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I've got one here from when they made the Sketchy Skateshop Appreciation decks in 2022. It's about 8.375" above both trucks and a little bit under 8.5" in the middle. So it tapers to both front and back. Nose and tail seem a bit pointy by today's standards.
Thanks. So, it basically sounds/looks like it's the 8.38 shape, but with a 14.38wb. Duly noted.
That used to be the most common 8.5 shape, funnily enough, so yeah I had a lot of them come through my hands and skated a few as well.
The tail is a bit longer than the 8.38 that I usually ride now, which was a plus for me, as well as the shape being a bit - ever so slightly - egg shaped, but nothing you would look at and call an egg, as per
@Roisto description / info.
It is definitely different to the other / regular / common BBS 8.5 shapes, which stay true right from end to end, so some people love it and others don't like it at all, saying the kicks are too long, or that it does taper a bit too much for them at both ends.
When I get back on one of a few boards in that shape that are set up, it feels like home for a normal 8.5 board, without the nimble feeling of the 8.38, if that makes any sense. Definitely not clunky, but just a little bigger and slightly more pointed than the usual 8.25 shape you usually ride.