Skate

A blade holder for a skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user above the blade holder, the blade holder being configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, the blade holder comprising:

• a blade-retaining base configured to retain the blade;
• and
• a front pillar and a rear pillar that are spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction of the blade holder and extend upwardly from the blade-retaining base;
• wherein:
• the blade holder comprises a front portion including the front pillar, a rear portion including the rear pillar, and an intermediate portion between the front portion of the blade holder and the rear portion of the blade holder in the longitudinal direction of the blade holder;
• the blade holder is stiffer in a lateral direction of the blade holder at each of the front portion of the blade holder and the rear portion of the blade holder than at the intermediate portion of the blade holder;
• and the blade holder is stiffer in the lateral direction of the blade holder at the front portion of the blade holder than at the rear portion of the blade holder.

A blade holder for a skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user above the blade holder, the blade holder being configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, the blade holder comprising:

• a blade-retaining base configured to retain the blade;
• and
• a front pillar and a rear pillar that are spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction of the blade holder and extend upwardly from the blade-retaining base;
• wherein:
• the blade holder comprises a bridge interconnecting the front pillar and the rear pillar;
• the bridge comprises an upper longitudinal member extending from the front pillar to the rear pillar, a lower longitudinal member extending from the front pillar to the rear pillar, and a cross member extending from the upper longitudinal member of the bridge to the lower longitudinal member of the bridge;
• the cross member of the bridge is elongated;
• and the blade holder is free of any structure extending from the upper longitudinal member of the bridge to the lower longitudinal member of the bridge between the front pillar and the rear pillar other than the cross member of the bridge.

A blade holder for a skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user above the blade holder, the blade holder being configured to hold a blade for engaging the ice, the blade holder comprising:

• a blade-retaining base configured to retain the blade;
• and
• a support extending upwardly from the blade-retaining base;
• wherein:
• the blade comprises a recess extending laterally from a side surface of the blade;
• and the blade-retaining base of the blade holder comprises a projection configured to extend into the recess of the blade and projecting laterally from an internal surface of the blade holder that defines a blade-receiving slot to receive the blade.