Abstract: A skate holder for facilitating the putting on and taking off of skates includes a base, a pair of retaining walls defining a holder slot therebetween for receiving the skate, each retaining wall having an upper edge, a bottom surface of the holder slot positioned at an inclined angle in relation to the base, wherein the upper edges of the retaining walls have the same angle of inclination as the bottom surface of the holder slot with respect to the base, and a stop is positioned between the retaining walls at a lower end of the holder slot. The retaining walls are preferably positioned in a parallel facing relationship to each other and extend upwardly from the base at a perpendicular angle to the base.