gain entry for the first time in a competition 4 * of the FWQ, but also got a 5th place ranking competition Les Arcs 4*, is a very good climax for trip to France where she has participated in 4 contest of the circuit FWQ, obtaining two 2nd places in both competitions 2 * (Vars, and Les Arcs) and 5th in the last 4 * (Les Arcs).
The contest of 4*, was held at Les Arcs (France), in an area called Robert Blanc, with a height of over 600 meters, having a high degree of difficulty, but the snow conditions were perfect due to snowfall in the previous two days, giving many opportunities to face, also the time during the competition day was sunny and windless.
The descent of Nuria Castan started with a jump of more than 3 meters at the top, making an almost perfect reception as he played with his back in the snow without falling though this error penalized him in the final score and he stepped away from the podium or at least have been fourth place, the middle stretch of the descent was made in an area where there was hardly spent any rider so she made a smooth and rapid decline in the bottom section made two jumps more than one meter each and finally made a “straight” (consists of descending at the maximum possible speed without making turns) to the finish area.
With this 5th place in Les Arcs 4*, has allowed him to move up the world ranking of the Freeride World Qualifier to 7th position, which is a great success and became its first year on the circuit and being the youngest rider in this season in the European Circuit of FWQ.
| Top 56 FWQ 2016 – SNOW WOMEN as of Feb 09 2016 | ||||
| Rank | Name | Gender | Results | Points |
| 1 | Orlova, Anna (RUS) | F | 3 | 3900 |
| 2 | Perrotin, Tiphanie (FRA) | F | 3 | 2820 |
| 3 | Haerty, Marion (FRA) | F | 3 | 2300 |
| 4 | Kuzma, Maria Anne (NZL) | F | 3 | 2265 |
| 5 | Mandl, Manuela (AUT) | F | 2 | 2020 |
| 6 | Salvador Arguas, Ana (ESP) | F | 3 | 1940 |
| 7 | Castán, Nuria (ESP) | F | 3 | 1790 |
| 8 | Hollsten, Mikaela (FIN) | F | 2 | 1755 |
| 9 | Chapotot, Claire (FRA) | F | 2 | 1510 |
| 10 | Schwarz, Petra (GER) | F | 2 | 1390 |