FACE LEVEL × LEKKER KAYAKS ⟋ PROJECT: 2027 PRODUCTION RUN
LEKKER TANA
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, FACE LEVEL INDUSTRIES ⟋ TANA DESIGN TEAM
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RESERVE
Fill the form below and put down a $100 deposit (card or PayPal). That's your commitment, and your place in the batch.
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WE HIT 30
At 30 reserved boards the run is greenlit and production starts. You'll get updates at every step, factory included.
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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 ⟋ 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
“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 & WATERFALL SPECIALIST
DRAG ⟋ SWIPE TO SEE MORE
THE NUMBERS
DIMENSIONS FROM THE PRODUCTION MOLD
- 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
YOU'RE ON THE ROSTER.
Reservation received. Now lock it in:
JOSH WILL EMAIL YOU THE $100 DEPOSIT LINK WITHIN 24 HOURS.
NO DEPOSIT, NO SPOT. THE ROSTER IS DEPOSITS ONLY.