Charl van Rensburg dropping a waterfall on the green LEKKER Tana riverboard

FACE LEVEL × LEKKER KAYAKS ⟋ PROJECT: 2027 PRODUCTION RUN

LEKKER TANA

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

30 BOARDS TO GREENLIGHT $100 DEPOSIT ⟋ CREDITED TO YOUR BOARD
RESERVE YOUR BOARD→ SEE THE BOARD↓
Paddle Sports Show Awards 2026 — Product of the Year, Recreational Paddling

DESIGNED BY CELLIERS KRUGER LEKKER PETREL ⟋ PRODUCT OF THE YEAR ⟋ 2026 PADDLE SPORTS SHOW

⌁ TRANSMISSION ⟋ FROM THE FOUNDER

The 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!”

I'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! So I've decided to jump back in to personally assist with getting this built for next season. If we can get a commitment for 30 boards, the Tana goes into production for the 2027 whitewater season.

Josh Galt, founder of Face Level Industries

JOSH GALT ⟋ FOUNDER, FACE LEVEL INDUSTRIES ⟋ TANA DESIGN TEAM

  1. 01

    RESERVE

    Fill the form below and put down a $100 deposit (card or PayPal). That's your commitment, and your place in the batch.

  2. 02

    WE HIT 30

    At 30 reserved boards the run is greenlit and production starts. You'll get updates at every step, factory included.

  3. 03

    RIDE 2027

    Your deposit is credited against your board's final price. If the run doesn't happen, every deposit comes straight back. No risk, all send.

BUILT BY RIVERBOARDERS

DESIGNED BY CELLIERS KRUGER ⟋ WITH 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 HIPS ⟋ MOVE FREE, STAY LOCKED IN
  • SCULPTED SIDEWALLS + SHAPED ARM GROOVES ⟋ FREE HAND-PADDLING
  • ERGONOMIC PISTOL-GRIP HANDLES ⟋ POINT AND SHOOT
  • REDESIGNED PLANING HULL + SOFT RAILS ⟋ TURN ON A DIME
  • REFINED NOSE + BUOYANT HULL ⟋ PUNCHES 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 WORK ⟋ 7 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 RENSBURG ⟋ TANA TEST PILOT ⟋ BIG WATER & WATERFALL SPECIALIST

WHAT CHANGED

BOTH HULLS SUPERIMPOSED ⟋ CAD FROM THE DESIGN PROCESS

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.
FLUID ANVIL LEKKER 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
Charl van Rensburg running a steep rapid on the green Tana
FIRST DROPS ⟋ WESTERN CAPE, RSA
Charl van Rensburg charging dark whitewater on the Tana
TEST SESSIONS ⟋ PRE-PRODUCTION HULL
Charl van Rensburg punching through brown flood water on the Tana
HIGH WATER ⟋ HOLE PUNCHING
Charl van Rensburg inspecting the green Tana riverboard on a table
FIRST BOARD OFF THE MOLD ⟋ INSPECTION

DRAG ⟋ SWIPE TO SEE MORE

THE NUMBERS

DIMENSIONS FROM THE PRODUCTION MOLD

Side profile render of the LEKKER Tana hydrospeed riverboard
  • 122 CM ⟋ 4′LENGTH
  • 61 CM ⟋ 24″WIDTH
  • 30 CM ⟋ 12″HEIGHT
  • 8 KG ⟋ 18 LBSWEIGHT

⚠ COMMITMENT ROUND — OPEN NOW

CLAIM
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
MISSION STATUS: RECRUITING THE FIRST 30
COLOR CHOICE *

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

LEKKER Tana riverboard colour preview

HOVER A COLOUR TO PREVIEW

STEP 2 AFTER SUBMITTING: PAY THE $100 DEPOSIT (CARD OR PAYPAL).
CARD DEPOSITS ARE PROCESSED BY ANABASIS INTELLIGENCE LLC ON BEHALF OF FACE LEVEL INDUSTRIES.

THE 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.

  • Celliers Kruger paddling a yellow kayak through whitewater

    Celliers Kruger

    LEAD DESIGNER

  • Asaf Arad charging a whitewater rapid on an orange riverboard

    Asaf Arad

    CO-DESIGNER

  • Charl van Rensburg on the riverbank with a green LEKKER kayak

    Charl van Rensburg

    CO-DESIGNER

  • Josh Galt running a steep waterfall on a green riverboard

    Josh Galt

    CO-DESIGNER