About Us | Bow Shock Marketplace
About Bow Shock Marketplace
Bow Shock started in 2024 because buying skate gear online usually means a trade-off: either you shop one warehouse that feels nothing like a skate shop, or you bounce between five store sites and five checkouts just to finish a setup.
I'm Alexander Pinkin, founder of Bow Shock. I built this as a skateboarder who wanted partner shops — real inventory, real brands — behind one cart. The marketplace lives at shop.bowshock.app. The same brand powers the Bow Shock mobile app, where skaters post clips, tag the gear they ride, and earn when people buy.
What Bow Shock is (and isn't)
Bow Shock Marketplace is not a single warehouse pretending to be every shop in America. Products are sold and fulfilled by partner skate shops through Shopify Collective. You browse one catalog, check out once on Bow Shock, and each shop ships what it sold. That can mean more than one package — and more than one tracking number — on the same order. That's the marketplace working as designed.
We curate for skate: decks, trucks, wheels, bearings, grip, hardware, shoes, apparel, and the stuff you actually need to roll. Sale picks rotate from partner inventory. Brand pages and shop directories exist so you can find a Baker deck or a favorite shop without fighting a generic search box.
Why multi-shop matters
Skaters mix shops all the time. One place has the deck graphic you want; another has the truck size in stock; a third is running a wheel deal. Bow Shock exists so you can assemble that full setup without opening three checkouts. Partner shops keep selling their own gear; you get one payment, one account experience, and clear policies for shipping and returns.
- One cart, one checkout — even when items come from different shops
- Free US shipping on US orders $150+ — applied automatically at checkout for US addresses
- 30-day returns on unused items with tags and packaging — email info@bowshock.app to start
- Partner shops process orders typically within 1–3 business days; delivery depends on carrier and destination
Trust & who you're dealing with
Bow Shock Marketplace is operated by Alexander Pinkin, a sole proprietor in the United States, trading as Bow Shock Marketplace. Customer support: info@bowshock.app. Mailing address: 241 4th Ave, Venice, CA 90291, US. We respond to order and return questions within 1–2 business days (Mon–Fri, US Pacific).
Policies (the same facts we put in schema and Merchant Center):
Shop the marketplace
How to build a complete setup → · Partner shops & brands → · Brands A–Z → · Contact →
The Bow Shock app
The shop and the app are one brand: film skate clips, tag products, and get paid when viewers buy what you ride. Get the Bow Shock app →