Whitewater rafting is not just a recreational activity but an extreme sport in which rafters face deadly threats from the tremendous flow of water and rocks. Injuries and serious accidents or even death are common in this outdoor activity. So, it is necessary for all us to be more careful and attentive. Being a dangerous and perilous game, it is essential for all rafters and tourists, who love to go on rafting activities, to know all ins and outs of rafting before entering into the water with a raft.  
Whitewater rafting is done with inflatable boat or rafts. There are six different levels of difficulty in white water rafting. These grades or levels belong to rough water, rough areas, rocks, small waves and large waves. To face these levels boldly, you need to sharpen your maneuvers. The level of danger in rafting increases with every level that starts from the basic level to the rapid level.

When it comes to Grand Canyon whitewater rafting techniques, we can divide them in three different parts namely; capsizing, re-righting and tricks. The capsizing technique consists of dump truck, left over right or right over left, taco, end over end and down stream flip techniques. Techniques like flip line, knee flipping, T rescue, T-grip re-flip, alluvial, black pivot, biner, back roller and beam are included in the re-relighting technique of whitewater rafting. Finally, we have rafting tricks which include rock splats, surfing, nose dunks and pirouette techniques. Punching and high siding are also other popular forms of rafting that give rafter excitement and thrill. All these techniques are used to operate a raft on fast flowing whitewater.

Whether you go for Cataract Canyon rafting or Green River rafting or Grand Canyon river trips or Grand Canyon whitewater rafting or Grand Canyon vacation, you need to know all above mentioned techniques and grades so that you can ensure a safe and secure rating trip on the whitewater of colossal Colorado River at Grand Canyon. There are several rafting trip and tour organizers and companies that offer their rafting services to all rafters and tourists by serving them with their professional and committed customer satisfactory approach. To know more about Cataract Canyon rafting, Green River rafting, Grand Canyon river trips, Grand Canyon whitewater rafting, and Grand Canyon vacation, log on to the Internet and search through various web sites showing information on the grades and techniques of white water rafting.