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 MOLDED IN IOWA, USA
RESERVE YOUR BOARD→ SEE THE BOARD↓

⌁ TRANSMISSION ⟋ FROM THE FOUNDER

The Tana exists. The mold exists. The factory is ready. What the best riverboard ever designed doesn't have is a production run on the calendar. So we're building one the riverboarder way: headfirst. Thirty of us commit, and the Tana goes back into production in 2027. I'm pushing personally to make this happen.

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 the Swell Watercraft factory in Iowa starts molding. You'll get updates at every step.

  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.

  • WIDER COCKPIT ⟋ SMOOTHER RIDER TRANSITIONS, FORWARD OR BACK
  • 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 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 ⟋ TANA TEST PILOT ⟋ BIG-WATER SPECIALIST
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

THE NUMBERS

ROTOMOLDED ⟋ SWELL WATERCRAFT FACTORY ⟋ IOWA, USA

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

MANUFACTURED BY SWELL WATERCRAFT. OWNER JIM MARSH IS A WHITEWATER KAYAKER WHO GETS WHAT RIVERBOARDERS NEED. QUALITY BUILT IN, EVERY STEP.

⚠ 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 * (ACTUAL COLORS MAY VARY)

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.