Abstract: A carrying bag for facilitating a person carrying a pair of skates or other items. The carrying bag may also be used as a cushion when empty of the skates or other items. The carrying bag may also be used to insulate items within the bag against cold environments, such as skating rinks. Two skate compartments each include two flexible webs fixed together at portions of the peripheral edges thereof to form an internal pocket. Each web is selectively fixed together at other portions of the peripheral edges at a mechanical fastener, such as a zipper. Each flexible web substantially and mutually overlaps to form generally a skate-shaped profile that includes at least a narrow top portion and a front toe-edge portion. Preferably the selectively openable other portions of the peripheral edges are at a rear side of the bag. The narrow top portion of each compartment is mutually and opposingly fixed together at a seam area.