The nose fin on the 12’6” Elite is not a fin designed to help the board track straighter, but rather a small plastic fin adhered under the nose of the board and designed to break the surface tension of the water where it meets the board and increase the gliding efficiency of the iSUP. The nose fin is not the same as a V-hull. A V-hull completely changes the interior and exterior construction of the paddleboard to produce a rounded shape on the hull of the board.