A hockey skate includes a fiber-reinforced, composite frame, or an injected plastic frame, including a boot form and integral pedestals that serve as a blade-holder. The pedestals are integral with the bottom of the boot sole and are optionally spaced relatively far apart to provide a long span between them. An optional bridge assembly may be used to connect the blade to the pedestals. The bridge assembly may provide increased stiffness and vibration damping, as well as customized fit options.

A hockey skate includes a fiber-reinforced, composite frame, or an injected plastic frame, including a boot form and integral pedestals that serve as a blade-holder. The pedestals are integral with the bottom of the boot sole and are optionally spaced relatively far apart to provide a long span between them. An optional bridge assembly may be used to connect the blade to the pedestals. The bridge assembly may provide increased stiffness and vibration damping, as well as customized fit options.

Disclosed is a sports equipment device, including a footwear portion with a sole, a transport portion including a frame and a movement mechanism fixed under this frame, and including a securing mechanism which is able to removably secure the footwear portion to the frame and which includes an upper front block and an upper rear block which are attached to the footwear portion, and a lower front block and a lower rear block which are attached to the frame and are able to be secured to the upper front block and the upper rear block respectively. At least a portion of the sole is created by molding and is molded onto the upper blocks.

A hockey skate includes a fiber-reinforced, composite frame, or an injected plastic frame, including a boot form and integral pedestals that serve as a blade-holder. The pedestals are integral with the bottom of the boot sole and are optionally spaced relatively far apart to provide a long span between them. An optional bridge assembly may be used to connect the blade to the pedestals. The bridge assembly may provide increased stiffness and vibration damping, as well as customized fit options.

A hockey skate includes a fiber-reinforced, composite frame, or an injected plastic frame, including a boot form and integral pedestals that serve as a blade-holder. The pedestals are integral with the bottom of the boot sole and are optionally spaced relatively far apart to provide a long span between them. An optional bridge assembly may be used to connect the blade to the pedestals. The bridge assembly may provide increased stiffness and vibration damping, as well as customized fit options.

A blade for an ice skate (e.g., for playing hockey). The ice skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of a user and a blade holder for holding the blade. The blade may be designed to be lightweight yet strong and possibly provide other performance benefits to the user, including by being made of different materials (e.g., at least three different materials) that are strategically arranged and secured to one another.

A skate blade retention system comprising a trigger including a user interface and a rotor positioned adjacent to the trigger. The rotor comprises a rotor rotating portion rotatable about a central axis and comprising a rigid protrusion, a rotor mounting portion, and at least one biasing element coupled to the rotor mounting portion. The at least one biasing element is biased to cause rotation of the rotor rotating portion about the central axis in a first rotational direction. A first translation of the trigger towards the rotor causes a first rotation of the rotor rotating portion about the central axis in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. The at least one biasing element causes (i) a second rotation of the rotor rotating portion about the central axis in the first rotational direction, and (ii) a second translation of the trigger away from the rotor.

A skate blade retention system comprising a trigger including a user interface and a rotor positioned adjacent to the trigger. The rotor comprises a rotor rotating portion rotatable about a central axis and comprising a rigid protrusion, a rotor mounting portion, and at least one biasing element coupled to the rotor mounting portion. The at least one biasing element is biased to cause rotation of the rotor rotating portion about the central axis in a first rotational direction. A first translation of the trigger towards the rotor causes a first rotation of the rotor rotating portion about the central axis in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. The at least one biasing element causes (i) a second rotation of the rotor rotating portion about the central axis in the first rotational direction, and (ii) a second translation of the trigger away from the rotor.