Face Level Round open Run 2027 Reserve · $100
Charl van Rensburg dropping a waterfall on the green LEKKER Tana riverboard Tana 2027 15/30 Boards committed

Lekker Tana

Paddle Sports Show Awards 2026: Product of the Year, Recreational Paddling Designed by Celliers KrugerLekker Petrel · Product of the Year 2026

The most refined production riverboard ever made needs a crew. 30 committed riders greenlight the next batch. $100 holds your board.

Reserve your board · $100 See the board
  • 30 boards greenlight the run
  • $100 deposit, credited to your board
  • Refunded in full if the run doesn't happen

Team radio

From the founder, to every rider who wants a better riverboard.

On airJosh → all riders

Josh Galt, founder of Face Level Industries
Josh GaltFounder, Face Level Industries · Tana design team
  1. JoshThe Tana exists, the mold is ready, but it's not being produced yet — because it needs you to step up and say “Yes I want one!”
  2. JoshI'm seeing comments online from people who are looking for a great riverboard and lamenting the lack of options, but if you like downriver and creeking, this should be your go-to riverboard!
  3. JoshSo I've decided to jump back in to personally assist with getting this built for next season.
  4. JoshIf we can get a commitment for 30 boards, the Tana goes into production for the 2027 whitewater season.

The runThe mold is ready

The Tana mold mounted on a rotomoulding machine in a factory hall
Cam · The Tana mold
  1. ReserveFill the form below and put down a $100 deposit (card or PayPal). That's your commitment, and your place in the batch.
  2. We hit 30At 30 reserved boards the run is greenlit and production starts. You'll get updates at every step, factory included.
  3. Ride 2027Your deposit is credited against your board's final price. If the run doesn't happen, every deposit comes straight back. No risk, all send.
Reserve your board · $100

The boardBuilt by riverboarders

Designed by Celliers KrugerWith Charl van Rensburg · Josh Galt · Asaf Arad

To understand the Tana, start with its predecessor. In 2011, Celliers Kruger, the mechanical engineer behind Fluid Kayaks and Vagabond Kayaks (building whitewater gear since 1997), created the Anvil with Charl van Rensburg. Deliberately utilitarian, built for everyone from beginners to chargers, it became the best-selling riverboard in the world.

Then came a decade of constructive criticism from the people who pushed it hardest. Celliers rounded up a team of riders who'd spent years customizing their Anvils to their liking (Charl van Rensburg, Josh Galt and Asaf Arad) and started over. A long series of design iterations later, the Tana keeps everything that made the Anvil great and fixes everything that held it back. Many of those years-in-the-making rider customizations are molded straight into the hull.

Fifteen years after the Anvil, the same hand drew the Lekker Petrel, which took Product of the Year at the 2026 Paddle Sports Show in Strasbourg — Europe's largest paddlesports show. The Tana is what that designer does when he points it at whitewater.

  • Wider cockpit, tighter hipsMove free, stay locked in.
  • Sculpted sidewalls + shaped arm groovesFree hand-paddling.
  • Ergonomic pistol-grip handlesPoint and shoot.
  • Redesigned planing hull + soft railsTurn on a dime.
  • Refined nose + buoyant hullPunches through holes.
Blue pre-production Tana standing next to a well-used red Fluid Anvil riverboard
Pre-production Tana · next to the Anvil it replaces
The Anvil at work7 Sisters, Rouge River, Quebec. Imagine how the new Lekker Tana will perform!

“The best way to describe the leap in performance of the Tana, compared to the Anvil, is a supercar versus a regular car. You can run a river with both — but there is a difference between driving and steering. The Tana puts you in the driving seat, firmly behind the wheel.”

Charl van Rensburg Charl van RensburgTana test pilot · Big water & waterfall specialist

TelemetryWhat changed

CAD overlay of both hulls from above. The Tana's bow reaches further forward and comes to a sharper point; the Anvil is visibly wider along both rails.
Both hulls superimposed · CAD from the design process

Fluid AnvilLekker Tana

How it runs

Faster
A narrower, longer hull.
Pierces waves, and stays controllable doing it
A sharper, more defined bow — with more volume behind it. It cuts through what it can and rides over what it can't.
Just as stable, despite being narrower
A better hull shape does the work the extra width used to.

How it fits

Wider at the cockpit, tighter at the hips
Room where you move, grip where you don't — the hip area is slightly narrower to hold you in.
Nothing pushing on your chest
The Anvil's bump on the central console is gone, and the whole console area is smoothed out — so sliding forward or back is easy.
Room to swim your arms
Sidewalls kept low through the middle section, so you can lie on the board and hand-paddle freely.
Something to hold when you're surfing
Indents either side of the console, for when you want to be further back.
Both hulls from above, Anvil then Tana
From above · Width & bow
Both hulls in side profile
In profile · Volume & rocker
Both hulls seen bow-on
Bow-on · Sidewalls & console

OnboardTest sessions

Charl van Rensburg on the green Tana in dark whitewater between sandstone boulders, seen from above
Cam 1 · Test session, pre-production hull
Charl van Rensburg punching through brown flood water on the Tana
Cam 2 · High water, hole punching
Charl van Rensburg inspecting the green Tana riverboard on a table
Cam 3 · First board off the mold

SpecsThe numbers

Side profile render of the LEKKER Tana hydrospeed riverboard
Dimensions from the production mold
Length
122cm4′
Width
61cm24″
Height
30cm12″
Weight
8kg18 lbs

ReserveClaim yours

Reserve your Tana for the 2027 run. Submit the form, then lock it in with a $100 deposit: credited in full against your board, returned in full if the run doesn't reach 30.

  • $100 deposit · card (Stripe) or PayPal
  • Worldwide: we'll find economical shipping outside the USA
  • Final pricing confirmed before production. Deposit counts toward it

Step 1Your reservation

Colour choice *
LEKKER Tana riverboard colour preview
Illustration · not a photo of a real board

Pick a colour to preview it

Note: the actual colours might look somewhat different from what is shown here. Just roll with it!

Step 2 after submitting: pay the $100 deposit (card or PayPal).
Card deposits are processed by Lekker Kayaks LLC, maker of the Tana.

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CrewThe next evolution of whitewater at face level

Designed over the past decade by Celliers and three of the world's most experienced whitewater riverboarding veterans — the same guys who'd brought the world the Fluid Anvil. They set out to reimagine the riverboard: faster, more capable, and more maneuverable than any hydrospeed design currently on the water.