Roller skate

A skate comprising:

• a frame provided to receive a gliding member, said gliding member comprising a plurality of wheels or a blade for gliding on ice;
• a sole adapted to support a user's shod foot;
• a heel stiffener;
• a foot retaining arrangement including a cover, said foot retaining arrangement being movable between an open state enabling insertion or removal of the user's foot, and a closed state enabling adjustment of said foot retaining arrangement around the user's foot, said foot retaining arrangement comprising:
• an anchoring mechanism on a first side of the skate, said anchoring mechanism comprising a pivot zone about which said foot retaining arrangement is pivotal during movement of said foot retaining arrangement between the open and closed states;
• in said open state, said cover being outside a path of movement of the user's shod foot to and from a supported position on said sole;
• a fastening device on a second side of the skate, said fastening mechanism being adapted to keep said foot retaining arrangement in the closed state;
• said first side of the skate being a medial side and the second side of the skate being a lateral side, or said first side of the skate being the lateral side and the second side of the skate being the medial side;
• an adjustment device enabling adjustment of said foot retaining arrangement to the morphology of the user's foot.